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GNU for Win32

Posted on March 23, 2011 by ehurst

Did you know a large number of GNU Open Source command line utilities are available for Windows? See this list for what’s available. Under Unix/Linux, there are certain command line goodies I use quite often. Nothing in Windows Land comes … Continue reading →

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Remarkable: Open Source Project That Cares

Posted on March 16, 2011 by ehurst

Let’s consider the Trinity Desktop Environment. Okay, I admit it’s people who actually care. That’s the point: Open Source people usually don’t care about people, though they claim otherwise. As noted here ad nauseum, most Open Source developers don’t understand … Continue reading →

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Xiphos on SL 6

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ehurst

Just a few quick notes here. There is as yet no repository offering Xiphos and Sword for SL. You can easily Yum the Clucene and development package from SL repositories. I decided to grab Sword and Xiphos SRPMs from the … Continue reading →

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Open Source GUIs Are Awful

Posted on February 25, 2011 by ehurst

I’ve been studying this pretty closely for about fifteen years now, and I find the development of the Open Source GUI, particularly on Linux, is really depressing. I no longer suggest Linux to folks because I care too much about … Continue reading →

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Blocking Animated GIF Images with User CSS (Updated)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by ehurst

Warning: The instructions here are obsolete in that Blink (the engine underneath Chrome) does not support user style sheets. If you find animations a problem, the single best solution is to use Slimjet, an alternative browser built on Blink/Chrome. In … Continue reading →

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Don’t Use Google Chrome Browser on Linux (Updated)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by ehurst

Update: After more research, this whole issue turns on the lack of code in the Webkit engine to support stopping animated GIFs. I always included the Chrome extension “Pause! Pause! Pause!” because I cannot read text on a page when … Continue reading →

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The Debian Experience

Posted on February 10, 2011 by ehurst

I first got acquainted with Debian by using Sarge. It was okay, and I got comfortable with apt and all the other unique things. Etch was truly excellent. I still love it, especially on older hardware. Lenny stunk. I tried … Continue reading →

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Squeeze on Inspiron 1525

Posted on February 3, 2011 by ehurst

This installation was the most recent Squeeze RC2 release, downloaded just two days before this blog post. If you’ve never installed Debian, please see this detailed guide for installing Squeeze. I used the graphical installation offered on the welcome screen. … Continue reading →

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No Debian for the Clueless

Posted on February 1, 2011 by ehurst

It crossed my mind I could start a new project. Given Debian was about to release their newest — “Squeeze” 6.0 — and I wanted to install it on my laptop, it seemed I might write a few articles here … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: LibreOffice as Update

Posted on January 28, 2011 by ehurst

Today Red Hat issued a security update for Open Office on all three versions which had it (4, 5, & 6). If you don’t have access to RHN, you would be crazy to try building it from the SRPM. Frankly, … Continue reading →

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