There's still a lot of debate for IT folks about open source licenses are better depending on which camp you're in. But to clarify the differences here are the two following links on both...
http://www.linfo.org/bsdlicense.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
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Well once again I was looking at what to post on this blog, so a friend suggested I post about how I flashing a router with alternative firmware (thanks Scott). I had been given a router and I usually put a linux based firmware, if at all possible. Well I did some digging around on some of my favorite sites for doing that, so one of the sites I was looking at was http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index and those are one of the best sites for loading alternative firmware on routers. But in this post we'll be using the router I was given to make this as easy as possible. Which will be cisco valet m10 router....
1. Download the appropriate firmware for the appropriate router.
2. I reset the router to its original factory settings by getting some to press down the reset button in the back of the routers. The username is empty and the password is admin
3. I clicked on my browser (any browser will do).
4. I typed in 198.168.1.1 which is the IP to all cisco and linksys routers.
5. Which when the router has been reset, no security will be present so once you put in the IP to the router it'll take you to menu that's present on the router.
6. Look for the section that says upgrade update in it
7. Click on the browse button and select the firmware where ever it may be stored at.
8. Then click on the update button below it.
9. Once finished you'll still be in your newly updated with the new firmware
10 next make a name for your router
11. Then create a new username and password for your router
12. Once you've done that you'll have a lot more to play with in the new operating system also known as firmware.
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I was recently asked about how to record with a dvr ( digital video recorder ) on any television provider we want or if we decide to change providers. The operating system you will need is mythbuntu and with some specialized hardware and this operating system you'll be able to record any TV show or movie that you want, that comes on the provider of your choosing. The good think about mythbuntu is it's highly customizable and works with almost ever cable and sattalite provider out and the list of providers is growing. Now you'll need some special hardware like a rf antenna and so on for this to come to be check out the site for further information
http://www.mythbuntu.org/downloads
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I was part of a interesting debate about operating systems and a lot of interesting points were made. Like for example I use a mix of Linux and bsd and yes Solaris as well. All three based around the original Unix and all three are a great deal more stable then a lot of production operating systems, but the point I'm trying to make being is we've got freedom of speech and choice, which grated Unix or a Unix like environment have a lot of superiority over a lot of operating systems, but still for whatever reason you like a particular purpose or reason; you still have the right to choose which operating system..... enjoy
I know a lot of musicians, who are also tech savvy and would like to record guitar (I mostly know guitarist) to there a computer. An I found a great way to do that. http://www.musicrepo.com/record-guitar-on-computer and I found this site, where all you need to do is get a guitar to computer adapter. An the hardware, but with all the available software you can use, you're off and running.
An something I would like to talk about in this post, like the title says all about hard drives. First I'd like to start off with is what is a hard drive? A hard drive is basically a box that keeps all your information in your computer, long term permanent storage. Hard drives fall under two categories, classic hard drives and solid state drives. Classic hard drives are mechanical which means they've got moving parts, an speeds and sizes vary. Like for example, some can put information on it at 6 gigs a second, while others have rates at around 180 gigs a second in classic hard drives. Also in classic hard drives some are as 500 gigabytes and some are as big as 6 terabytes (6000 gigabytes). Now onto solid state drives, they're hard drives with no moving parts with means that they're faster and with rates anywhere from 300 to 500 gigabytes a second. Which both solid state drives and classic hard drives both have the pros and cons, one is space classic hard drives have more space (the average is around 6 terabytes), but aren't and don't wear out as quickly; but solid state drives are faster and average around 2 terabytes of space. Any more questions please feel free to ask!
An as I was thinking about what to post o n my tech blog', a dear friend suggested I explain the difference between open source and proprietary (thanks Travis). To start off proprietary and open source are copyright protected, but with open source a lot of the intellectual property rights have been sacrificed, because in general we just want to get the software to work; by letting everyone use the software and contribute fixes. An as well as other ways to help, like in distributing the software and with that you've also got freedom of choice of who and where you get that help. Which is why tech support is so much better, but with proprietary software you're at the mercy of one company which is why tech support is usually so bad. Also to talk about games, since most people who use windows to play games, but steam, the gaming company, it's similar to gamefly, but they recently opened up their software to play on Linux operating systems and even went as far as developing a complete operating system, that just plays games. The name of the operating system is called steamos, not big shock right (haha)? But whether you use a proprietary operating system like windows or Mac, or open source operating system like Linux or BSD, but it's all about freedom of choice.
Lists of a few proprietary operating systems and open source:
Linux Mint
Ubuntu
Pc bsd
Solaris
Microsoft windows
Apple Macintosh
