Archive for March, 2008

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Micro Blogging Services

Micro blogging has exploded in popularity and has taken the internet by storm. There seems to be so many that it is hard to keep up at time. Myself I use Twitter and Pownce to keep in touch but I know there are many more I could be using if I so desired.
Let [...]

Do you need an anti-virus even with Linux?

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Most Linux articles I have read and many Linux users that I have talked to seem to think that with Linux you will never need an Anti-virus.  At this time in history that my be true but its only a matter of time, right?.  With most any OS we can look back before [...]

ECLUG (Eau Claire Linux User Group)

Attended my first ECLUG (Eau Claire Linux User Group) today and it was very enjoyable. ECLUG is a group for people in the Eau Claire area that are into Linux and open source. Check out the website for a little more information on the group.: http://eclug.homelinux.org/ There ended up being 9 people at the meeting [...]

Share a little Twitter

Want to keep more in touch with TCTEKS as well as myself? I now have a Twitter page and will be posting small tidbits throughout the day. For those of you that do not know what twitter is it is basically a place to post whats happening, whats on your mind, etc within [...]

Windows Vista and why I recommend staying away

I am currently writing this blog on a Windows Vista computer because being a computer store we need to learn the new interface. After a few months of using it I can safely say stay away if you can, as the over all experience for us has not been good.First off lets start with the [...]

IPCOP Firewall / Router

We finally have our IPCOP box setup and running as our Firewall / Router. So far it has been working great as it allows us to have a true hardware firewall basically for free.
If your not sure what IPCOP is check out: http://ipcop.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=IPCopMissionStatement
We have also added Update Accelerator to the IPCOP box which allows us [...]