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  1. Re:FreeNAS on Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly, Version-Preserving File Sharing For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Umm, pretty sure 24GB RAM cost way less than Win 2008 R2. And also pretty sure FreeNAS doesn't require a high power i7. I don't have any recent experience with FreeNAS though. I can't fathom running a Windows Server at home (other then in a lab environment), but I know Linux, and can configure a server to do what I need pretty quickly and easily. If you are better in Windows than more power to you.

  2. Re:5/10 - Needs more summary. on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 1

    Except that they aren't. From their faq: Citi Bike is funded through private capital, sponsorship agreements, and revenues from users.

  3. Re:Ride one in January on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 1

    I never considered it expensive - I pay for an annual pass (although I just now noticed it got bumped up $50). So even at $150, given that I ride an average of 2 trips per day (year round), that's less than $0.20 per ride, compared to the $3 subway ride I no longer take. On top of that, I'm pretty sure citibike isn't city-funded.

  4. Re:Ride one in January on New Redesigned Citi Bikes To Hit NYC Streets This Year · · Score: 1

    I ride the bikes pretty much year round. The cold weather isn't really that big of a deal if you have gloves, and some kind of face mask. If you don't, then you'll freeze to death.

  5. Re:Odd thoughts: on Microsoft To Support SSH In Windows and Contribute To OpenSSH · · Score: 1

    He's refering to when you are forced to use powershell, because the gui doesn't support feature X. It is great the Windows is moving towards a command linable setup. It sucks that they are dropping support for non-command line administration.

  6. Which RAID are they referring to? on Linux 4.0 Has a File-System Corruption Problem, RAID Users Warned · · Score: 1

    Article isn't very clear - are they referring to softraid, fakeraid, and/or hardware raid?

  7. From AOL having trouble cancelling service? on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is this, backwards day?

  8. Re:If it's such a great development environment... on Unreal Engine 4 Launching With Full Source Code · · Score: 1

    Took a look at it based on your recommendation. Requires steam is a very long ways from "free."

    How so? It's free as in 'doesn't cost anything until you start shelling out for DLC', which is pretty much the case with all FTP games.

  9. Re:Can someone fill me in? on Chromecast Now Open To Developers With the Google Cast SDK · · Score: 1

    I may be a little fuzzy on the exact details, but Koush made an app for local file streaming, using the SDK. Some time after, the ChromeCast itself started requiring apps to be signed to run, so you could only run the dozen in the Google Play Store. Then for awhile the CC was nothing more than a Netflix streaming device.

  10. Holy crap that's some bad writing. on Chromecast Now Open To Developers With the Google Cast SDK · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was written as if someone pushed it through Google translate, deleted some random characters, printed it out, ate it, and crapped it onto a keyboard. I do hope we get some badass apps for the Chromecast though. It has a lot of potential.

  11. Re:How to treat a loyal customer on Microsoft Steeply Raising Enterprise Licensing Fees · · Score: 1

    OpenERP is pretty damn feature complete

  12. Re:How to treat a loyal customer on Microsoft Steeply Raising Enterprise Licensing Fees · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'll second this. We used this to replace Exchange in house years ago, and it runs great. We've got 350 users on it right now running Outlook / Webmail / ActiveSync / BES / etc, with the system still running nice and fast.

  13. Use the AMD method on Ask Slashdot: Geekiest Way To Cook a Turkey? · · Score: 1

    Just replace the heatsink on an AMD with the frozen turkey. In about 15 minutes you'll have a fully cooked turkey.

  14. Samba4 works great for small offices on Ask Slashdot: Is Samba4 a Viable Alternative To Active Directory? · · Score: 5, Informative

    So far I've set up several small offices using Samba4 as a drop in replacement for Active Directory. Here is what I've found it does well: Windows Authentication, AD DNS, Group Policy, Easy scripting (python tools and libraries). What it doesn't do well yet: Replicating AD with other servers. I haven't had much experience using subdomains, etc, mainly because I haven't been able to get it to replicate. But for a small office, it works fine.

  15. Re:Hmmm... on Open Source Guacamole Puts VNC On the Web · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My company uses FormFlow Filler extensively, for filling out government forms. It was bought by Adobe and killed, with the end of life in 2004. It barely runs on XP, let alone anything later. If it was open sourced, I'm sure even with my meager coding skills I could at least keep it functional, since it is still heavily used. Point being, proprietary software being shelved sucks much more than open source software being shelved.