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Computers: What Happens After You Catch Your Own Tail?
I’ve been chasing my own tail for some time over computer issues. Sure, there’s a part of me that likes trying new things. I’m still planning to put NetBSD on my old laptop, and spend some time learning to use … Continue reading
Linux Failed Me
First off, you need to realize this is not an angry rant. I have loved Linux from the first experience, when I installed RedHat 5.0 on an old 486. Once I understood it, and some of the philosophy behind it, … Continue reading
Justified Target of Wrath: Wikipedia
It was a noble idea. Let everyone with an interest be allowed to add their knowledge regarding a topic, and the intelligence of the common man will shine through in creating an online encyclopedia. Let the differing opinions work out … Continue reading
More Death-of-the-Net?
As more of our economy is pulled in under the corporate and government controls, we risk a form of utterly heedless oppression. It’s called fascism — government operating on behalf the soulless corporation. We have gotten to the point the … Continue reading
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Net Security: Nuisance Abatement
Aside from sections of wire and other hardware owned by government agencies, the Internet is entirely private property. A rather loose coalition of folks connected by cables and such have decided upon a common set of protocols allowing shared data. … Continue reading
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Praying for Syllable
It’s no secret I use Linux. Indeed, I write here about how openSUSE 11.2 crashed on me and took a bite out of my desktop configuration. So I gave Ubuntu 9.10 another try. But this time I ran it from … Continue reading
Firefox Hanging on Vista and Win7 64-bit
So you try to start Firefox 3.5 on your Vista or Win7 64-bit system, and it hangs. It drags and may not even start. The whole system seems all but locked up. What gives? I suspect it’s the scripting in … Continue reading
openSUSE: Nothing Else Works on My Computer
I gave Windows Vista, which came with my hardware (Inspiron 545 MT), and the free Windows 7 upgrade, a fair and honest try. For two weeks I ran Win7. It was certainly better than Vista, but there were things which … Continue reading
Vim for Windows
At first, it was just Cream. I really started liking the extravagant syntax highlighting for my XHTML files. But I never could quite get some of those really off-the-wall keys strokes, even with Cream. Then I spent some time just … Continue reading
Win64 Poorly Supported
On the one hand, 64-bit Vista and Win7 appear to run just about any 32-bit app just fine, aside from stuff too tightly wound into the system and kernel. So while you have to get 64-bit AV protection, you can … Continue reading