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Happy Birthday to NetWeaver – 17 years old
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It’s our birthday today – 17 years since NetWeaver.com Limited was officially formed at companies house. 27th February 2001 It was a Tuesday, probably quite cold (being February). Atomic Kitten was at the top of the charts with ‘Whole Again’. British crime comedy, Snatch, written by Guy Ritchie, was top of the DVD charts.…
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NVMe vs SSD vs HDD
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NVMe (Non-volatile memory express) is the latest way to attach storage to a computer. Rather than using the IDE or SATA connectors of previous drives, it connects directly to PCI Express to allow for faster access. Our history of storage Our first servers, back in 1999, used IDE connectors to connect to our hard…
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5 things you could buy instead of an iMac Pro
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We love Macs. We’ve used them in the office for years. Alan uses Solus – but the rest of us are macOS diehards. When we watched the unveiling of the new iMac Pro, we got a little excited. All the svelt, reliable and rapid goodness of an iMac but even more powerful, and in…
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Solus Budgie 3 Review
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Solus is a desktop operating system based on the Linux kernel and has been growing rapidly since its release a couple of years ago. Version 3 is the most recent instalment and with version 4 coming soon I thought I would share my thoughts on what Solus Budgie 3 has to offer. How easy…
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4 best macOS email clients
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Managing your mail can be a real pain – especially for people with multiple accounts. Here is a look at some of the apps that are striving toward providing a better email service for macOS. Newton Mail Newton Mail comes with a bunch of what it calls “Superchargers”. These are special features that are designed to help…
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How to install Solus on a ChromeBox
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What’s Solus? Solus is a Linux operating system designed for desktop use. Unlike many Linux flavours, it’s not a fork from one of the major distributions. Instead, it’s been developed from the ground up for desktop use. The desktop interface, from the same team, is called Budgie. We’ve dabbled with Solus a few times…
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Quad9 DNS – 9.9.9.9
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I seem to post a lot about DNS, it’s an important part of the internet. For most people, it’s just something your ISP does for you. But, it can actually be much more powerful. A number of years ago Google launched their public DNS resolvers, which they promise not to track if you choose…
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Enable HTTPS on your website
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What is HTTPS? When you visit a website, there are 2 basic options – HTTP and HTTPS. HTTP is the original and has been used on the internet for a long time. HTTPS is the encrypted version of HTTP. When you visit a website you can tell the difference by looking for the green…
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How to enable website compression
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Why enable compression on my website? The faster your website loads – the better. Many studies have shown that the average site visitor won’t wait for more than a few seconds. Additionally, when a website loads quickly it give the impression of a company that cares about their users. By dynamically compressing your website,…
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How much bandwidth does your website need?
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What is bandwidth? Sometimes referred to as ‘data transfer’ – bandwidth, in web hosting terms, is simply how much data your website sends to visitors. When it comes to choosing a web host, there are many baffling bandwidth options to consider. These range from as little as 250mb per month, through to ‘unlimited’ bandwidth.…