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- @richardhicks true. but its more fun on windows :-) 2010/09/02
- @TheAndroidSite This will be the next big thing for me. Tired of the fuddy duddy N1. Need something with a 2 in the name :-) 2010/09/01
- Samsung Vibrant GPS fixes, rooting, and replacing the default launcher. Priceless! Now lets see CM 6.1 :-) 2010/09/01
- @richardhicks The best windows security is the oldest. Unplug the consarned cat5 cable. Voila! Total net neutrality and Windows security. 2010/09/01
- @PaulOBrien No android market or google experience until someone hacks it if they can. No more archos for me. The 5it does what I need now. 2010/09/01
Category Archives: Linux
Ubuntu Installs and Magic
I really like Ubuntu Lucid guys. It just seems solidly put together and the ubuntuforums guys plus other forum sites really provide howto information for a few things which need some extra work. I buy all music from Amazon these … Continue reading
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Powershell, CMD, Bash
You know how you get used to typing things in a certain way? Like if you are a Linux guy, you tend to use commands like “ls” or “df” or “free”. You also can do some nifty things like CTRL-R … Continue reading
Three Little LInux Doodads
We always discuss the “kick ass” applications on operating systems. You know the ones. They make a difference to what you do, how you do it. Perhaps they offer an easier access to a resource or faster this or that. … Continue reading
Why Linux is Better
I use Windows 7 every day folks. I start it up, I start Outlook 07 up. It gets my email. I sometimes edit Word or Visio files in it. It logs into a MOSS server I have rights to. I … Continue reading
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The Return
This amazes me even though I had some advance word of it. The return of Linuxcare! So many memories come flooding back. Read some thoughts by Steven here and if you search on my blog for Linuxcare, you’ll see my … Continue reading
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Back to Basics
I own two Thinkpad T60 laptops. These are wondrous beasts which run anything I toss at them. Now one runs Ubuntu Lucid and the other runs Debian Squeeze which is Debian’s testing release. I ran Debian for years before Ubuntu … Continue reading
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When I started with Linux
Lets see when I started was in 1997 or so. I remember vaguely loading up SuSE 5.x something or other because Arthur Tyde used it at the GAP before I joined Linuxcare. I would walk by his desk and see … Continue reading
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New Ubuntu Arises
Its been six months give or take a day. Its time for a shiny new and non-brown ubuntu version. I’ve been running this one for about 3 weeks now and started with Beta 2. Then went to the Release Candidate. … Continue reading
Starbuck’s Conversation
Today at Starbucks after leaving work a bit early. It goes like this: Guy with a Dell laptop: What is that?Me: What is what?Guy: What you are running on that laptop?Me: This is UbuntuGuy: I could never use Linux. It … Continue reading
Enabling Operating System Diversity
Here is the idea. Our operating systems we run on computers should be enablers to our habilis approaches. Possibly the greatest equalizers to habilis behavior are virtualization tools like VMWare and VirtualBox. In my own experiment of one, I use … Continue reading