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Small Adaptations: Printer Shopping
I’m cheap. If low-priced junk will do the job, that’s what I’m buying. Further, if I can find it below retail, that’s where I’m going. With each newer system I get, it’s harder and harder to make my old Panasonic … Continue reading
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The Non-hobby User: Linux Distro Review
This will become a point of reference for future comments which seek to promote this or that favored Linux distribution. People tend to read some of my blog posts in isolation from the others on the same topic. Not much … Continue reading
CentOS Fix: GNOME Mahjongg Scores on “Difficult” Level
This is pretty minor and doesn’t warrant much discussion. When you play Mahjongg on the default game called “Difficult,” upon completion of that game a window pops up saying your score qualifies for the Top Ten. However, the window is … Continue reading
Return to Sanity: CentOS Is Home
After a few days of testing Debian Lenny AMD64, I just can’t make it home. Yes, the packages are newer, and once it hits “stable” in the Debian developer cycle, it will be supported for a long time. Still, there … Continue reading
openSUSE 11.1: Follow-up
It’s broken in a lot of places. My Quickcam cannot be made to work, and apparently a lot of other similar devices quit working for other users. There are a handful of other glitches, none major, but just too darned … Continue reading
openSUSE 11.1: On My Own Terms
Installing from the DVD, I chose the i586 version. All the hardware was detected except my monitor (Dell P1230) and my old dot-matrix printer, naturally. I don’t like the lack of fine control over such things as resolution and paper … Continue reading
I’m Dreaming of a TUI
Unless you count XHTML, I don’t write code. I lack the mental framework to be any good at something like that. Feel free to extrapolate from there I’m also not smart enough to dress myself, but the point is, whatever … Continue reading