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Anyone interested in video surveillance… Here’s a great resource to building a VERY high quality surveillance system on an Ubuntu box. I found this a great resource (as one of my business operations is SeeGuard Surveillance Systems Inc. - seeguard.com).
This is a great resource for two reasons.
1) Build surveillance systems without investing […]

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When I’m working, I like to listen to music (which I stream over the local network). I also often download ISO images of Ubuntu CD’s, Ultimate Boot CD, etc. The problem comes when I have to power down my main computer. If I have an ISO downloading from Ubuntu or somewhere else, I cannot power […]

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I had an interesting conversation yesterday about keeping your computer safe on the Internet. One of the issues raised was that Ubuntu was not as safe as Windows, because there was no Firewall software like Zonealarm; and instead Linux Ubuntu users had to install a separate physical firewall. “That is just not true!”  Although I […]

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Some time ago I found myself looking at my PC monitor. The desktop had become bland, the applications had since become vague tools. It felt like my computer had become one of those old fixtures that everybody walks by, day in and day out, but nobody notices.
Quite frankly, I had become bored and the productivity […]