Firefox 21 Changed Plugins Folder
Today was the day to install patches for Firefox and the various plugins, and at first I couldn't get Firefox to see the plugins at all. It turns out they moved the folder and it's not really well...
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Sharing Files With Employees Via Email
I have been unhooking the last bits of software applications that were connected to Evolution and making them work with Zimbra. I finished all of the places that allowed users to "attach" a file with...
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Zimbra, Alfresco, LibreOffice and Firefox
Once again it's been a while since I blogged, but I have been keeping very busy. ZimbraZimbra has been running very well, and aside from a few bugs the migration has gone well. On June 15th, we...
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Lots Of Updates
I just noticed again that it's been a while since my last blog. Things have been busy at always, some of my projects lately were not so conductive to screenshots and technical thoughts. But a few...
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HP t610 Thin Client R&D Project
I haven't talked about desktop hardware for a good while. Years ago we bought several hundred HP t5725 workstations. They're still production and working great, and are projected to run their full 10...
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What's Happening?
Yet again a good number of days have gone by without a blog posting. Projects and upgrades have consumed most of my time in the last few weeks.NX/NoMachine 4 Released & TabletsNX 4 was released....
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First Alfresco Upgrade, LibreOffice Work Around, Firefox 25
We had been testing Alfresco Community 4.2.c for a good while and getting positive feedback from our users. Version 4.2.e came out and appears to be the version that will release as "4.2". Naively, I...
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Thinning Thin Clients, And Other Projects
I have not published an update in a good while, but things have been busy. Here are the things that I have worked on since the last blog:Thinning Thin ClientsHow the heck can you thin a thin client?...
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Quick Network Change Diagram
I made a quick diagram to illustrate to a few people the new design that we are testing whereby NX technology is used to deploy to our workstations. I thought it might be a good visual tool to clarify...
View ArticleWhat's happened to Firefox?
Lots happening in Largo lately and I will get to a proper blog update in the next few days. I have been working heavily on infrastructure changes to accommodate stateless GNOME sessions and BYOD...
View ArticleAnd Several Months Later....
I haven't blogged in several months, sadly. It's easy to get caught up in projects and suddenly a good amount of time has expired. So I'll try and do a quick update on my projects -- and try and...
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Bring Your Own Device, But Can't Touch Them
The issue of BYOD (bring your own device) certainly has challenges for IT professionals. Putting on one hat, you can easily see that it's wonderful to allow users to be productive with their personal...
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Ubuntu Work Advances
Advances on the thin client work are promising. Running the software with a much newer version of Linux and X drivers is going to reap some big benefits for us.Initially the new image would not upload...
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Thin Clients & iPads
I have been making progress on the next thin client release. Right now I'm tinkering with Xorg.conf and deciding on the best way to deploy. The 5725 model is a combination of SiS and ATI, and the...
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Finally For Real, Lunch With A Side Of GNOME
Over a year ago I took a screenshot with an iPad running GNOME remotely. This preview test with NX 4 connected but was far too slow to use for work. It was a milestone, but not really anything that...
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GNOME/Exceed, LibreOffice, Portal, Zimbra
Things have been very busy since the last blog. Lots of concurrent projects happening and some long term design elements falling into place.GNOME/ExceedThe software that allows iPad tablets to connect...
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Support Portal, Licenses, LibreOffice & Zimbra
Things have been busy since my last blog. Along with normal day to day support items, I have been advancing several projects. I have had some time to multi-task in making changes to our support...
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Changes To Portal, And Data Mining
It's an aspect of my personality -- I love data and finding new ways to analyze it. In the case of our GNOME implementation I want to see exactly what software packages are being used and by whom....
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Infrastructure Readied For LDAP
Sometimes there are circumstances where we know that certain technologies will make us more effective, but we don't have people on staff to implement. This was the case with LDAP publishing of user...
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Keeping Busy With Projects
I just looked and it's been over a month since my last post. Christmas and some vacation consumed some of that time, along with various projects.Upgrades, PatchingA lot of software had security...
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LDAP Finished, Zimbra Just About Ready And More
I haven't blogged in a good while, but all projects are advancing nicely. Open LDAPAll records and data have been loaded and are working. After reviewing Alfresco, Zimbra, WiFi and proxy device, I...
View ArticleLibreOffice 4.0 Live, Other Projects
Monday night we had a window of opportunity and installed LibreOffice 4.0.1 for all of our users. The install went cleanly and Tuesday morning we received NO calls with anyone having problems with...
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Whew!
I just looked and my last blog was March 27th; The last 1+ month has been very busy. Not a lot of things took place that warranted screenshots or R&D updates. OpenLDAP and Zimbra deployments both...
View ArticleAlive And Well In Largo
This blog has been quiet sadly, the last year has been so incredibly busy with changes in technology and high demand for IT services. So many things have evolved, and I probably should have blogged...
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More NX & Chrome Books
Here is more information about my big project of late. We're moving our users to an environment of stateless connections so they can resume between multiple end point devices. The GNOME desktop and...
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