Mostly directed at those who frequently work remotely or abroad in a non-office environment (hotel room, apartment kitchen table/living room/balcony).

I'm looking for the most convenient setup, considerations, things to keep in mind, etc... based on your experience. I just want to be prepared.

I mean, I often work from home, but I have my whole setup. I can't take it with me abroad, and I like to pack light. I'm thinking my laptop, work laptop, wireless mouse, and a USB monitor. It's so hard to work off of a single laptop screen.

I've seen some decent AOC and Asus USB 3.0 monitors... any tried and true?

I'm still waiting to see if I need to bring any network equipment, hub or access point, but I'll figure that out on my own. (waiting on photos of the existing setup where I'll be going, so I know what I need)

Any other considerations or anything else I should be thinking of? I'll be accessing all of my work resources via VPN. So laptop + internet are the bare necessities. All else would be for comfort and convenience, which is also important, as I'll be doing this for 3 months.

Edit: I'll also be bringing an IP phone with me so I can still make and take calls as if I'm at work on-prem via my normal extension. This is a simple Ethernet plug-in... so I'm good there.

@scottalanmiller is that all?

Definitely +1 to using it as back up and replication storage. It often is either an upgrade to your existing backup infrastructure, or is part of the dealmaker to implement a better backup infrastructure with old equipment when making the decision to purchase HC hardware.

Another big one is using the old for test labs to better help plan for future projects.

@bbigford said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@tim_g said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@penguinwrangler said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@bbigford said in Fitness and Weightloss:

6'5" and was 215 at Thanksgiving. After TG dinner I said I was going on a diet to get back down to the 185 I'm comfortable with. I got down to 175 by New Years. Just takes proper planning of meals to automate your groove; along with exercise, and no cheating.

6'5" tall and you are complaining about being 215? You must have a small build for someone that tall. I was gifted with a linebacker type of build. I am 6'4" tall and I was 313 lbs. Most people tell me, you couldn't be that heavy, but I was. I have a long tall torso so hiding my true weight was easy, relatively normal length legs, 32" inseam on my pants.

Hmm... yeah i read that again. 6'5" wanting to get down to 175 lbs? That's less than I am usualy, and I'm 5'10"ish. I thought I was pretty skinny... 6'5" and 215 seems like it'd be in the upper end of the healthy range... without looking at any charts off the top of my head.

230 is a good target weight, but I just never had any success actually putting on some solid muscle, so I eventually gave up on all the weight gaining programs and weight lifting.

Muscle building is a very slow process for everyone.... after the newbie gains anyway. If you are new or coming back to weight lifting and you stick to an intense workout routine for 4 or so months (as in great sleep, great eating, great workouts), you will see very noticeable muscle gains. But after the initial gains, you can't really expect to gain more than a kilo or two of solid muscle weight PER YEAR. It's a very slow process, and is something best done for the health benefits rather than trying to look big asap.

The people you see walking around with big muscles have been doing it for years consistently, or have done (or are doing) steroids. Plain and simple. In about 10 years of consistent muscle workouts, as in 3-4 times a week, an hour each time, no more than a week's rest every couple months.

For women it's a bit different. Many DON'T lift weights for fear of getting too much muscle. This is a myth. Women simply lack the testosterone required to "bulk up and look like a man" if you know what I mean. It's literally impossible (it's simple science), and those women who have, were taking steroids.

A good weight lifting routine (strength training + cardio) is always better than cardio alone. It burns more calories, promotes better health, and does a lot more for your body... such as shapign and toning, as well as cardiovascular benefits.... where cardio/running may only hurt you in the long run (like damages your knees... doesn't promote muscle growth or keep as much bone density) when compared to weight lifting.

@BBigford said in For the love of IPOD...:

@dafyre said in For the love of IPOD...:

@DustinB3403 said in For the love of IPOD...:

Better yet. . .

"If they can afford 1 SAN, they can certainly afford 2, and make things truly solid". . .

that would be commission + just good IT.

Of course horrible finance control, but whatever.... with just a single SAN its still horrible finance control.

Would it not be a good time to start pitching better setups such as Starwinds Appliances?

Funny... I actually did bring that up, and was told since nobody has heard of them, then they probably weren't very good. I thought they were joking, but they weren't.

Lol, they are pretty much doing what Microsoft left out and should have done....

Not only that, but the StarWind stuff is highly compatible and integration to Microsoft products is highly supported. It seems like they are working with MVPs who specialize in in Hyper-V, System Center, etc... and who also write guides for using StarWind with that stuff.

In fact, I'm reading a new 600 page book (Hyper-V 2016) by one of StarWinds Microsoft's MVPs.... Charbel Nemnom.

@scottalanmiller said in Simple Proofs that Linux Is Not an Operating System with Ubuntu and Debian:

@JaredBusch said in Simple Proofs that Linux Is Not an Operating System with Ubuntu and Debian:

@scottalanmiller but as you said it has been decades now and it is an ingrained understanding even to the uneducated masses.
So as professionals, we have to simply be more specific and know that anyone not being specific is either generalizing on purpose or, more likely, simply has no idea WTF they are talking about.

Sadly, it gets brought up because so often people claiming to be experts use the standard misuse of the term and claim it as proof that Linux is an OS. Of course they always get snippy when you ask them to install and run said OS, since it does not exist. But they keep on doing it.

It can be fixed. But it needs to start with IT using it correctly first.

And teachers.

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@eddiejennings that's an interesting idea... but the part was written for trombone, and our guy should be fully recovered from hernia surgery.

I understand. I put in a plug for saxophonists whenever I can

If we hadn't already decided to have no more horns going forward (trombonist quit, but he's helping us finish the album), we would probably give you an audition. But wrangling a horn section is a lot of work for a rock band.

You would use Hyper-V Manager on another computer, such as your Win10 computer.

Win10 comes with Server Manager built in. You can add your Hyper-V server in there, and manage it.

There's also RSAT.

Actually, here I fixed it:

There's also 5nine Hyper-v manager.

This guide shows how to go from fresh Ubuntu install, to fully working and supported Windows Steam games basically out-of-the-box. Then I will show how to install Lutris and get WoW and D3 working beautifully.

Install Ubuntu 18.04, the do the following:

1. Before your first log-in, hit CTRL+ALT+F2 to enter and log in to terminal.
2. Update things:
   sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
3. Reboot, do not log in, hit CTRL+ALT+F2 to enter and log in to terminal.
4. Add Graphics Repo (more info: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/blob/proton_3.7/PREREQS.md)
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
5. Install Graphics drivers:
   sudo apt install nvidia-driver-396
6. Reboot, then log in to Ubuntu GUI (Gnome)
7. Open a terminal, install Cinnamon:
   • sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment lightdm
   • Enter Y(yes)
   • Select lightdm, then OK.
   • Reboot
8. At login screen, select Cinnamon and log in.
9. Download and install Steam:
   • https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
10. After Steam is installed, opt-in to the Steam Client Beta (more info: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7021-EIAH-8669)
    • Open Steam settings > Steam Play > Check "Enable Steam Play for all titles", and use Proton 3.7-3 (current as of this writing)
    • Steam will reload
    • Select Library > SteamOS + linux
    • Install games
    • Play.

Info on Proton: https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561

Lutris setup coming soon...

Update 09/12/2018:
I did get Lutris installed, along with the Battle.net app, Diablo 3, and WoW. I installed all from scratch, and they semi-work. However, my initial testing used all three of those Apps that were installed via Windows. However, when installing the games and the B.net App from scratch via Lutris / Linux, WoW ends up crashing soon after, and the B.net app is a little weird.

I will try one last thing, having a Win10 VM strictly to download, install, and update B.net App, D3, and WoW, and copying it to Linux (or figuring out how to load a host directory in the Win10 VM which is preferrable).

But this is all so much work it's easier to just use Windows.

The only games I could get running just as good or better on Linux was No Man's Sky and Diablo III. The other two are required, so until those work better I may go back to Win10.

@NetworkNerd said in When to use VMWare over free hypervisors?:

With Hyper-V I must have a license of Windows.

Hyper-V is free and requires no licensing of any kind, and especially does not require any Windows licenses.

@roopankumar said in what programming language can I learn now ???:

Hi,

I'm kind of system admin, so now thinking myself learning a programming language.

I don't know of any system admins that do programming. They do a lot of scripting, however.

If you work with Windows, PowerShell is extremely beneficial to know. If you work with Linux, BASH cli.

Watching some classic Tom and Jerry with the kids.

FYI,

Microsoft has a new page up detailing changes with WSUS and Windows 10 restarts. You'll need to have 1703.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-restart

@JaredBusch said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@Obsolesce said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@JaredBusch said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@Obsolesce said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@JaredBusch

Nice! Diet only? Diet + exercise?

It is always diet and exercise. That is how weight gain or loss works, always.

Caloric intake vs caloric use.

Rephrasing for asshat compliance...

Did you lose weight by only changing your fucking diet, or are you also going to the fucking gym or something?

Because I am trying to lose weight, and not maintain. I am restricting my caloric intake, simply by eating less. I am eating what I always eat.

Because I am trying to lose weight, and not maintain. I am being more active, typically and hour on the treadmill every day on top of my normal daily routine.

Okay, so to paraphrase you to answer my original question...:

"Hello Obsolesce! Thank you so much for asking! To answer your wonderful question, I lost the weight by both changing my diet and exercise! To be more specific on how I changed my diet, I am simply restricting my caloric intake by eating less of what I always eat. As for exercise, I am being more active in addition to hitting the treadmill every day." --paraphrased JB

Found a good article that explains it well: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2017/08/11/understanding-dwpd-tbw/

I decided to keep the 3rd one