Category Archives: computers

CentOS 7: Virtual Box VM

Posted on July 31, 2014 by ehurst

Folks, this is how it’s done. Oracle may not be our favorite company, but this is one thing you will not want to miss: Oracle’s Virtual Box VM. It’s free. You’ll find the user manual is quite in-depth. Here are … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7: QEMU

Posted on July 30, 2014 by ehurst

Install a Windows VM on CentOS/RHEL 7 using QEMU — this is the hard way. VMware won’t build properly on CentOS 7 and all of the suggest fixes failed. The simplest answer is using the included virtual machine, QEMU. See … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7 and 64-bit Mozilla Stuff

Posted on July 24, 2014 by ehurst

CentOS 7 comes with the ERS (Extended Release Support) version of Mozilla software. This is typical of the basic concept behind RHEL/CentOS and other clones, that you probably only have to install the OS once in the lifetime of the … Continue reading →

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PySolFC on CentOS 7: Tk Errors

Posted on July 19, 2014 by ehurst

So you either built it from SRPMs or simply got the necessary libraries and got the source. Either way, you’ve got PySolFC on your CentOS/RHEL 7 machine and it won’t work. If you try to launch it from the CLI, … Continue reading →

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More Debian XFCE Stuff: PIM

Posted on June 18, 2014 by ehurst

If you use my Debian book (mirrored in plain HTML here), you’ll know it’s just an introduction, not a full user guide. There are too many options with something as big as Debian’s collection of software. Most newbies have no … Continue reading →

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RHEL 7RC Notes

Posted on May 9, 2014 by ehurst

I’ve installed it and got things running. The way Red Hat does things is allowing folks to work from the RC and associated repositories without requiring a subscription. What I’m trying to do is get some experience so I can … Continue reading →

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Rat-Killing Passwords

Posted on April 10, 2014 by ehurst

It’s rat-killing day around my place. It means raking debris from the yard so I could make the first lawn cutting with my reel mower, burying that electric line between the house and the shed so the freaking punks will … Continue reading →

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Taming Kubuntu

Posted on March 23, 2014 by ehurst

Whew! It’s too long to post here on the blog, so I have a draft version in good ol’ HTML here (gone now). Just click the link and you should get a fairly long tutorial. I need feeback. This will … Continue reading →

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Plain Text Format

Posted on December 16, 2013 by ehurst

Plain text is the universal format, the most durable and transportable. If you can communicate in plain text, everything else is a breeze. Need I explain further? Then you’ll never understand. The only question we can really answer is not … Continue reading →

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RHEL 7 Beta: Initial Test Drive (Updated)

Posted on December 12, 2013 by ehurst

(Note: This is not about server use, but desktop use and building custom packages for such use.) The long-awaited beta for RHEL 7 has arrived. You’ll have to wade through some stuff to get an account so you can apply … Continue reading →

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