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Ancient Truth and History
This will be a crappy post because I’m feeling crappy. This is my annual mid-winter allergy season. I’m running a low-grade fever, just enough to have that icky feeling on my skin. My sinuses feel like the Russian Army has … Continue reading
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Tagged allergy season, computer ministry, computers, health, linux, old testament history, windows, writing
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Bits and Pieces 4
I had forgotten how sharp an old “safety razor” could be. I also forgot how much they hurt. The blades are very cheap, if you can find them. I found a copy of Corel WordPerfect Office X5 Standard someone had … Continue reading
User Abuse
If I can get the Senior Editor’s attention, this article will be posted at Open for Business in the next day or so. My readers here get to see it first. ********** I remember my first encounter with a computer … Continue reading
Moral Accountability
Accountability is the eternal question; it can be addressed from many angles. My faith asserts we are all accountable to God. If there is one thing I will seek verbally in holding your feet to the fire, this is it. … Continue reading
Realistic Mission
If you imagine your divine calling requires having control over the activities and behavior of others, you are lying to yourself and listening to Satan. I run Scientific Linux 6 on my computer, and I am an advocate for Open … Continue reading
Eating My Words
Pardon me while I walk my talk. I have to eat my words. The previous post in this space was about the joys of Cygwin, a POSIX emulator which made it possible to run something like Linux on your Windows … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, internet, linux, open source, windows
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My Last KDE Rant
This is the last time I’ll address this issue, because everyone knows the KDE developers and fans aren’t going to listen anyway. However, I’m pretty sure what follows is the sentiments shared by everyone the developers and fans are trying … Continue reading
Elitism and the GUI
As a group, the people who write most of the code for Open Source GUIs have no idea what typical users want. I’ve noted before the strength of Open Source is those who code can do anything they like. That’s … Continue reading
Taming the Beast: CentOS 6.2 and Inspiron 1525 Laptop
We all know Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the basis for both CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL). The differences are largely cosmetic from the user’s point of view, in which the clones are legally required to change only the … Continue reading
CentOS 6.2 Laptop: Changes
The Latitude will not be available. I’ll be testing CentOS on my Inspiron 1525. I am downloading via Bittorrent as I type this (and sampling the experience of dialup speeds for my browser in the process). Opera’s built-in torrent handler … Continue reading