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Paythyme as a substitute for Sage Payroll software

Posted by on Jul 28, 2007 in Open Source | 1 comment I’ve had some interesting chats with Martyn at Severn Delta in the past few months, as we ae both undertaking a business migration to open source. They are also blogging about their migration and other business issues if you are interested (they link to a good resource to generate free online barcodes!). Recently we talked about opensource accouting solutions. Small businesses tend to...
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Considering moving our Fasthosts dedciated server from Fedora5 to Ubuntu

Posted by on Jul 22, 2007 in Open Source | 1 comment I came across this launch of ubuntu linux dedicated server hosting by Fasthosts, our main hosting company. In previous posts, I’ve been trying to find a solution for a long time to the problem of syncronising postgresql databases between different linux distributions. In particular, since Fedora has such short cycles and 5 is not well (if at all) supported now, I would rather use ubuntu...
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lack of availability of linux on laptops in the UK

Posted by on Jul 15, 2007 in Open Source | 4 comments now I just dont get this. Microsoft has a c.90% market share and every conventional IT hardware seller sells machines with a microsoft operating system installed. IT hardware is ferocioulsy price competitive Linux distros are getting much better, and more comprehensive (with ubuntu leading the field), are free, and offer a distinct performance and price advantage to IT hardware resellers Loads...
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support for “Ubuntu needs a secure remote desktop”

Posted by on Jul 15, 2007 in Open Source | 1 comment Whilst reading through Jake Stride’s list of favourite blogs this afternnon, I found this post advocating that Ubuntu needs a secure remote desktop . I was thinkning aout this last week on the sys admin course at openadvantage, but the closest I saw was remote running of applications over SSH using X (as I understood it), which is far from the remote desktop feature that I find usefulon a...
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The BBC are considering open source software for their iplayer / LUGRADIO live 2007

Posted by on Jul 13, 2007 in Open Source | 0 comments http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6897050.stm Good news for open source advocates, the BBCgoverning body has agreed to review the decision to only release their TV on demand player “iplayer” only for microsoft platforms. This was discussed in detail at LugRadio Live last weekend, and is very good news as far as I am concerned.  Its only right that all BBC viewers should be able...
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linux admin course notes

Posted by on Jul 5, 2007 in coding, Open Source | 0 comments I have just finished a rewarding 4 day course at OpenAdvantage on linux admin, very presented and run by Paul Cooper. I got a lot out of the course, but there was a wide range of attendees, from people with (literally) decades of unix experience to me, a microsoft convert making early steps in the command line environment. The course was based on the linuxIT course , for people working towards...
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