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CentOS 5.3: This Works
All I can say is “WOW!” No, not the fan-boy stuff; it has to work the way I work. I can be quite merciless about discarding the most expensive, the best supported and wildest hyped, and I really could care … Continue reading
CentOS 5.3
Finally, CentOS 5.3 has been released. I’m getting a DVD ISO myself. Much as I love Debian Etch, there are some things broken which won’t be fixed anytime soon. Further, Etch will die in less than a year, whereas CentOS … Continue reading
The PC and Net Are Dead
Let me define the terms here. PC refers in this context to the consumer devices not related to employment. That’s the home computer you buy for kids’ games, email, surfing, etc. Even if you use it for banking and taxes, … Continue reading
Cranky Old Bozo Computer User
I can accept that label. So while one of the comments I got on a previous post called me a “bozo” I wasn’t offended. The problem is the comment was merely that one word, with no qualifying explanation. It’s a … Continue reading
Etch Is Still Better
I’m not sure why, but after testing Lenny several different ways, Etch is still better. In fact, Lenny is downright inferior. After messing around with Ubuntus, Lenny, then Win2K, then XP, then openSUSE 10.3, I’m back to Etch. I just … Continue reading
Does It Take Unplugging?
I really don’t know who Wayne Porter is, but some network security people I read do. Apparently he took a sabbatical from the Net for about 6 months, and learned a bit from it. I’m puzzled. Did it really require … Continue reading
Lenny Laptop: Wifi Setup
Because Lenny detected my wifi card (Linksys WPC11 v.4) right away, I’ve had no real trouble using it. However, that’s from the commandline. In order to make it work from the GUI, it requires a little tweaking. In the file … Continue reading
Console Fix
I’m getting my supply back. I have my Inspiron setup to boot into the console. The primary reason is actually because suspend modes work best from the console. The other reason is I don’t always need the GUI to get … Continue reading
Then Again, Maybe Not
I suppose my earlier suspicions about MS killing their own products via “update” is one incident closer to proven. I had Win2K all properly installed, and I was trying to find a WPA Supplicant package for it, since the drivers … Continue reading
Trade Made: Laptop Arrives
My effort to trade the eMac for a laptop has paid off. Today I received via FedEx a Dell Inspiron 4100. Yes, it’s old, with a mere 1Ghz CPU, and I’m having to order RAM to make it a half-GB. … Continue reading