Tag Archives: linux

Win64 Poorly Supported

Posted on November 17, 2009 by ehurst

On the one hand, 64-bit Vista and Win7 appear to run just about any 32-bit app just fine, aside from stuff too tightly wound into the system and kernel. So while you have to get 64-bit AV protection, you can … Continue reading →

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Roman Roads of the Modern World

Posted on November 16, 2009 by ehurst

In New Testament lore, we all recognize the importance of Rome. First, it was the model for the Beast of John’s Apocalypse. It was the major barrier to men knowing and obeying the Laws of God, and it was an … Continue reading →

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Building Xiphos on openSUSE 11.2

Posted on November 15, 2009 by ehurst

Given past performance, it’s quite likely someone will package Sword and Xiphos for SUSE 11.2, but I wasn’t willing to wait. For those of you eager to try this at home, I offer this outline. It is terse, but should … Continue reading →

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openSUSE 11.2 on Dell Inspiron 545 MT

Posted on November 14, 2009 by ehurst

It appears the kinks have been mostly worked out of the RC I tried previously. About the only reason I even considered turning away from Ubuntu/Xubuntu was because it could not properly communicate with my DVD-RW. I couldn’t play music … Continue reading →

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Trusting Microsoft?

Posted on November 6, 2009 by ehurst

Dana Blankenhorn asks What Would Make You Trust Microsoft? Good question. I’ll apply the same standard here as I do to everything else — God’s sense of justice. First, I suppose we should note, as one poster did, there are … Continue reading →

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XFCE: Less Is More

Posted on November 5, 2009 by ehurst

GTK is a very nice GUI toolkit. GNOME is rickety and parts, if not the whole thing, tend to crash way too much. You may have gotten a stable implementation on your Linux system, as CentOS does, but that’s only … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Karmic Koala on Inspiron 545 MT

Posted on October 31, 2009 by ehurst

This is the 64-bit version of Ubuntu. There is little point to running down the entire catalogue. Almost everything works Out of the Box® as we have come to expect from Ubuntu. When it doesn’t is when we have something … Continue reading →

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openSUSE 11.2-RC1 64-bit Sound and Flash

Posted on October 28, 2009 by ehurst

Novell has taken the safe path like RHEL, in that they don’t include any controversial codecs and such with the distribution. However, unlike RHEL, Novell actually cripples their bundled media players, so that you have to rebuild them, get someone … Continue reading →

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The Search Continues: Testing openSUSE 11.2

Posted on October 27, 2009 by ehurst

Because this machine is so new, I realize it will take awhile for my favorite Linux distro to catch up (CentOS). So I use what does work, and it gives me a chance to review other stuff I might not … Continue reading →

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Opera Browser 10 Unstable on Linux 64-bit

Posted on October 24, 2009 by ehurst

This happens often enough it seems to be trend. I’m not the only one who experiences this. I found complaints on forums at Ubuntu and other Linux distros, as well as the Opera forums. It appears on all sorts of … Continue reading →

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