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Decreasing Returns: Put the Brakes on Rolling Release
In Economics, we speak of the principle of decreasing returns. At some point, putting more resources into something no longer produces as much profit. As the thing becomes more complex, it gets more difficult to move forward without making major … Continue reading
Opera Reconsidered
CentOS isn’t all that friendly to standard desktop use, but it can be tamed. It has become my choice because once I get things working, I can pretty much expect it will continue working for the next couple of years, … Continue reading
More on Rolling Release
Let’s get one thing clear: I utterly despise the brand of morality and ethics displayed by Microsoft. Gates knew a thing or two about computers, just enough to steal everything he built; he never comprehended the difference between good and … Continue reading
Debian Lenny: 64-bit Pain
Debian has a different approach to 64-bit hardware. The entire system is 64-bit, and the only way you can run anything 32-bit is in a “jail” — a sort of security sandbox isolated from the system itself. I suppose this … Continue reading
Gnomesword from Source
If I can’t get Bible search software for my computer, it’s not a good computer. Neither CentOS, nor any of the other compatible RedHat clones, offer a Gnomesword package for 64-bit. There is one source RPM set, but they were … Continue reading
CentOS Desktop: It Can Be Done
CentOS is a free Linux distro built up from the source packages used for making the commercial RedHat Enterprise Linux distro. RedHat doesn’t actually sell the Linux software, but sells the support services to keep it all running for businesses … Continue reading
The Disaster of “Rolling Release”
I’ve always enjoyed exploring. Every time I’ve moved from one residence to another, I’ve always wandered around my new neighborhood, simply to see what was there. It’s the same with computer technology. I love poking around operating systems. Lately, one … Continue reading
openSUSE 11.1: Follow-up
It’s broken in a lot of places. My Quickcam cannot be made to work, and apparently a lot of other similar devices quit working for other users. There are a handful of other glitches, none major, but just too darned … Continue reading
openSUSE 11.1: On My Own Terms
Installing from the DVD, I chose the i586 version. All the hardware was detected except my monitor (Dell P1230) and my old dot-matrix printer, naturally. I don’t like the lack of fine control over such things as resolution and paper … Continue reading
Testing openSUSE 11.1
I’ll be installing that this evening, so I won’t have time to post much.