Tag: test

Help Test the New Ubuntu Server Installer

Got much planned this weekend? I only ask because Canonical’s server bods are currently looking for wily folks to help them test an improved version of the new Ubuntu Server installer. Subiquity Ubuntu Server 18.04 debuts an all-new installer experience called ‘Subiquity‘, which you can see …

Windows Phone navigation – Road test

  In that article, I did write that my testing was limited at the time, and I never offer any advice without in-depth research. Now that I’ve finally had a chance to clock several thousand km navigating by foot and car abroad, across several European countries, …

Populate Active Directory with Test User Accounts

  In this Ask the Admin, I’ll use a PowerShell script to populate Active Directory with test user accounts. Active Directory (AD) is the chosen user-authentication mechanism in most organizations and a key infrastructure component that’s central to giving users access to business applications. Because of …

Test your web browser's cryptojacking protection

Cryptojacking is a relatively new threat on the Internet. It refers to websites abusing computing resources of visitors to mine cryptocurrency. Internet users notice that something is wrong when the computer they use slows down to a crawl suddenly and when fans speed up in an …

The Snap App of Sublime Text 3 Available for Test

The community has made Sublime Text 3 into the SNAP package. So far, it’s available for testing in candidate channel. A snap is an universal Linux application comes with all its dependencies bundled. It runs in sandbox and is isolated from other system software. If you …

Windows 10 v1909 Generic Keys Available for Test

With the release of Windows 10 v1909, Microsoft released a set of generic keys to encouraging anyone who wants to dive in to try out. It’s perfect for use in a test environment using virtualization technology, i.e. Hyper-V. Here is a set of keys for Windows …