I love working in Linux and find that I am far more productive than when I work in Windows. One of the many things I love is the ability to have multiple desktops; something I have missed on Windows.
I found VirtuaWin - Virtual Desktops for Windows that allows me to do the same thing [...]

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There are many browser plugins that will manage your passwords and generate random passwords for you. These are great if you have just one computer that you use. For me, I have a Linux computer at work, a laptop for work, and a home computer. There are some sites that I want [...]

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As a follow up to a previous post, here is how to unmount an ISO image in Solaris. In Linux mounting and unmounting ISO images is a one step process, not two like in Solaris.
Unmount the image:
umount /mount/point
Delete the block device:
lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

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The following command will show the amount of installed RAM in a Sun Solaris machine.
/usr/sbin/prtconf | grep Memory

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I don’t want to start a flame war, but I have never been fond of Solaris. It feels clumsy to me after using Linux for so long. However, my role at work has recently shifted and I have been forced into using Solaris. So, I am going to start posting little Solaris [...]

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