Tag Archives: linux

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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PySolFC on CentOS 7: Tk Errors

Posted on July 19, 2014 by ehurst

So you either built it from SRPMs or simply got the necessary libraries and got the source. Either way, you’ve got PySolFC on your CentOS/RHEL 7 machine and it won’t work. If you try to launch it from the CLI, … 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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Quiet Times

Posted on July 9, 2014 by ehurst

I was hoping something interesting would happen during the past few days, but I must have missed it. We got one of those scam calls from someone claiming that our Windows computer was sending out bogus data, or something like … Continue reading →

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Linux Users = Extremists

Posted on July 3, 2014 by ehurst

Okay, so it’s all over the technology news sites, but maybe you don’t read them: RT Slashdot The Register Even Boing Boing In essence, someone got hold of the source code for one of the NSA’s snoop and scoop programs, … Continue reading →

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More Debian XFCE Stuff: PIM

Posted on June 18, 2014 by ehurst

If you use my Debian book (mirrored in plain HTML here), you’ll know it’s just an introduction, not a full user guide. There are too many options with something as big as Debian’s collection of software. Most newbies have no … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE KDE Desktop

Posted on June 10, 2014 by ehurst

I sincerely want you to have an easy time migrating from Windows to Linux. I still maintain that OpenSUSE is the shortest path of migration for Windows users, even more than Kubuntu. That’s because with the YaST configuration tool, there … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE 13:1 Partitioning

Posted on June 9, 2014 by ehurst

The default for installing is to shrink any existing partitions for whatever OS is already on the machine. You could simply overwrite any previous OS, but then SUSE pushes on you a partition scheme that I find hard to use. … Continue reading →

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Another Migration Option: OpenSUSE

Posted on June 8, 2014 by ehurst

If you are considering migrating from Windows to Linux, how about OpenSUSE? OpenSUSE is the free version of SUSE Linux. It is not all that well known in the US; it’s based in Germany. Among Linux users, it’s generally considered … Continue reading →

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