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Usefulness of tablets in the System Admin world

So in my new job as System Admin, more and more I have been looking into tablets but I try to be a frugal person and justify my costs. One application I was attempting to think of was if I could use ...
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Making existing Software portable?

I have Quark XPress 9, and want to make it portable for my own personal use. It will not be distributed, only used by myself to create PDFs for manuals. (I use it for other purposes, but creating ...
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run ubuntu from virtual box in an external hard drive

I would like to run ubuntu on my external hard drive. I have got virtual box installed in the external hard drive and made a machine named ubuntu and installed the latest ubuntu version which i got ...
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Basic local HTTP daemon

I'm trying to find the most basic HTTP deamon possible. All it needs to do is allow me to access local files through a browser using the http:// protocol. (I can't use file://) Would be great if it ...
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Creating a portable PHP install?

I would like to create a folder with a couple versions of PHP that I can start in cgi mode as needed. I use different windows machines for development and I would like to be able to move around ...
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Looking for a small, portable, port-mirroring ethernet switch

I recently had a mac go haywire, taking half a minute or more to get www.google.com loaded. Getting its owner to give up the machine for repair was like pulling teeth - they were insisting that it ...
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portable backup device options

I need a suggestion for an alternative type of backup device to replace tape drive
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Is there any way to make cherokee server portable?

I develop on different machines. I use MAMP, I have it installed on my dropbox folder and created symbolic links to the applications folder. That way if I work one day on my desktop and make changes ...
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Command to enable/disable USB portable drive on the fly without rebooting Win2003 Server

Is there any command or 3rd-party tool to enable/disable USB portable drive on the fly without rebooting the Win2003 Server that it is plugged into? This is for enabling the drive before a backup job ...
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What the best portable virtual machine? [closed]

VirtualBox, VMWare or VirtualPC/Server? I want setup a virtual machine in a pendrive, and I'm confused about what software I use, What is best considering portability. Thanks!