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Slimboat Is Better than Chrome

Posted on October 25, 2013 by ehurst

Update: There have been reports of suspicious activity from Slimboat and Slim browsers. At least one user reported a distinct attempt to download malware coming from the running process. My own experience is that using Slimboat brings on a lot … Continue reading →

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VMWare Player on Wheezy

Posted on October 10, 2013 by ehurst

It doesn’t really matter why; you might have any number of reasons for needing to run Windows software on your Linux box. Sometimes WINE is enough. It works pretty good for things like Notepad++ and it’s not too bad if … Continue reading →

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Debian and Xubuntu for Common Folks

Posted on September 25, 2013 by ehurst

There are an awful lot of WinXP class machines still running out there and there’s no reason to throw them away just because XP will be even more vulnerable than ever once the updates are discontinued in a few months. … Continue reading →

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Bits and Pieces 9

Posted on February 14, 2013 by ehurst

After my disappointment with Lenny and Squeeze, I’m pleased to announce Debian Wheezy is really worth the time and trouble getting it set up. While I thought about writing up an install guide, it’s just silly to duplicate the efforts … Continue reading →

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Tool Shed 2

Posted on February 13, 2013 by ehurst

I’ve been doing a lot of testing. I sincerely hope that’s over for awhile. Scientific Linux on the laptop wasn’t working. There is a bug Red Hat refuses to fix; dropping into hibernate mode frequently corrupts a portion of the … Continue reading →

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Squeeze, FFMPEG and MP3 Conversions

Posted on August 17, 2011 by ehurst

Debian Squeeze: Things have changed and there seems to be poor notice from the developers. I still like to find my old favorite songs on YouTube and strip out the audio track to make an MP3. It’s gotten a little … 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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Debian Squeeze: Browser Wars

Posted on February 20, 2011 by ehurst

All browsers suck. Some suck less than others, but none of them are actually good. (Note the sarcasm warning.) I’ve been testing and tweaking the various graphical browsers available for Debian Squeeze: Iceweasel, Epiphany, Iceape, Opera and Google Chrome. The … 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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PySol on Debian Squeeze

Posted on February 5, 2011 by ehurst

PySol is not in the repository for Squeeze, but it is for Lenny and Sid. I have read several discussions and the bug reports, but aside from a supposed lack of maintainer, the only issue with PySolFC is making sure … Continue reading →

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