VMWare ESXi server is the latest addition to VMWare's server virtualization hypervisor platforms. Surprisingly being the having a vast majority of the market control in server based virtualization VMWare decided to offer the ESXi platform for free. Usually you hear free and a company name like VMWare and you're like you have to be absolutely shitting me that they are going to let a product that they have been historically charging $1500+ per license for. You're immediate thought goes into what CAN'T I do opposed to the full blown ESX 3.5 server?
So lately my status of a Network Administrator has been veered over to a Web Developer mostly dealing with the TYPO3 platform that we have put in place for the company's forward facing website. I needed to figure out what I was going to help me get the job done in the most effecient way. So currently these are some of my daily tools of my newfound trade:
I have been looking really hard for a replacement for Windows Media Center for a long time, and I have finally found a suitable and extensible replacement in XBMC ( XBox Media Center ). It supports basically every platform from the original XBox to Linux and Macs. The thing I absolutely love about it is you can do just about anything with it as it has a full plugin environment that you can download plugins and shit to get it to do what you want it to do.
I have been looking really hard for a replacement for Windows Media Center for a long time, and I have finally found a suitable and extensible replacement in XBMC ( XBox Media Center ). It supports basically every platform from the original XBox to Linux and Macs. The thing I absolutely love about it is you can do just about anything with it as it has a full plugin environment that you can download plugins and shit to get it to do what you want it to do.
