I received a remark of someone, who browsed almost every post of this site, and came to the conclusion this site was anti-Microsoft.
Well duh….
My reaction was simple : “It’s not because this site isn’t promoting Microsoft it automatically becomes anti-Microsoft”.
EOD (End Of Discussion).

Encrypting files with a password is useful to protect sensitive data.
Encrypt the file by issuing following command:
gpg -c filename
For example to encrypt test.txt file
$ gpg -c test.txt
Enter passphrase: enter a password
Repeat passphrase: repeat the password
A file called test.txt.gpg will be created. As far as I’m concerned, you can delete the file test.txt (which [...]

Only a handful of small businesses have access to a manager who can assist them with using information technology in their business. IT & E-Business Mentoring Services should be seen as an alternative to the traditional consulting approach that provides small business with access to a business coach for a fixed price.
A mentoring [...]

Looks like I’m not the only one spied upon.
Check out this link of my collegue Bart.

Ever wondered how you can automate ftp tasks on Linux? Here you will find the simple answer.
Remember my previous post on backup.
At the end of this script, you still need to ftp the files to another server.
Automating this is easy..
1. At the end of the backup script add following line : FTP < [...]

Instant messaging is a great add-on to your Domino messaging infrastructure. SameTime is providing great features but isn’t very cheap.
Are there “light-weight” alternatives? Yes, there are. If you want basic chat, conferencing, video/voice and whiteboarding (these last 3 are client dependant), you can install a Jabber Server and even integrate it [...]

This has been taken a while ago but I just received it from Philippe Daumerie (collegue at SkillTeam).
Probably we were discussing the advantages of Lotus Domino over Ms Exchange!
From left to right: Luc Van Steen, Philippe Daumerie and Adam El Jabri (aka Exchange Lover)

This is one of the visitors of my site…
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Listen to music while surfing lucvansteen.net
Now playing “Sunrise” by Simply Red
Listen now:

Here is an example of a backup script you can use when the Linux box has no tape-drive.
Step 1 : Make sure that the important directories are “zipped” into a file (see script)
#!/bin/sh
#
#Set Date variable
DATE=`date +%d-%m-%y`
#delete last backup file
rm /backup/*.tar.gz
#backup jobs
#Job 1 : /etc to /backup/etc-${DATE}.tar.gz
#Job 2 : /home to /backup/home-${DATE}.tar.gz
#Job 3 : [...]