The ERACC Web Log » Mandriva http://blog.eracc.com ERA Computers & Consulting Technical News, Tutorials and Opinion Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Open Source: Live Migration of Mandriva to Mageia http://blog.eracc.com/2011/09/04/open-source-live-migration-of-mandriva-to-mageia/ http://blog.eracc.com/2011/09/04/open-source-live-migration-of-mandriva-to-mageia/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:19:09 +0000 Gene http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2385 Are you in the market for a new laptop, desktop or server PC with Linux installed? Please give us the opportunity to quote a preloaded Linux laptop, desktop or server system for you.

I took the plunge to migrate my personal / business desktop PC from Mandriva 2010.2 to Mageia 1 . . . → Read More: Open Source: Live Migration of Mandriva to Mageia]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2011/09/04/open-source-live-migration-of-mandriva-to-mageia/feed/ 3 Open Source: Mandriva 2011 vs Mageia 1 http://blog.eracc.com/2011/09/03/open-source-mandriva-2011-vs-mageia-1/ http://blog.eracc.com/2011/09/03/open-source-mandriva-2011-vs-mageia-1/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:32:09 +0000 Gene http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2240 Are you in the market for a new laptop, desktop or server PC with Linux installed? Please give us the opportunity to quote a preloaded Linux laptop, desktop or server system for you.

By the way, if you did not read my previous article, Open Source Horror Story – A Linux Recovery Tale, . . . → Read More: Open Source: Mandriva 2011 vs Mageia 1]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2011/09/03/open-source-mandriva-2011-vs-mageia-1/feed/ 19 New Linux Laptop from ERACC – Self-Review http://blog.eracc.com/2011/05/21/new-linux-laptop-from-eracc-self-review/ http://blog.eracc.com/2011/05/21/new-linux-laptop-from-eracc-self-review/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 07:20:13 +0000 Gene http://blog.eracc.com/?p=1811 Edit Wed Oct  5 23:28:50 CDT 2011: The laptop in this review is no longer available. Our new laptops use nVidia video controllers and thus work fine for 3D with the nVidia drivers if that is what one wants. Go to Laptop Quote on our shopping site to see the specifications for these.

. . . → Read More: New Linux Laptop from ERACC – Self-Review]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2011/05/21/new-linux-laptop-from-eracc-self-review/feed/ 6 Linux: Bacula is for Everyone* (backup software) http://blog.eracc.com/2011/03/21/linux-bacula-is-for-everyone-backup-software/ http://blog.eracc.com/2011/03/21/linux-bacula-is-for-everyone-backup-software/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:31:54 +0000 Gene http://blog.eracc.com/?p=1562 * Well, almost everyone. If one just wants to backup a few files on random occasions then Bacula is not the software to use. But if one wants to run regular, scheduled backups to just about any type of storage media then Bacula will most definitely work.

I must admit, I . . . → Read More: Linux: Bacula is for Everyone* (backup software)]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2011/03/21/linux-bacula-is-for-everyone-backup-software/feed/ 4 A Miniature Linux Office Solution (Mini ITX) http://blog.eracc.com/2011/02/23/a-miniature-linux-office-solution-mini-itx/ http://blog.eracc.com/2011/02/23/a-miniature-linux-office-solution-mini-itx/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:23:46 +0000 Gene http://blog.eracc.com/?p=1315 Back in January of this year (2011) I was on-site at one of our local client offices setting up yet another Microsoft Windows XP system for a dedicated use. That PC is there just for running the United Parcel Service (UPS) WorldShip™ software for the client to enter UPS shipments off-line then batch . . . → Read More: A Miniature Linux Office Solution (Mini ITX)]]> http://blog.eracc.com/2011/02/23/a-miniature-linux-office-solution-mini-itx/feed/ 10