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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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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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OpenSUSE Wins One (Updated)

Posted on August 27, 2009 by ehurst

FreeBSD couldn’t cut it on my Pavilion after all. Once I got it all built from source and tried to run the X server, it refused to find a usable screen. Running the HAL/DBus service didn’t help at all. So … Continue reading →

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Does It Take Unplugging?

Posted on March 22, 2009 by ehurst

I really don’t know who Wayne Porter is, but some network security people I read do. Apparently he took a sabbatical from the Net for about 6 months, and learned a bit from it. I’m puzzled. Did it really require … Continue reading →

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No Paradise

Posted on January 9, 2009 by ehurst

I don’t balk at eating crow. When you don’t take yourself too seriously, you can laugh with those who laugh at you. No sooner do I announce I’ve decided to go with openSUSE 11.0, as less broken than 11.1, and … Continue reading →

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Searching for the Linux of Mass Appeal

Posted on January 7, 2009 by ehurst

As a computer service volunteer and Linux advocate, how can I get the average computer user to adopt Linux? This has nothing to do with what I happen to like, but what I find actually doing the job. Having to … Continue reading →

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openSUSE: Linux for the Lazy

Posted on December 11, 2008 by ehurst

There was a time when I would spend hours, even days, exploring all the ins-n-outs, chasing down the various slick tricks and secrets of an operating system. I’ve run a half-dozen brands of Linux and four different versions of FreeBSD. … Continue reading →

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