Author Archives: Jon Smith

OpenSolaris Backup Solution with Rsync and ZFS Snapshots

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Jon Smith

I have recently been forced to learn how to admin an OpenSolaris machine with ZFS filesystems. After doing some reading on ZFS, I realised how using snapshots with an rsync server would make an excellent backup solution. Using several scripts … Continue reading →

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EPIC FAIL – Winner of the Hottest 100 of 2009 leaked

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jon Smith

And the winner of the Hottest 100 of 2009 is….. well you need to look at the picture if you really want to know. I’m a little bit sad that I saw this. Australia day is always about listening all … Continue reading →

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Exchange System Manager Tools on Windows 7 – The Easy Way

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Jon Smith

Since my migration to Windows 7 there have still been a few things missing that would be nice to have. One of those is the Exchange System Manager tools. There are ways and methods out there to getting this to … Continue reading →

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Mythtv MPlayer Playback Issue with Ubuntu Karmic Koala

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Jon Smith

I have just finished upgrading my Mythtv setup to Ubuntu 9.10 and mostly everything still works (I upgraded from 8.10). Luckily the only thing that broke was lirc and it was the old config pointing at the incorrect /dev entry. … Continue reading →

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VMWare ESX 4.0 Update 1 Supports Windows 7!

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Jon Smith

Good news! VMWare have decided to finally add support for Windows 7. I would say a little too late given the general availability of the RTM for the last couple of months. Continue reading →

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