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Fix for PPTP VPN access via Telstra Next G/3G wireless internet
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Telstra have some of the fastest 3G wireless and some of the best coverage in Australia. Yes, you sure pay for the privilege, but it’s there when you need it and it works. Mostly.
What I have had some issues with is connecting to networks via a VPN over the NextG network. Read on to find out why and how to fix it.
Out of the Box Experience – Mac vs PC
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Comparing and contrasting the out of the box experience between an Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro and a Sony VAIO laptop. The bottom line: Mac – up and productive at the desktop in under five minutes. Sony – 15-20 minutes to get to the desktop whereupon you need to spend another two or so hours burning recovery discs.
Notes for installing Solaris 10
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These notes won’t be of too much use to anyone but me, I’m putting them here so that I can refer to them later on when I need to… Install a minimal system. Once installed, find where the CDROM is by iostat -En in the case of the VM I was using, it was on [...]
ZFS Deduplication : Jeff Bonwick’s Blog
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Thanks Sun, I know you were waiting to announce this once Apple oficially dropped support for ZFS like the proverbial hot potato. ZFS Deduplication You knew this day was coming: ZFS now has built-in deduplication. If you already know what dedup is and why you want it, you can skip the next couple of sections. [...]
HOWTO: Ubuntu on the BeagleBoard
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This post is a step-by-step guide to get Ubuntu Linux up and running on the BeagleBoard. There’s nothing much new here, more it’s gathering information that’s spread over a few different pages all into one place, so if I need to do it again from scratch I’ve got an easy reference to follow.
Broken LDAP Database on Mac OS X Server
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Errors in the LDAP database were causing slapd to flip out. Running db_recover gave heaps of errors, but deleting the logs in the openldap directory and then running db_recover seems to have fixed the issue. Read on for a detailed look at the issue.
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