Author Archives: Steve

How To – Low cost, high power Media Center PC (HTPC) – Part 1

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

So a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a small review on XBMC. Having used this wonderful piece of software for as long as I can remember, I thought I would take the time to write a little how to. Hopefully the end … Continue reading →

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Fix missing network cards after moving a Virtual Machine (CentOS/RHEL)

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

So you have been busy working up a nice working virtual machine in your dev environment and now you want to move it into production, or you have built a VM for a friend to show them something and when … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 12.04 – UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Steve Leave a comment

Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw) is a (easyish) front end for ipTables. Which tends to come installed on Ubuntu distro’s So what happens when you want to modify the rules. Lets say you want to allow SNMP to one of your servers … Continue reading →

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