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How Can You Generate Revenue With an Open Source Product?
I was reading a BBC article months ago about a guy who tried to sink his business. The reason why he wanted to sink his business? The problem, as he saw it, was that this simple code was open source – that is, it had already been made available to developers at no cost – […]
The HP x2 2-in-1 Notebook, and How Well It Runs Fedora
[Update November 26, 2019] – Hans de Goede, a Linux kernel programmer, has figured out a way of partially fixing the suspend issue. He has since written patches for the kernel and have submitted them upstream. Apparently, he found that the embedded controller (EC) on the notebook isn’t like other ECs, and so doesn’t handle […]
A way of describing IT audit
You know how your day goes? You know how you use all of these widgets and doohickeys, and that’s how you usually converse or get any information? It’s my job to keep all of that stuff working (at least, I would like to). I’m not talking about just making Windows work on your computer, or […]
How GNU/Linux is different from other OSes
If you’ve heard of GNU/Linux and want to try it out, then congratulations and welcome to the world of open source OSes! I hope that your experience with using GNU/Linux is a joyful and informative one. If you’ve already done a little homework, you’ve found many variations (called “distributions”) of GNU/Linux, and may be mystified […]
Auditing a charity’s network, and finding something out of place
For the past six months or so, I have been helping a local charity with its I.T. needs. This includes updating their computers, designing and setting up a kiosk for its volunteers, and helping other charity members with their IT needs. Now I’m trying to map their network, and help the director of I.T. to […]
Newer Ways of Audit Reporting on Third Party Companies
I went to a recent meeting of the North Texas chapter of ISACA, and there was a presentation on SSAE 18. For those of you who don’t know, SSAE 18 supersedes SSAE 16, and consolidates Service Organization Controls reporting into something more manageable. Here, I’ll talk about what I’ve learned about SSAE 18, SOC 1, […]
Migrating My Nextcloud Server to Another Server
When I saw that my version of Ubuntu could not be upgraded any more (due to Digital Ocean’s system), I had to migrate my Nextcloud installation (version 11.0.2) to a newer version of Ubuntu (16.04). In the documentation for Nextcloud, it details how to exactly migrate your Nextcloud installation to another Linux server, so I […]
Helping Out a Local Charity
I’ve been helping out a local charity with preparing tax returns for the needy and underprivileged for the past few weeks and we’ve run into a problem. Each time we have to print out the tax returns for the clients, we have to take the laptop over to the printer to have it printed out. […]
Learning About Setting Controls for I.T. Assets
In my pursuit to get into the information technology (IT) audit field, I must learn about setting controls for securing IT assets, minimizing risk, and eventually testing that said controls work. In major organizations where information flows constantly and is utilized to advance the organization’s goals, ensuring that the information and knowledge are accurate, intact, […]