Ueber-Geek!

[Zennie 0]

A while back I posted a screenshot of my Linux desktop. I've amped it up a bit since then.
It's my GNOME desktop (under RedHat 7.2) running Windows 2000 Server under VMWare which is in turn connected to another Linux box via VNC. I could take it a level deeper by Timbuktu-ing into another Windoze box and running VNC from there, but that would be overkill.
Oh, and the screen is wide because I'm running dual flat-panel screens.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[nacmacfeegle 0]

"dual flat-panel screens"
ENVY drool, dribble
Cya
D

[skygeek 0]

All the geeks together now......YOU SUCK!!!!! hehe
IItywimwybmab?

[ChromeBoy 0]

Zennie...you will get fired if you keep posting. Go back to work.
Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day! -Office Space

[Slappie 9]

YOU SUCK MAJOR DONKEY D*CKS!!!!
Ok I feel better... My New Website with 24hr Chat

[flyingferret 0]

Zennie, what is it you do again? Nice pic. I wonder if you can run parallel vnc connections? You could get an infinite pattern: windows to linux, linux to window, back and forth. I kinda doubt it, but it would be cool :)
Malachi

[AndyMan 7]

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I wonder if you can run parallel vnc connections? You could get an infinite pattern:

I did that once accidentally. It crashed my servers REAL quick. Machine a --> machine b --> machine c --> machine a
Zennie can't possibly be an über geek. He misspelled über.
_Am
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[AggieDave 6]

Not really, since the Umlout (sp?) actually represents an 'e' sound in the German language, although it is not technically correct, it is exceptable. Sort of like an S set and double s'es. A human cannonball, I rise above it all
Up higher then a trapeze, I can fly

[lummy 4]

acceptable :) WEll, we were complaining about spelling :)
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?

[AggieDave 6]

Hey! Remember what I said last time? me-no-spelly.
A human cannonball, I rise above it all
Up higher then a trapeze, I can fly

[skip 0]

Wow Zennie that is truly geeky! I’m uber jealous. Does the Gnome desktop and the instance of windows act as 2 separate machines on the network?
While were at it do you or any other geeks who might be tuning in have any experience re-packaging software into an MSI database file? My company has decided to go active directory and wants to deploy all of our apps using group policies. I somehow got handed the re-packaging job (something I think would be more suited for a developer rather then a dumb network guy such as myself). In other words argggg HELP .:skip

[lummy 4]

MSI packages are REALLY easy......
Basically, the packager takes a pic of your computer (registry, files, blah blah...)
You do the install the way you want it....
Then the packager takes another pic afterwards and notes the changes...
Voila!!!! Instant packages... You do need to have the orig installs tho, it's not like Install Shield ( OR SMS installer) where it makes one file with everything in it.
Are you creating the group policies too?
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?

[skip 0]

Hm: I was hoping it was going to be that easy. Maybe I’m just doing it wrong. I have successfully packaged Acrobat Reader and WinZip, though WinZip took me a long time and lots of registry tweaking. Lots of file association problems. I’m dreading repackaging some of our proprietary internal software, and server – client applications such as citrix clients etc.
I will not be directly involved in creating the initial group policies but have a feeling I will work with them MSI deployment and what ever else the man decides to throw my way.
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[Zennie 0]

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Zennie...you will get fired if you keep posting. Go back to work.

Hehehe. I just had to sneak that one in.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[flyingferret 0]

Skip, let me know what you come up with or if you have specific questions. I work in an environment that is both Active Directory (about to go fully native mode) and we have a load-balanced citrix farm. So I am always eager to learn more, if you find some good resources, post them. If you get stuck, let me know and I will ask some our guys: We have a bigger IS dept, than IT.
Malachi

[Zennie 0]

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Does the Gnome desktop and the instance of windows act as 2 separate machines on the network?

Yepper! VMWare is set up to basically fake Windoze into thinking it is on its own machine, with its own network connection. So my Linux box has its own static IP and Windoze gets an IP address via DHCP. I can basically do anything I can do if it were sitting stand alone... run Outlook, hit network shared drives, print to our network printers... everything.
VMWare is probably the coolest software for the cheapest price (about $250) I've ever seen.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[nacmacfeegle 0]

Zennie you wee technophiliac, look what you've started again, the nerd herd are grazing the DZ , arrrghhhhhh.Should have that video compressed for you tomorrow.....
See ya when I get back from Scotland, Noggland, and Pahokee....Cya
D, the untergeek

[Zennie 0]

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Zennie, what is it you do again?

I'm a programmer by experience, but at my new job I've pretty much been a sysad up to this point. It's cool 'cause I've learned a lot about serious Linux & Windoze administration.
I've also learned to appreciate the plight of the sysad. Getting all kinds of server software to play nice on one machine is a royal pain in the a$$. For example, we had this one machine that would start thrashing like mad, bringing it to a crawl. But task manager didn't report anything unusual as far as CPU, memory or virtual memory usage. It tooks days to figure out that our Velocis database and ARCServe were stomping all over each other.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[AndyMan 7]

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I've also learned to appreciate the plight of the sysad. Getting all kinds of server software to play nice on one machine is a royal pain in the a$$. For example, we had this one machine that would start thrashing like mad, bringing it to a crawl. But task manager didn't report anything unusual as far as CPU, memory or virtual memory usage. It tooks days to figure out that our Velocis database and ARCServe were stomping all over each other.

Thats funny - I started off doing sysadmin work and found it entirely unfulfilling. Then I got into software and really enjoy it.
I love the creativity of coding. I hated the repeditiveness of sysadmin work.
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[skip 0]

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Skip, let me know what you come up with or if you have specific questions. I work in an environment that is both Active Directory (about to go fully native mode) and we have a load-balanced citrix farm. So I am always eager to learn more, if you find some good resources, post them. If you get stuck, let me know and I will ask some our guys: We have a bigger IS dept, than IT.

Awsome, thanks: Like I said I've haked my way through a few packages, but forsee big trouble in the future. I think I'm going to hit my boss up for some training. Citrix on the other had is my new thing, I wish I had enough time to focus on it.
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[Zennie 0]

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I love the creativity of coding. I hated the repeditiveness of sysadmin work.

Oh I'm still into coding. Always will be.
What I meant was when I was strictly coding I really didn't have an appreciation for all the crap a sysad has to deal with. Now I do.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."