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Crack That Whip!

Ever read that part in the Gospels about Jesus Cleansing the Temple? Wikipedia editors show their ignorance by leaving out the background stuff found in even the cheapest Bible commentaries. There was some ambiguity in the minds of the Temple … Continue reading

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Can You Smell?

One of my high school teachers was on a trip to some big city here in the US. Early one morning as he was driving through this big metropolis, he stopped at a light where some small kid was hawking … Continue reading

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Admin: Alpine Multiple Accounts

Linux nerd alert: When I closed the static website, I knew there would be some loose ends. One is that folks keep coming here looking for links to a tutorial I had on setting up multiple accounts on Alpine, a … Continue reading

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Prayer Request: Digital Camera

Folks, I’m not a camera gadget guy. I like taking pictures, cropping and adjusting things (I love GIMP), and I like using the images to talk about things. So I have zero interest in researching which camera I should seek; … Continue reading

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Open Source Software Hijacking

It’s one thing when the folks running an Open Source software project admit to crossing over to “the dark side” and wrapping their installer with advertising software — which most people call malware. Such a project would be FileZilla, the … Continue reading

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Excerpt from “More Debian 8 for Beginners”

(This is a draft for one of the chapters.) Networking with Windows It’s rather common for computers to share Internet access from within the same living quarters or an office network. If your Debian box is connected to such a … Continue reading

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Outline of “More Debian 8”

I’ve gotten this much on the second volume of my Debian 8 book: 1. Firewalling and a few other little extras — ntpdate (Internet clock sync), units (converting measurable units), how to use manual pages (manpages) and PySolFC with other … Continue reading

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Linux Distros

In response to a direct request, I will outline the Linux distros that I tolerate and why. Keep in mind that I think all operating systems suck, but some are more tolerable than others. The entire question is based on … Continue reading

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Say It Again, Rich Bowen

This is just so good I had to link to it: Someone with a real job in Linux has posted an article about how Open Source documentation sucks, and it reflects the awful attitude that dominates Open Source coders. Granted, … Continue reading

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New Debian Book Published

I decided to give the book a new cover and title: Debian 8 for Beginners. You can get your free copy here.

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