Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote IE testing

2010-01-21 Thread Dustin Puryear
Why not use VMware ESXi? It works great with Windows or Linux VMs. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for

Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote IEtesting

2010-01-21 Thread Dustin Puryear
Assuming you have recent and non-homebrew Intel hardware, you can probably run ESXi, although VMware Server will work. (Although I heavily suggest using ESXi over VMware Server where possible.) ESXi is a snap, quite fast, and I've never had an issue running XP or any Windows boxen under it.

Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote IEtesting

2010-01-24 Thread Dustin Puryear
Agreed. I find ESXi to be faster than VMware Server and easier to manage. With VMware Server you have to manage the Linux/Windows OS and VMware Server, which is a real hassle. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single

Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote IEtesting

2010-01-24 Thread Dustin Puryear
Oh wow. Wait, does this let you do full SNMP monitoring of the ESXi box? Cause, yeah, if you have ESXi then SNMP monitoring is out. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management :

Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote IEtesting

2010-01-25 Thread Dustin Puryear
://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ From: sola...@gmail.com [mailto:sola...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Burton Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:30 PM To: Dustin Puryear Cc: r...@linux.com; discuss@lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote IE

Re: [lopsa-discuss] School spies on children at home with webcams

2010-02-23 Thread Dustin Puryear
We do work with the state here, and I would say that most high-level employees would not respond positively to being told to do something they feel is unethical or immoral. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sig

Re: [lopsa-discuss] School spies on children at home with webcams

2010-02-23 Thread Dustin Puryear
It is the "school" that is responsible since the school is going to be held accountable for this. If an organization puts into place policies that encourage or require actions that are unethical, then the organization is responsible. If the organization puts into place policies that discourage or b

Re: [lopsa-discuss] School spies on children at home with webcams

2010-02-23 Thread Dustin Puryear
Even better put. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com

Re: [lopsa-discuss] School spies on children at home with webcams

2010-02-24 Thread Dustin Puryear
February 23, 2010 7:39 PM To: Dustin Puryear Cc: John BORIS; benja...@seattlefenix.net; discuss@lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] School spies on children at home with webcams "Dustin Puryear" writes: > We do work with the state here, and I would say that most high-level > em

Re: [lopsa-discuss] splunk alternatives

2010-03-01 Thread Dustin Puryear
Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't Splunk free for smaller needs? Also, despite what the hardware req says, it really doesn't take much to run Splunk unless you are really pumping out the logs. Maybe I missed it, but did you state how many logs you are producing as a log/sec or kb/sec estimate?