Just a quick note regarding the Financial Times’ report Monday1 about Google phasing out internal Windows client operating system usage, and Microsoft’s subsequent response2. Microsoft has retorted that Windows is indeed secure, and that the facts don’t support the assertion. Microsoft makes its defense by attacking its competitors, and highlighting a few things that Windows [...]
Posts Tagged ‘linux’
May 12, 2010
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ESXi, ZFS, and Home Server Data Storage – Part 1
By Wes Kroesbergen in TechnologyUPDATE: It seems I may be re-evaluating my choice of OpenSolaris vs. Nexenta. I’ve experienced a lot of issues with SMB/CIFS authentication on OpenSolaris, and have not been able to get it to work properly. I’ve also had a reply from a commenter assuring me as to the stability of Nexenta 3. I’ll post again [...]
Tags: data, ESXi, linux, Nexenta, OpenSolaris, raidz, SAN, Server, storage, Ubuntu, VMWare, ZFS
March 31, 2010
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More on Client Platform Security
By Wes Kroesbergen in General, TechnologyAs I wrote the other day, anything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. The piece I wrote earlier was relating directly to the security of the client operating system. However, there is another aspect to consider, specifically the human factor. While an OS itself can be secure as a [...]
March 29, 2010
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On the Security of Client Platforms
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyAnything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. Realizing this, one needs to shift their perception of how to view client platform security. Theoretical analysis is good. However, practical application is what should define security evaluation. Which platform is more secure in practice? Anyone can justify any OS’s security. However, [...]
Tags: hacking, linux, Mac, OS X, platform, Security, Windows
March 21, 2010
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Linux Alternatives to the iPad
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyI was recently reading an article from LXer, entitled ‘Linux alternatives for the iPad – and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks’. The author hypes up Linux on tablet devices, concluding that 2010 is the year of Linux on the tablet, most of which will be Android flavored. He attempts to put down the [...]
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, iPad, linux, Microsoft, OS, tablet
January 15, 2010
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VMWare ESXi as a Media Server
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyIn the last little while, I’ve begun to work a lot more with VMware ESXi, in an attempt to understand virtualization better. Along with the benefits it brings to larger companies, I began to see some benefits that it would bring to my personal life. At home, I am constantly developing or experimenting with new [...]
Tags: ESXi, linux, Media, Server, Ubuntu, Virtualization, VMWare