Setup SMTP Authentication to send notification e-mails for your XenServer pool.

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I haven’t used Windows as a primary desktop for about 2 years now.  I use Ubuntu for my home system and laptop, and CentOS on my file/web server.  I keep Windows on a spare hard-drive for 2 primary reasons..
1. My son loves to play Guitar Hero III (I know, I know, “Frets on Fire”, but [...]

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At home I use Linux and Windows, at work I use a Mac.  I enjoy aspects of all three OS’s but for a while Mac’s have had a killer app that was not available on any other OS.  This applications biggest asset was what it didn’t do — Get in the way!
The app is called [...]

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Just over a year ago this blog was a big part of my life.  I was in a transition period and had quite a bit of free time on my hands.  I was pumping out 2-3 posts per day and was starting to get a steady stream of readers.  Then opportunity knocked and I opened [...]

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My wife hates using my laptop.  There is a password to login, a password for my wireless network (both home and work), I never save any of my passwords in the browser and you need another just to be able to use my linux shell (which she would never touch anyway).
Why all this security?  No, [...]

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