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Kubuntu 24.04 on Dell Latitude 3540

Posted on August 21, 2024 by ehurst

Everything works out of the box, though it does require some effort to configure a couple of things. The biggest item: I got my laptop to hibernate on Kubuntu 24.04. A few years ago I wrote a long blog post … Continue reading →

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Interesting Times

Posted on August 20, 2024 by ehurst

I have come to believe that the elections, now just over 2 months away, simply aren’t that important. Yes, they will certainly affect us. Whichever bunch wins will have a lot to do with the flavor of our apocalypse, but … Continue reading →

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Kubuntu: Still the Shortest Path to Linux

Posted on August 19, 2024 by ehurst

Some years ago, I published an ebook: The Shortest Path to Linux featuring Kubuntu Linux. The contents are long out of date, as is typical of the fast moving field of computer technology. Still, regardless of what you may think … Continue reading →

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Adjusting Myself

Posted on August 18, 2024 by ehurst

Moral choices I’ve made over the years have consequences. In my twenties, I was offered a job in business management. It would have kept me from going to church, and at the time, that was more important to me, so … Continue reading →

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NT Doctrine — Hebrews 2

Posted on August 17, 2024 by ehurst

Angels proper have always been spirit beings who served God as warriors and messengers. When they spoke, it was with divine authority, as if it were the voice of God Himself. Without fail, violating His Word brought His wrath, including … Continue reading →

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Your Next Move

Posted on August 16, 2024 by ehurst

We are all heavily influenced by fiction. There have been a great many games, movies and TV shows depicting a nightmare world that simply cannot exist. Americans in particular are deeply taken by horror fiction. None of that stuff is … Continue reading →

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Epson LQ-590ii on CUPS/Linux

Posted on August 15, 2024 by ehurst

I got it to work. After hours of searching on the Net using multiple search engines, I never saw anyone explain how to make this work, so I invested some time, lots of wasted paper and no end of frustration … Continue reading →

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Joe Cooper Hyundai

Posted on August 15, 2024 by ehurst

This is an honest and free endorsement of a local car dealer. Over the years of my life, I’ve never had enough money to buy a new car. Thus, I ended up buying from a lot of individuals and from … Continue reading →

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Boundaries of Identity

Posted on August 14, 2024 by ehurst

I’m not going to say that it’s impossible for us to be a part of any broader society. Rather, I’m going to say that we cannot be a part of the one we are in now. In order to walk … Continue reading →

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Moral Talents

Posted on August 13, 2024 by ehurst

The heart-led way is the path of moral excellence, for the heart is the seat of human moral awareness. The human instinct for survival is a natural part of fleshly existence. In the Garden of Eden, it was never an … Continue reading →

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