by WebDevRobert | Feb 18, 2011 | Network Administrator
Most people understand “www” in a web address, means World Wide Web, but is the www really necessary? Many domain names used for the World Wide Web begin with www because of the long-standing practice of naming Internet hosts (servers) according to the...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 17, 2011 | Network Administrator
I get questions about the standards for network cabling all the time, usually from people wanting to try and do it themselves. While I have them memorized, others may not. So, this little guide should help those who haven’t worked with the standards enough to...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 4, 2011 | Linux Administrator
I love Wine. Besides the health benefits, Wine prevents me from having major headaches. Wait… What? How does Wine prevent me from having major headaches, you ask? For me, Wine eliminates the major headaches associated with micro$oft windoz, by allowing me to use...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 2, 2011 | Linux Administrator
Yesterday’s Kubuntu: BIOS Information and Features article was the result of some intense hardware investigation. I was trying to determine whether or not a server would support a 64-bit OS. I have a workstation running a 64-bit Kubuntu 10.10 and the performance...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 2, 2011 | Linux Administrator
There is a ton of documentation on the internet about the ability to configure an Airport Base Station in Ubuntu/Kubuntu. Be careful! It isn’t as easy as some may make it seem. Information can be found about the Ubuntu airport-utils software package on the...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 1, 2011 | Linux Administrator
The BIOS is the Basic Input/Output System built into the motherboard of a computer. It is the very first code to run when a computer is powered on. The BIOS has a User Interface (UI), which allows a person to configure specific hardware, set the system clock,...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 1, 2011 | Linux Administrator
The gzip (GNU zip) utility is a software package for compressing files. It was originally designed to replace compress, as it does a better job with compression and it is free from patented algorithms. A .gz extension is created when gzip is used to compress files....
by WebDevRobert | Feb 1, 2011 | Linux Administrator
If you’ve ever found yourself looking for a free micro$oft office alternative, you may have stumbled on OpenOffice, the free and open productivity suite. If you remember much news from a year ago, you should remember the headline “Oracle buys Sun” in...
by WebDevRobert | Jan 26, 2011 | Web Developer
HTML Code for ASCII Special Characters, are still needed, when writing HTML. American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), was developed a long time ago, as a numerical representation of characters. Believe it or not, ASCII is still found at the core of...
