Computing: Computer Administration

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2024.12.08   Linux   Update of the tutorial An overview of installing updates on given Linux operating systems: Added information about OpenSuSe, Regata OS.

2024.11.29   Network   New tutorial available: Installing Internet Information Server (IIS) on Windows XP.

2024.11.22   Other OS   Update of my tutorial AROS One x86: A free AmigaOS-like operating system for PC. Added the second part of the tutorial that describes the included software, as well as some post-installation tasks.

2024.10.31   Linux   Update of the tutorial An overview of installing updates on given Linux operating systems. Added information about the Debian based distributions Devuan (server), SysLinuxOS, wattOS and the Fedora based distribution Ultramarine Linux.

2024.10.15   Other OS   New tutorial available: AROS One x86: A free AmigaOS-like operating system for PC. The first part of the tutorial describes the installation of the OS (on a VMware Workstation 16 virtual machine).

2024.09.24   Solaris   New tutorial available: Solaris 10 post-installation configuration. The tutorial shows how to change screen resolution, how to set a hostname, and how to create a new user.

2024.09.20   Network   New tutorial available: Installing Microsoft Personal Web Server on Windows 98.

2024.09.13   DOS   New problems related text available: FreeDOS: "File too large for this version of EDIT" error.

2024.09.09   Linux   Update of the tutorial An overview of installing updates on given Linux operating systems. Added information about the Fedora based distributions: Fedora Workstation, Nobara.

2024.08.27   DOS   New tutorial available: Using USB devices on FreeDOS.

2024.08.26   Linux   New problems related article available: Black screen on Nobara 40 after system update.

2024.08.15   VMware   New problems related article available: Fatal VM corruption when connecting an USB disk.

2024.07.02   Linux   Update of the tutorial An overview of installing updates on given Linux operating systems: Added information about the Debian/Ubuntu based 32-bit distributions of Bodhi Linux, Bunsenlabs, Emmabuntüs.

2024.07.01   OS/2   New tutorial available: Installing OS/2 Warp 4.52 workstation.

2024.06.20   Linux   New help text available: Enabling NTFS support on CentOS.

2024.05.24   Linux   New tutorial available: Installing a Linux-Linux multiple boot with two harddisks (BIOS boot).

2024.05.16   Linux   New help text available: Understanding Linux file permissions.

2024.05.13   VMware   New help text available: Connecting USB devices to a virtual machine.

  Windows   New help text available: Using USB devices on the old Windows releases.

2024.05.08   Linux   Update of the tutorial An overview of installing updates on given Linux operating systems: Added information about the Arch Linux based distributions ArcoLinux, Mabox Linux, Manjaro, Open Mandriva.

2024.05.06   Network   New tutorial available: Installing FileZilla FTP Server on Windows 11. It contains a long part concerning directory configuration, in the hope to make this somewhat complicated concept of "virtual paths" understandable to network newbies.

2024.04.19   DOS   Update of my tutorial: Running 32-bit applications on DOS. Added information concerning DOS/4GW (extender used by 32-bit applications build with Open Watcom).

2024.03.15   Linux   New help text available: Configuring the GRUB bootloader. It shows how to install and use the GUI application GRUB Customizer to change the GRUB boot settings on Debian based Linux distributions.

2024.03.03   DOS   New help text available: Running 32-bit applications on DOS. It shows how to use CWSDPMI.EXE to run C, NASM and Free Pascal 32-bit programs, resp. to use EMX.EXE to run g77 32-bit programs on a standard 16-bit DOS operating system.

2024.02.23   Linux   Update of the tutorial An overview of installing updates on given Linux operating systems: Added information about the Ubuntu based distribution Rhino Linux.

2024.01.02   DOS   New tutorial available: Using 4DOS as command line interpreter on FreeDOS.