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Playing with VMs

Posted on September 26, 2014 by ehurst

I had already been planning to install Debian 7 and CentOS 6 VMs on my Winbox again, when I got a strange email. Some print publisher wanted to grab my two Linux books and publish them. I told them they … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7 Desktop: Unneeded Services

Posted on July 23, 2014 by ehurst

If you run Windows, you can find some really great advice from Black Viper about which services you need or don’t need and under what circumstances. Scroll down and check the page links he has. For quite some years his … Continue reading →

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The Newest Online Privacy Threat: Canvas

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ehurst

As a part of the various options webmasters have for displaying content in your browser, something called “canvas” can also be used for tracking. In essence, the webpage can instruct your browser to draw a picture that is not displayed. … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7: Home Networking

Posted on July 21, 2014 by ehurst

CentOS is a lot smarter than you might expect. It knows when it is connected to a home router. The new firewall quickly adjusts and generally does the right thing. However, it won’t automatically allow you to link to the … Continue reading →

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CompSec: The Other CIA

Posted on July 21, 2014 by ehurst

Computers are essentially the means to data storage and processing. In that sense, data has value. Never mind theories about money and store of value; data is its own kind of thing. The whole business of computers and networking is … Continue reading →

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Desktop CentOS 7: Added Repos

Posted on July 20, 2014 by ehurst

This is simply my own recommendation. In order to run CentOS 7 on the desktop, most folks want stuff you can’t get from CentOS directly. For example, most of us still use websites that require Flashplayer. Adobe has set up … Continue reading →

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FYI: Yet Another Risk Factor in Windows

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ehurst

Hackers have found a way to incorporate that highly advanced NSA-grade spyware into their criminal malware. Is anybody surprised? Where computer technology is concerned, my whole mission is enabling the transmission of truth. Anything that hinders that is my enemy, … Continue reading →

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Computer Ministry Notes Mid-June 2104

Posted on July 16, 2014 by ehurst

It’s been a quiet few days. I spent the time upgrading my laptop to stronger network diagnostic and recovery tools, starting with installing CentOS 7. It’s currently all 64-bit, with none of the typical 32-bit support for now. This is … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7 Install Notes

Posted on July 15, 2014 by ehurst

Go here and choose your mirror, then your ISO. The KDE-Live and GNOME-Live don’t install, just run from DVD to get a preview. The other Live-CD is GNOME but a lot of larger packages removed so it fits on a … Continue reading →

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Doing That Malware Boogie

Posted on July 7, 2014 by ehurst

And here I was thinking I might start pulling out of the computer ministry soon. I’m a low-level amateur technician. Not an expert, just a guy in the neighborhood who knows a little more than you do. Because of this, … Continue reading →

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