Steve's Ramblings

Disable GZIP Image Compression in FOG for Faster Image Creation

Recently I changed the software the imaging server at work uses from Clonezilla to FOG. There were many reasons for the change such as a better web interface, image deployment queue, etc however one of the main things I was looking forward to was storage nodes which allows for distribution of images across multiple servers [...]

Posted at 11pm on 1/14/10 | no comments; | Filed Under: Tutorials | Tagged: FOG, gzip, linux, terminal | read on

Ubuntu 9.10 is out – Use torrents!

Ubuntu 9.10 is out, which means its time to download the ISO’s. Avoid overloading the servers by downloading the torrents instead. Be sure to seed when you are done! Here is the URL that contains the torrent files: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#bt

Posted at 9am on 10/29/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Files | read on

About

My name is Steve Morrissey and I attend the University of Minnesota Duluth. I am interested in a lot of things such as programming, golfing, bowling, and playing the occasional game. I am very interested in programming. The languages I use the most are PHP, Java, VB .NET, and C++ (.NET). I am also very interested in MySQL, data collection, and writing applications to make sense of and display the data.

Currently I am employed at my University doing exactly what I enjoy. I get to develop applications for the faculty/staff to use, code the websites, and admin quite a few servers (15+ Linux, 5+ Windows). I actually enjoy work which is rare.

I also love starting projects and never finishing them. I cannot count the number of web projects I have started, made a lot of progress on, then just given up on. This boils down to the fact that I cannot focus on a single thing for too long before it burns me out. Oh well.

I will be posting some ‘borderline illegal’ information here. Note that me posting it is not illegal, but what you do with it can be illegal, I just provide the information, do with it what you will.