I did a bunch of testing this evening between the new VirtualBox 1.5 and VMware server and found something interesting.
Virtualbox seems nice, but networking in it is a pain in the arse! I can only get Windows guests to properly network and then it's only through NAT (hiding behind your host PC's IP address). Various Linux guest images that I have (ArchLinux, Debian) find the network adapters, and can get DHCP assigned IP addresses but will NOT go out to the Internet to finish installing/etc. That's pretty useless. Trying to bridge (make the virtual network card like another physical computer on the network) is a joke with VirtualBox. It does not work "out of the box" and the howtos are long and really turn me off. Maybe my attention span is to short but I didn't feel like doing all those instructions to make it work when VMware "just works".
First point about VMware. Any kind of networking functions you need to do work right out of the box, no problem whatsoever. Need NAT? OK. Need bridging? No problem. It simply does what it's supposed to. Innotek has catching up to do in this regard, big time.
Then I started using the same linux images that I had (ArchLinux and Debian, I wanted my tests to be the same systems) and found VMware server to be much, much faster on the Linux systems. We're talking minutes. Booting ArchLinux to get to a point you can start going through the install steps took my system about 3-5 minutes (I didn't use a stopwatch). Using the same ISO file in VMware it took, oh maybe 30 seconds to get to the same place. Debian was also slow in VirtualBox, but the video refresh was slower in VMware, which didn't effect how quickly the machine ran. (remember, nothing is even installed on any virtual hard disks yet! My linux installs can't go out to the Internet using VirtualBox, remember?)
VMware however looses points on having an Integrated seamless desktop. It's pretty sweet being able to have a windows taskbar/start button at the bottom of my linux screen but be out of the way otherwise. VMware has catching up to do here.
Windows guests seemed to perform approximately the same. Fairly quick install, load time and response times on both VirtualBox and VMware. This goes for both Windows XP and Vista.
One other difference I found, but not directly testable here. VMare supports running 64bit guests if your 64bit CPU supports that particular function. Virtualbox I don't believe will run 64bit guests at all. Period. This is unverified though and I must test for myself at work though since my new tower does support the vmware 64bit guest function.
More testing will be performed on a 64bit system when possible.
Wow, that was long. Hope that gives you some insight...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Bioshock First Impressions
This is my first post about any game on this blog so I hope it's worthwhile.
I had been following a new game for quite a while now and it finally came out yesterday and I had the opportunity to pick up a copy. This game is known as Bioshock (as if you couldn't tell that from the title of this post). This has been labeled as a "shooter" game but it's really so much more than that.
Bioshock comes from the creators of System Shock 2 which has somewhat of a cult following and it was definitely a very very creepy game. Super atmosphere etc. Bioshock delivers on all of that so far. The setting is in an underwater city built by a man that didn't fit in any current society of the 40s and 50s. He built a city that wasn't constrained by such trivial things such as morality or ethics. When you arrive to the city you can tell right away that something terrible has happened and now your caught in it too. I won't reveal any of the actual story I've learned so far but I can tell you that you will have to make "moral" choices at some point and this will begin to take you down certain roads whichever way you go.
The sound in Bioshock is perfect. If you stand in a safe place and crank up your sound you can hear the creaking of the water pressure, the running water somewhere off in the distance and maybe some electricity sparking nearby. It's fantastic. Voice work is also top notch from what I've heard and you also find these really cool little voice recordings all over the place which help reveal little bits of the story as you adventure forth.
Graphically the game is quite impressive. I'm running it on the Xbox 360 in High Definition since my gaming PC is not quite up to par anymore so that's what my system is right now. :) Anyway the whole things looks great. When the game first started I sat a couple minutes in the water before I realized I wasn't watching a cinematic anymore and that I could control the camera! :)
There are many what some would call RPG elements in the game, similar to SS2 and games such as Deus Ex. You can upgrade your character, your weapons and some physical abilities. Weaponry is a mix between "Plasmids" which are genetic alterations so you can do things like Telekinesis, fire from your fingers, electricity etc. You'll find these and more scattered about the city and can be changed out and such at various places on the levels. Conventional weapons are standard 1940s and 50s era weaponry. Pistol, "Tommy Gun" Machinegun and shotguns. I find myself switching between plasmids and weapons often as you can do things sort of like combos. Shock a bad guy then whack him with a wrench etc.
I have really enjoyed the time spent in the game thus far. Lets put it this way, I wrote this small post during my lunch and I can't wait to get off work today so I can immerse myself in the city of Rapture once again.
I had been following a new game for quite a while now and it finally came out yesterday and I had the opportunity to pick up a copy. This game is known as Bioshock (as if you couldn't tell that from the title of this post). This has been labeled as a "shooter" game but it's really so much more than that.
Bioshock comes from the creators of System Shock 2 which has somewhat of a cult following and it was definitely a very very creepy game. Super atmosphere etc. Bioshock delivers on all of that so far. The setting is in an underwater city built by a man that didn't fit in any current society of the 40s and 50s. He built a city that wasn't constrained by such trivial things such as morality or ethics. When you arrive to the city you can tell right away that something terrible has happened and now your caught in it too. I won't reveal any of the actual story I've learned so far but I can tell you that you will have to make "moral" choices at some point and this will begin to take you down certain roads whichever way you go.
The sound in Bioshock is perfect. If you stand in a safe place and crank up your sound you can hear the creaking of the water pressure, the running water somewhere off in the distance and maybe some electricity sparking nearby. It's fantastic. Voice work is also top notch from what I've heard and you also find these really cool little voice recordings all over the place which help reveal little bits of the story as you adventure forth.
Graphically the game is quite impressive. I'm running it on the Xbox 360 in High Definition since my gaming PC is not quite up to par anymore so that's what my system is right now. :) Anyway the whole things looks great. When the game first started I sat a couple minutes in the water before I realized I wasn't watching a cinematic anymore and that I could control the camera! :)
There are many what some would call RPG elements in the game, similar to SS2 and games such as Deus Ex. You can upgrade your character, your weapons and some physical abilities. Weaponry is a mix between "Plasmids" which are genetic alterations so you can do things like Telekinesis, fire from your fingers, electricity etc. You'll find these and more scattered about the city and can be changed out and such at various places on the levels. Conventional weapons are standard 1940s and 50s era weaponry. Pistol, "Tommy Gun" Machinegun and shotguns. I find myself switching between plasmids and weapons often as you can do things sort of like combos. Shock a bad guy then whack him with a wrench etc.
I have really enjoyed the time spent in the game thus far. Lets put it this way, I wrote this small post during my lunch and I can't wait to get off work today so I can immerse myself in the city of Rapture once again.
Monday, August 20, 2007
35 Cool Applications for Ubuntu Linux
Link!
Here is a link to another blog that lists several very nice applications for Linux with instructions specifically for Ubuntu. Some of the applications are easier installed through Automatix but you can do it this way too. Some of the apps are not really what I'd recommend installing either but it's still worth checking out. I really should compile my own list soon. I'll add that to my to do list. :)
Here is a link to another blog that lists several very nice applications for Linux with instructions specifically for Ubuntu. Some of the applications are easier installed through Automatix but you can do it this way too. Some of the apps are not really what I'd recommend installing either but it's still worth checking out. I really should compile my own list soon. I'll add that to my to do list. :)
Sunday, August 05, 2007
CrashPlan
***UNFINISHED***
OK, third product. I will warn you now though. I haven't finished a good review of the product yet, only been able to review the local LAN backups and such. Once I get a friend to be a guinea pig for me I will update this with my results there.
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CrashPlan is a product that allows you to do on-site and off-site backups to location you trust. The problem some people have with many online backup services is they can't walk over to that company's data center and say "That's my backup". CrashPlan tries to fix this by allowing you to backup your data to a friend's computer at their house. This also helps with getting your data back faster in the case of an emergency so you don't have to wait for your internet connection to download stuff. This also solves the problem with privacy because any data sent to a backup is scrambled and encrypted before it leaves your computer so your best friend can't paruse any pr0n you're backing up nor look at your bank information. :)
In turn, you can become a backup buddy for your friend. He can backup his stuff to your computer. Sounds like a great system to me. My local network backups to/from some of my PCs and Macs have worked fine. I haven't yet been able to test backups to a real off-site location but if it works like FolderShare it should be a snap.
You can try the software fully featured free for 30 Days and after that you must buy the software. It's a one time license of $20 per PC you are backing up FROM. It would cost your backup friend NOTHING to keep accepting your backups. It would only cost them $20 if they want to backup also.
Check the site, watch the tour and see what you think. Sounds good and with backing up to friends you don't have to worry about size limitations and cost per month. You only have to be concerned with how much space you're taking up on your friends hard drive :)
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. You can back up to as many friends as you can talk into installing the software. Redundancy!
I will update this post once I can test out this friend stuff and get some results.
***UNFINISHED***
OK, third product. I will warn you now though. I haven't finished a good review of the product yet, only been able to review the local LAN backups and such. Once I get a friend to be a guinea pig for me I will update this with my results there.
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CrashPlan is a product that allows you to do on-site and off-site backups to location you trust. The problem some people have with many online backup services is they can't walk over to that company's data center and say "That's my backup". CrashPlan tries to fix this by allowing you to backup your data to a friend's computer at their house. This also helps with getting your data back faster in the case of an emergency so you don't have to wait for your internet connection to download stuff. This also solves the problem with privacy because any data sent to a backup is scrambled and encrypted before it leaves your computer so your best friend can't paruse any pr0n you're backing up nor look at your bank information. :)
In turn, you can become a backup buddy for your friend. He can backup his stuff to your computer. Sounds like a great system to me. My local network backups to/from some of my PCs and Macs have worked fine. I haven't yet been able to test backups to a real off-site location but if it works like FolderShare it should be a snap.
You can try the software fully featured free for 30 Days and after that you must buy the software. It's a one time license of $20 per PC you are backing up FROM. It would cost your backup friend NOTHING to keep accepting your backups. It would only cost them $20 if they want to backup also.
Check the site, watch the tour and see what you think. Sounds good and with backing up to friends you don't have to worry about size limitations and cost per month. You only have to be concerned with how much space you're taking up on your friends hard drive :)
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. You can back up to as many friends as you can talk into installing the software. Redundancy!
I will update this post once I can test out this friend stuff and get some results.
***UNFINISHED***
FolderShare
OK, 2nd cool product.
FolderShare.
This is a very very cool program and service that allows you to basically sync folders on multiple PCs. Here is a direct quote from their website:
Sounds nice eh? It is. It's also multiplatform so you can install it on Windows and Macs and syncronize any files and folders between them. For instance, you can setup and automatic syncronization of all the "My Documents" folders on ALL your PCs so that no matter which PC you're working on/from the data will be the same. You can also syncronize Pictures, Videos, Music whatever. The software doesn't care.
Have a bunch of stuff you want so share with a friend? You can do that too. Specify a folder on your system, invite your friend and after he installs the software he will get your files automatically. You can also specify that your friend is just a "Reviewer, Editor, Contributor" etc which gives you various security options. A reviewer can't send you new files or changed files. An Editor can change files and you'll get those updates but not any new files. Contributor gives all those rights.
In my testing this software has synced through firewalls and NAT so it should work for most people. There is a support section that helps with port forwarding and such if it becomes necessary.
I've installed this on all 5 of my PCs and am happily syncronized with all my important data. Ah ha, I know what you're thinking. "Why can't I use this to create off-site backups of all my important data with my friends or something?" Well you could, but then your friends would also be able to browse through all your files. And do you really want them looking at your bank data?
See my next post about CrashPlan for a solution to this.
FolderShare.
This is a very very cool program and service that allows you to basically sync folders on multiple PCs. Here is a direct quote from their website:
Why FolderShare?
Keep important files at your fingertips - anywhere. All file changes are automatically synchronized between linked computers, so you are always accessing the latest documents, photos, and files.
Sounds nice eh? It is. It's also multiplatform so you can install it on Windows and Macs and syncronize any files and folders between them. For instance, you can setup and automatic syncronization of all the "My Documents" folders on ALL your PCs so that no matter which PC you're working on/from the data will be the same. You can also syncronize Pictures, Videos, Music whatever. The software doesn't care.
Have a bunch of stuff you want so share with a friend? You can do that too. Specify a folder on your system, invite your friend and after he installs the software he will get your files automatically. You can also specify that your friend is just a "Reviewer, Editor, Contributor" etc which gives you various security options. A reviewer can't send you new files or changed files. An Editor can change files and you'll get those updates but not any new files. Contributor gives all those rights.
In my testing this software has synced through firewalls and NAT so it should work for most people. There is a support section that helps with port forwarding and such if it becomes necessary.
I've installed this on all 5 of my PCs and am happily syncronized with all my important data. Ah ha, I know what you're thinking. "Why can't I use this to create off-site backups of all my important data with my friends or something?" Well you could, but then your friends would also be able to browse through all your files. And do you really want them looking at your bank data?
See my next post about CrashPlan for a solution to this.
Mozy Online Backup
I try to find good stuff to share but sometimes it's hard. I have recently come across not one, but three great products. The first of which I'll explain here. It's a company called Mozy and they do online backup. Sounds good right? Even better is they give you 2 GB for free, you'll get an additional 256MB on top of that if you use my link I've provided and it works from Windows and Macintosh. The Mac version is still considered Beta but I haven't run into any adverse effects from using it yet.
Just like any other online backup solution it will take a while depending on your upload speed on your ISP connection to get all your initial data backed up, but after that it simply sends changes and small incremental updates to the server so it's much quicker. To restore you can use the client and restore different versions even. If you have to get lots of data back in a hurry and you can't wait for downloads they will FedEx you a restore disk for a fee. It was expensive but for mission critical data it could be worth it.
The service itself is pretty flawless and only takes a few minutes to install and start your first backup. Someday everybody will use something to keep OFF site backups in case your home/business is destroyed you can still get your data back from somewhere else. If you need more than the free 2 GB you can sign up for an "Unlimited" plan for $4.95 per month for each PC you are backing up. Three PCs? $4.95 x 3 per month. Not too bad considering peace of mind.
Here is the link to sign up:
https://mozy.com/?ref=887SQM
Just like any other online backup solution it will take a while depending on your upload speed on your ISP connection to get all your initial data backed up, but after that it simply sends changes and small incremental updates to the server so it's much quicker. To restore you can use the client and restore different versions even. If you have to get lots of data back in a hurry and you can't wait for downloads they will FedEx you a restore disk for a fee. It was expensive but for mission critical data it could be worth it.
The service itself is pretty flawless and only takes a few minutes to install and start your first backup. Someday everybody will use something to keep OFF site backups in case your home/business is destroyed you can still get your data back from somewhere else. If you need more than the free 2 GB you can sign up for an "Unlimited" plan for $4.95 per month for each PC you are backing up. Three PCs? $4.95 x 3 per month. Not too bad considering peace of mind.
Here is the link to sign up:
https://mozy.com/?ref=887SQM
Friday, June 08, 2007
Google Apps
Google released a new service a while back, I don't remember exactly when but I've been using it now for a couple months and I've been very impressed.
Google Apps is what they call it. It's basically many of the web services you've come to expect from Google using your own domain name instead of Google's. So you can get the awesome Gmail interface system but you're using your own domain. In fact, my main domain now (mrdigital.net) is using this system. My Site still exists on my hosting service but I've moved all the email hosting to Google. So I log in now to my email through an interface that is exactly the same as Gmail. I'm loving it. Of course, if you still want to use your POP3 client such as Thunderbird you can still do that too but the email is still hosted through Google and when you're away from your PC you can log into a great web interface to check your email instead of some cheesy thing your ISP might be providing to you.
They offer two versions of the system. A free version which will show you some ads while you're looking at email like Gmail does, or a paid per user version which gives you 5x the space (10gb!) and no ads. It runs $50 per user per year though, a little steep in my opinion but could be worth it.
If you have your own domain, or even if you don't, you can sign up through Google at the link I provided and you can even register a new domain through them if you need to. Seriously, why aren't you already looking at it? :)
Check out the link and let me know what you think.
Google Apps is what they call it. It's basically many of the web services you've come to expect from Google using your own domain name instead of Google's. So you can get the awesome Gmail interface system but you're using your own domain. In fact, my main domain now (mrdigital.net) is using this system. My Site still exists on my hosting service but I've moved all the email hosting to Google. So I log in now to my email through an interface that is exactly the same as Gmail. I'm loving it. Of course, if you still want to use your POP3 client such as Thunderbird you can still do that too but the email is still hosted through Google and when you're away from your PC you can log into a great web interface to check your email instead of some cheesy thing your ISP might be providing to you.
They offer two versions of the system. A free version which will show you some ads while you're looking at email like Gmail does, or a paid per user version which gives you 5x the space (10gb!) and no ads. It runs $50 per user per year though, a little steep in my opinion but could be worth it.
If you have your own domain, or even if you don't, you can sign up through Google at the link I provided and you can even register a new domain through them if you need to. Seriously, why aren't you already looking at it? :)
Check out the link and let me know what you think.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox
Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox
New version of Mozilla's Thunderbird email program has been released. It's a great program and this new version adds some nice things like advanced foldering, message tagging and a better search. The site lists full features.
Now I don't personally use Thunderbird anymore ever since I bought my first Mac a few years ago but when I did it always worked very well. After reading some of the features for version 2.0 I am even considering switching back to it. I'll have to test drive it :)
Of course, Thunderbird is free just like all their software.
New version of Mozilla's Thunderbird email program has been released. It's a great program and this new version adds some nice things like advanced foldering, message tagging and a better search. The site lists full features.
Now I don't personally use Thunderbird anymore ever since I bought my first Mac a few years ago but when I did it always worked very well. After reading some of the features for version 2.0 I am even considering switching back to it. I'll have to test drive it :)
Of course, Thunderbird is free just like all their software.
Monday, April 30, 2007
VirtualBox
VirtualBox
I stumbled upon this software a couple weeks back and finally got it installed and running at home on one of my Linux boxes. It seems to work really well. I was pleasantly surprised. I'm used to running VMWare Workstation at work and wasn't sure how a freebie program could compete but like I said, it works great. Here is a direct quote from the offical website listed above.
Like they say, it runs on Windows, Linux and now Macs. I only miss one feature that VMWare gives me, that's Shared Folders. Maybe I haven't found the options yet but that would limit my own usage slightly.
Let me know what ya'll think of it if you've used it or use it in the future.
Correction: I guess it helps if you read the manual first, cause I just found the section for shared folders that I thought it didn't have. My bad.
Edit: This software basically has all the features of VMWare Workstation. It also supports multiple Snapshots that I use all the time that Virtual PC from Microsoft does not.
I stumbled upon this software a couple weeks back and finally got it installed and running at home on one of my Linux boxes. It seems to work really well. I was pleasantly surprised. I'm used to running VMWare Workstation at work and wasn't sure how a freebie program could compete but like I said, it works great. Here is a direct quote from the offical website listed above.
innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction; see "innotek" for more about our company.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
Like they say, it runs on Windows, Linux and now Macs. I only miss one feature that VMWare gives me, that's Shared Folders. Maybe I haven't found the options yet but that would limit my own usage slightly.
Let me know what ya'll think of it if you've used it or use it in the future.
Correction: I guess it helps if you read the manual first, cause I just found the section for shared folders that I thought it didn't have. My bad.
Edit: This software basically has all the features of VMWare Workstation. It also supports multiple Snapshots that I use all the time that Virtual PC from Microsoft does not.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Welcome to Google TiSP
Welcome to Google TiSP
Are you sick of paying for broadband internet? I know I am. I think I'm going to have to order this first thing Monday. You should check it out too.
:)
Are you sick of paying for broadband internet? I know I am. I think I'm going to have to order this first thing Monday. You should check it out too.
:)
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Ad-Aware SE Personal - Lavasoft
One of the first Anti-Spyware tools available for use and still one of the better ones. SE Personal is a Freeware version for home personal use. The software works pretty really well but does not have an active resident scanner to stop bad software from being installed. You have to manually run the program, update it and scan your system.
If you need something active then you can opt for one of the other editions they offer, such as Professional.
Check it out for when you need to run a scan on your system.
Also, if you want to avoid most spyware just click the "Browser you can Trust" button on this page and use Firefox as your browser instead of IE and save your system from bad software. :)
If you need something active then you can opt for one of the other editions they offer, such as Professional.
Check it out for when you need to run a scan on your system.
Also, if you want to avoid most spyware just click the "Browser you can Trust" button on this page and use Firefox as your browser instead of IE and save your system from bad software. :)
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Firefox - Rediscover the Web
Firefox - Rediscover the Web
Speaking of Internet Explorer. Are you still using it? You should seriously consider trying out Firefox from the Mozilla Foundation. It's free open source software so you can download it and install it on any or all of your computers, at home or at work (with permission of course).
It's a web browser...for the Internet. That may sound like a condescending sentence but you'd be surprised of how many people I talk to that think Internet Explorer is "The Internet" and not even know that IE is just a piece of software to access the Internet. Microsoft has done a very good job of keeping people in the dark.
One of the biggest reasons for choosing Firefox is that it does not suffer from the weaknesses of sites loading Spyware on your computer, since there is no ActiveX system in Firefox malicious web sites can't use it to install those programs.
Another great reason are what they now call Addons. You can get these free extensions to Firefox to do anything from showing you the weather down on the status bar to having full fledged FTP clients built right in.
So anyhow. Check out that link, download the free software and put the icon next to your Internet Explorer icon, run it and make it your default. If you happen to come across one of the very few sites that does not work in Firefox then you can always load up IE and go to that site and then go back over to Firefox.
I've used Firefox since it was version 0.4 and called Phoenix and I'll never go back to Internet Explorer.
Speaking of Internet Explorer. Are you still using it? You should seriously consider trying out Firefox from the Mozilla Foundation. It's free open source software so you can download it and install it on any or all of your computers, at home or at work (with permission of course).
It's a web browser...for the Internet. That may sound like a condescending sentence but you'd be surprised of how many people I talk to that think Internet Explorer is "The Internet" and not even know that IE is just a piece of software to access the Internet. Microsoft has done a very good job of keeping people in the dark.
One of the biggest reasons for choosing Firefox is that it does not suffer from the weaknesses of sites loading Spyware on your computer, since there is no ActiveX system in Firefox malicious web sites can't use it to install those programs.
Another great reason are what they now call Addons. You can get these free extensions to Firefox to do anything from showing you the weather down on the status bar to having full fledged FTP clients built right in.
So anyhow. Check out that link, download the free software and put the icon next to your Internet Explorer icon, run it and make it your default. If you happen to come across one of the very few sites that does not work in Firefox then you can always load up IE and go to that site and then go back over to Firefox.
I've used Firefox since it was version 0.4 and called Phoenix and I'll never go back to Internet Explorer.
AVG Free Advisor: Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware tools
AVG Free Advisor: Free anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware tools
OK, I'm probably going to have a small flood of posts for a few days. Trying to remember some of the useful utilities that I use all the time so I can refer people I work with to this site for the whole list.
Grisoft makes available free versions of both their Antivirus and Antispyware. The Antivirus is free for personal non-commerical use and that works for most people. The Antispyware however only keeps it's residential scanner active for 30 days, after which you need to manually update and scan your computer. It's still good software though you just have to remember to do that if you continue to use Internet Explorer.
OK, I'm probably going to have a small flood of posts for a few days. Trying to remember some of the useful utilities that I use all the time so I can refer people I work with to this site for the whole list.
Grisoft makes available free versions of both their Antivirus and Antispyware. The Antivirus is free for personal non-commerical use and that works for most people. The Antispyware however only keeps it's residential scanner active for 30 days, after which you need to manually update and scan your computer. It's still good software though you just have to remember to do that if you continue to use Internet Explorer.
UBCD for Windows
UBCD for Windows
I came across this the other day while updating the software I use in my Bart PE disc and this is really a great alternative. Think of UBCD4WIN as Bart PE on Steroids. It's got lots more Antivirus, Antispyware software on it. It has lots more utilities and many more network card drivers built in, even wireless. You should be able to boot most PCs and have network (i.e. Internet) access without having to do anything special. Even a great CD if you just need something to boot up, use the net and not leave a trace. :)
It does require you to have a valid copy of Windows XP and the disc. This utility actually extracts files from the original Windows disc so it can create this little boot CD.
I came across this the other day while updating the software I use in my Bart PE disc and this is really a great alternative. Think of UBCD4WIN as Bart PE on Steroids. It's got lots more Antivirus, Antispyware software on it. It has lots more utilities and many more network card drivers built in, even wireless. You should be able to boot most PCs and have network (i.e. Internet) access without having to do anything special. Even a great CD if you just need something to boot up, use the net and not leave a trace. :)
It does require you to have a valid copy of Windows XP and the disc. This utility actually extracts files from the original Windows disc so it can create this little boot CD.
Monday, March 26, 2007
New Blog
If anybody cared, this is a new replacement blog of mine. I don't write much about my personal nonsense and who wants to read that anyway? From now on I'll be making posts more technology related and stuff that interests me personally.
Maybe it will be more useful now to somebody :)
Oh, and sorry about the ugly template. When I make some time to sit down and customize some things I'll make it look better. However, in the meantime this is functional.
Maybe it will be more useful now to somebody :)
Oh, and sorry about the ugly template. When I make some time to sit down and customize some things I'll make it look better. However, in the meantime this is functional.
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