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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 5)

(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) First, a pop quiz. You will need a package called “gdebi”; based on the previous lesson, install it as you wish. It will bring with it a few other … Continue reading

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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 4)

(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) Debian won’t force you to use the commandline; it will entice you with the most opulent provision for those who dare to learn the magic of the Linux commandline. … Continue reading

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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 3)

(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) Linux is an implementation of the Unix computer technology; a type of Unix, if you will. In Unix Land, everything is a file. Every bit of hardware that the … Continue reading

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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 2)

(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) XFCE is a wonderful desktop environment, but it’s not the simplest to configure. There are several items we need to consider for desktop display. Extra wide displays are popular … Continue reading

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Internet Unrealities

Perhaps you’ve met one like him. He asked me to come over to his apartment and look at his computer, saying only that it had a problem. Some charitable agency had given him a decent system with Ubuntu installed. He … Continue reading

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The Core of Human Existence

No grand theory here; I’m struggling to echo the Bible in modern Western terms. Let’s pretend, maybe something along the lines of the Fallout series of video games. Trailers and bits of game play can be found in good quantity … Continue reading

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Quantum Commerce

It’s all about the people. As 3D printing takes off, we’ll see a huge shift in the leverage for manufactured goods. Some types of manufacture will always require huge concentrations of resources, not to mention the distribution of those goods. … Continue reading

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Wide Open Access

You need to understand what we are up against, not to fear but to know how to fight. As noted yesterday, political agitation in meat space simply invites the attention of those who have no honor. Don’t get lost in … Continue reading

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Encouraging Shepherds

We are at war, but our weapons are not as their weapons. All men and women can embrace the shepherd’s call of adulthood. The actions and internal motivations and mechanisms differ between the sexes, but the outcome is basically the … Continue reading

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Linux Ghost in the Machine

(Thinking out loud on a curriculum for migration to Linux…) Linux is inherently a CLI; it doesn’t run without a console. In yesterday’s post, we looked at the two primary implications of what it means when we say Linux is … Continue reading

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