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I am really tired of the Windows versus Mac commercials. You’ve likely seen the Mac marketing machine at work “Hi, I am a PC” and “Hi, I am a Mac”. The message ultimately is use a Mac and you are different, cooler, and more sophisticated. Microsoft is trying desperately to counter Apple’s success by implementing a $300 million ad campaign. In all honestly, Vista is actually a good operating system. Yes, it is not vastly different from XP, but it still a good operating system. I have my own issues with Microsoft beyond whether Vista is good or bad.

Likewise for Apple. I don’t buy into the “I’m different” if I use a Mac, nor do I believe it’s a vastly better piece of technology. In fact, I would argue the cost of ownership is higher when using a Mac. I see people all the time buy into the Apple marketing machine, which is mildly annoying. [Read more →]

Tags: Apple, Free Stuff, Linux, Windows by simon
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As Linux continues to offer a strong alternative to Windows, more and more people are curious about installing and using Linux. For a “newbie” or those new to Linux, one option is to use a Linux Live CD which allows you to start and use Linux from a CD. The advantage to this approach is that there is no installation required and you get to test drive a specific Linux distribution. A major disadvantage to using a Live CD is that it’s very slow due to the input/output speeds occurring from your CD-ROM. Also, if you only have 1 computer, booting from a Linux Live CD ties-up your Windows operating system, making it non-useable while you use Linux. [Read more →]

Tags: Free Stuff, Linux, Windows by simon
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In the final video of this 10 part video series on Asterisk, I summarize what we learned. I also discuss a few additional websites/resources at your disposal to help you in your future VOIP endeavors.

Congratulations on making it through all 10 videos, and thanks for watching!

Tags: Asterisk, Linux, VOIP, Video Tutorial by simon
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Welcome to video number 9 in this 10 part series on Asterisk! We continue with our overview of how to use the Trixbox CE web interface to manage Asterisk. In part 8, we discussed “user mode”. In this video, we review the second management option: “administration mode”
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Welcome to the video 8 in this 10 part series of videos on Asterisk! Now that we have Trixbox CE installed, we can start using the Tribox web interface to administer Asterisk.

There are 2 options to manage the Trixbox system: 1) user mode 2) administration mode
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Tags: Asterisk, Linux, VOIP, Video Tutorial by simon
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