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libstdc++.so.5 is needed by xxx

Trying to install the IBM JDK 64bit I came across the following error: libstdc++.so.5 is needed by ibm-java2-x86_64-sdk-5.0-8a.0.x86_64 It turns out that yum has a neat feature to show what package provides a given component: yum whatprovides libstdc++.so.5 gave the answer, and yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i386 took care of installingthe missing package.

New available build notification (72048)

New available build notification (72048)

This is our spam / virus filter update for customers on the mx1 / mx2.tnpw.net filtering cluster. The information is brought to you by our vendor, Spam Experts. OS update SpamExperts is preparing to upgrade all Local Cloud servers from Debian 6 (LTS) to Debian 7.0 over the next weeks. This is generally done as […]

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Planning for Storage, Server, and Network Infrastructure

Questions to ask when planning storage and server infrastructure Storage Requirements What our their current storage environment? (What technology do we use? NetApp, EMC, HP, Hitachi, Compellant?) What is our current amount of usable storage? What is our current data in GB / TB? How much of that data is deemed critical as opposed to […]

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news

Windows 7 Privacy for Internet Connection Checking

Windows 7 has an interesting feature to determine if there is a working Internet connection. By default, it sends information to Microsoft to about the connection location. The following article explains how this works, and how to reconfigure the setting to regain privacy while maintaining that useful feature: http://blog.superuser.com/2011/05/16/windows-7-network-awareness/

Can your address book accomodate adressee groups?

There are multiple ways to have address books: In your email program (i.e. Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook Express) you can set up distribution lists. In the email management tool, you can set up aliases with multiple recipients (there is virtually no limit to the number of recipients) In the address book of webmail, you can […]

cybersecurity

Tinkering with Raspberry Pi 8GB

This summer of 2020, the long awaited 8GB version of the Raspberry PI 4 came out. Along with that hardware update came other goodies: USB boot: USB Gadget Image Builder (to have a fully functioning local network with you iPad Pro over USB C:

Mac OS X fash disk burning

Overview One of the neat aspects of OSX is that it has all the classic Unix tools available. Linux users know that dd is the command line tool to flash a CF card or a USB drive on Linux. Here is how to use dd on the Mac. Steps Open a command line tool (terminal […]

tech

Your own background in MS Teams

This is an undocumented feature as of this writing, but on Windows you can upload a background image to MS Teams here: %AppData%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads Stay tuned for Mac OS X

Can I view blocked emails?

Only the Postini advanced Anti-Virus and SPAM filter allow you to view your quarantined emails.