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my first server came about when i gave my old celeron 566 combo a new life by installing my first copy of slackware linux. i already had some experience using unix via hacked shells from my friends on IRC. it was upgraded several times and by the time ubuntu server got popular i was really...

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There doesn't seem to be a good forum for home security. I'm looking to wire up a video intercom system with an electronic door-strike. It's surprisingly cheap. I think I could get away for less than $400 for a decent system if I do it myself. Anyone have any tips?

Less than 10 light duty linux servers. VMware Server would be perfect for me if it was stable. I planned on building an ESXi server eventually, I'm sort of intrigued by the concept of a bare-metal hypervisor and I'd like to learn it. I prefer remote interfaces. My servers are in a separate...

I was using VMware Server 2.0 for a few weeks but I could not find out why it was causing a kernel panic under heavy disk I/O load. Even when no VMs were loaded up, just the server running idle, on a clean install of ubuntu server. I suppose I could start RMA'ing parts, rebuild the machine and...

Ugh, this sounds really complicated for my purposes. I can't believe it doesn't work with Intel ICH. There is no way to do this cheaply, is there?

So I keep hearing that ESX/ESXi are cranky about what hardware they run on. I tried to look at the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) that VMware provides on their website, is it just me or is it impossible to navigate? Anyway, I already have SATA hard drives for the build. I need a...

I'm on eBay a lot. There must be some software that browses eBay better than eBay does it itself. For example, combining BuyItNow+shipping charges to get the lowest price. Easier photo viewing. Stuff like that. What do you recommend?

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