Friday May 08, 2009

My Last Day

Today is my last day as the Campus Ambassador to Winona State University.  It's been fun, and was a great learning experience.

Wednesday Apr 08, 2009

VirtualBox 2.2 now available for download

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

 Change Log:  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

Tuesday Apr 07, 2009

VirtualBox 2.2?

The link was up, now it's down?  Guess things aren't quite ready?  Check back soon for updates!

VirtualBox 2.2

VirtualBox 2.2 is out! Check it out here:  http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/features/2009-0407/

Thursday Mar 26, 2009

Sun Puts Data Center Through 6.7 Earthquake-- makes slashdot.com

It's always a fun video to watch too. :D 

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/26/1448216&art_pos=6

Wednesday Dec 10, 2008

OpenSolaris 2008.11 offically realeased!

To day we see the release of OpenSolaris 2008.11. . .[Read More]

Thursday Sep 18, 2008

Winona State University OSUM goes live!

http://osum.sun.com/group/wsuosum[Read More]

Tuesday Sep 09, 2008

Software Freedom Day

Software Freedom Day at Winona State University:  September 19, 3:00 p.m. in Watkins Hall Room 105.
[Read More]

Monday Aug 04, 2008

StarOffice 9 Beta Mac OS X

http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/get_beta.jsp

The beta is supported on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X on intel.

What's New in StarOffice 9

StarOffice 9 for your Mac now available!
Read, edit, and save PDF files
Import your Microsoft Office 2007 OOXML files
Writer: Improved notes, zoom slider, and support for large monitors
Calc: Solver feature, improved charting, and collaboration capabilities

Check it out!


Monday Mar 24, 2008

VMware Fusion X11 Solairs 10 bug

There is a bug in VMware Fusion for Mac.  After installing VMware tools, X11 breaks and won't let you launch any of the GUI admin tools.  .  .[Read More]

Patching the Solaris 10 Kernel (06/06)

This applies to both x86-64 and SPARC versions of Soalris 10.  The process is the same, just use the correct patch for whatever architecture your on. . .[Read More]

So you just installed Solaris 10... Now what?! Here's some tips and suggestions for a first time install

The first thing you notice after you choose CDE or JDS is; the Sun Update Manager will launch.   Basic updates are free and you don't need a subscription. . .[Read More]

How to create a simple ZFS pool (mirror and RAIDZ) on Solairs 10

This is a simple how-to on creating a ZFS pool.  If you do not know what ZFS is, click here. . .[Read More]

Using flar

Creating a complete, ready to install copy of your freshly installed system is very simple thanks to the flar command in Solaris 10.  This is a very powerful tool to know.  .  .[Read More]

Createing a RAID-1 (mirror) in Solaris 10 the easy way!

Over the past month I've trialled and errored many times in an attempt to create a simple RAID 1 (Mirror) in Solaris 10 6/06.  I found a bug using a Sun e250 with six 18.3GB SCSI 10K RPM drives (as of 5-4-07) is still not fixed. . .[Read More]