I have one really geeky class this semester: Linux Systems Administration. Last semester, the same students studied Windows XP Professional with me. Because installing Linux on dedicated lab computers is out of the question (my 4 other classes need Windows), I found 2 alternative environments to use: Ubuntu Linux live CDs and shell accounts on [...]
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For my school, I recently installed Dansguardian web filter and Squid web proxy/cache. on the Dell desktop computer shown at bottom in this photo.The server is configured as an Ethernet bridge using Ubuntu’s bridge-utils package. That way, the machine is invisible on the network so I don’t have to reconfigure the clients behind the filter. [...]
As I prepare to install Ubuntu on some older computers at school, I am inspired by this librarian’s Ubuntu story. My computer needs constantly outstrip my ability to purchase new hardware. Which explains why I’ve been meaning to give Linux a shot at some of the older hardware I have. There’s plenty of discussion about [...]
