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Little False Religions

Posted on May 22, 2014 by ehurst

The word “religion” carries some ambiguity. Religion is generally defined as our personal response to a spiritual calling somewhere in our souls. Yes, there are enforced religions that don’t meet that test, but that’s not what I mean. Something isn’t … Continue reading →

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RHEL 7RC Notes

Posted on May 9, 2014 by ehurst

I’ve installed it and got things running. The way Red Hat does things is allowing folks to work from the RC and associated repositories without requiring a subscription. What I’m trying to do is get some experience so I can … Continue reading →

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Open Source, Closed Mind

Posted on May 7, 2014 by ehurst

I support my fellow humans. People come first; my God says this whole universe exists as a place to guide people to His truth. That puts me at odds with the majority of the human race, but I genuinely love … Continue reading →

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This, Not That

Posted on May 4, 2014 by ehurst

Why do I blather about this thing, but don’t promote that great cause? I can only engage what I know, what God has called to my attention. So I pick on Western Christian churches in general terms because I am … Continue reading →

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Xubuntu 14.04 Is Okay

Posted on April 22, 2014 by ehurst

I’ve installed the latest LTS release of Xubuntu Trusty Tahr (14.04) on an aging laptop. There are a few bugs noted on the release page and I suppose they’ll eventually get those worked out. At any rate, I still refuse … Continue reading →

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CentOS Book Published

Posted on April 16, 2014 by ehurst

Okay, so the cover art is pretty ugly, but the book is done and it looks okay to me. You can get your free copy CentOS: The Commercial Grade Linux Desktop.

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Enough CentOS

Posted on April 14, 2014 by ehurst

It drove me crazy. Yes, I am competent to make it work for most things, but some issues were just too much trouble. Keep in mind that when RHEL 6 (followed by the clones like CentOS) came out, it was … Continue reading →

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CentOS 6.5 Tutorial

Posted on April 12, 2014 by ehurst

If you are using any of the RHEL clones or simply know something about them, I would invite you to review my latest tutorial before I publish it in book form. I don’t address servers, just the workstation environment. I … Continue reading →

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Busy Resting

Posted on April 11, 2014 by ehurst

Today is one of those rare bad knee days. The right knee was rebuilt at the VA back in the mid-1990s and they called it a Fulkerson Osteotomy. For awhile they left the screws in place but eventually they went … Continue reading →

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Rat-Killing Passwords

Posted on April 10, 2014 by ehurst

It’s rat-killing day around my place. It means raking debris from the yard so I could make the first lawn cutting with my reel mower, burying that electric line between the house and the shed so the freaking punks will … Continue reading →

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