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Scientific Linux 6: Build Chromium Browser

Posted on September 19, 2011 by ehurst

I couldn’t find a current build for any of the RHEL 6 clones of Chromium, so I did it myself. Short and sweet; if you don’t understand the process of using RPMbuild, you’ll need to read up on that. Get … Continue reading →

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Whimper: Google Chrome Broken Again (Updated)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by ehurst

You can probably ignore this whiny-gram unless you need a chuckle. I run Scientific Linux 6, a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It includes by default a very nice system security package called SELinux. It was designed with the … Continue reading →

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Taming the Beast: Scientific Linux Imperfections

Posted on September 7, 2011 by ehurst

I’ve come to really love Scientific Linux, and their version of RHEL 6 is really good for desktop use. This may well be the last great desktop Linux, since we have lost GNOME and KDE both to the eye-candy fanboys … Continue reading →

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Updated Firefox Build on Scientific Linux 6

Posted on September 3, 2011 by ehurst

This update applies to some degree to CentOS and RHEL, but some details will vary. Fetch your source from the standard FTP. The basic URL is: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/ From there, dig down into the current release folder, followed by the “source” … Continue reading →

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Can't Take the Linux Desktops Seriously

Posted on August 9, 2011 by ehurst

As I’ve said before: There will never be a “Year of the Linux Desktop.” I’ve been following the commentaries, both big names and nobodies, on the new GNOME 3 desktop, as well as more comments on KDE 4. If you … Continue reading →

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Return of the Geek Jedi

Posted on July 16, 2011 by ehurst

There is an attempt to revive the early Internet hacker culture with all its reliance on virtual virtuosity. For some time it has been obvious the corporate-government (read “fascist”) alliance has been trying to tame the Net. The corporations are … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: Intel Graphics

Posted on June 26, 2011 by ehurst

Update: The latest version — 6.5 — shows this problem less often than in the past. Using a Netinstall CD I got things to work just fine on a machine with Intel graphics, so this issue has been at least … Continue reading →

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Firefox: Anti-Business?

Posted on June 24, 2011 by ehurst

It appears Mozilla leadership is telling corporate partners to get lost. I realize Ed Bott is a devoted worshiper of Microsoft. But that doesn’t mean he’s ignorant, nor especially dishonest, just biased. When he says Mozilla to enterprise customers: “Drop … Continue reading →

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Firefox 4.0 Simple Build on RHEL 6

Posted on April 6, 2011 by ehurst

Update: This is now out of date. Unless you insist on running FF4 or FF5, please see the update for FF6. As far as I can tell, there will be no official release of Firefox 4 for RHEL 6 and … Continue reading →

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Geek Wars: Overriding RHEL Defaults in Vim Plugins

Posted on April 6, 2011 by ehurst

Between the RHEL package managers and the upstream providers for Vim, the default formatting options for some file types is wrong and exceedingly difficult to override. (I’m using Scientific Linux 6.0, but they deny changing the Vim packages provided by … Continue reading →

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