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Building Dillo on Ubuntu Lucid

Posted on November 9, 2010 by ehurst

Dillo is one of those niche projects which has always added something I need. Fast is good, but the primary reason I want it is that compromise between Lynx and friends, and the more graphical mouse-able interface. Given too many … Continue reading →

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Program Note: RHEL Projects on Hold

Posted on October 18, 2010 by ehurst

This morning I awoke to the sound of my desktop system moaning. Seems the CPU fan is dying, so I had to shut it down before it failed and let things overheat. It will be a week until we get … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Karmic and Your fonts.conf

Posted on May 22, 2010 by ehurst

I find it worthwhile to fight with fonts. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about how Linux handles fonts, and the only constant is change. Within Ubuntu, the developers keep making all these wonderful decisions, sometimes to counter to … Continue reading →

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Spidermonkey on Ubuntu Karmic

Posted on May 21, 2010 by ehurst

There is a noteworthy conflict on Karmic if you try to install libmozjs-dev because it conflicts with anything based on xulrunner 1.9. I can’t begin to explain why the Mozilla developers hold Spidermonkey to 1.8, but because of how the … Continue reading →

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Lucid Lynx: Many Small Breakages

Posted on May 8, 2010 by ehurst

After a couple of days playing again with Lucid, I discovered auto-mounting removable media is broken. It takes two or three tries just for a simple USB memory stick. Music CDs are not properly handled by any of a number … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird: Another Good Idea Trashed

Posted on May 8, 2010 by ehurst

Decided to test drive Thunderbird on my Lucid Lynx system. Big, big mistake. Upon trying to configure my first account, the application grabbed my details and aggressively ran off with an automatic configuration. But it got things wrong. When I … Continue reading →

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First Brush with Lucid Lynx

Posted on April 30, 2010 by ehurst

This time, I chose the upgrade using the Update Manager. Naturally, due to the massive competition from thousands of others doing the same thing, it took five hours over my cable connection. That’s no big deal. The jump from 9.10 … Continue reading →

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Computer Helps Ministry Returns

Posted on April 23, 2010 by ehurst

For the past decade or so I have offered as much computer help as I could for free. People did sometimes offer money, but it was never required. I did what I could because I really like people. In my … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu’s Broken Defaults on Fonts

Posted on April 13, 2010 by ehurst

Running Karmic Koala 32-bit, it’s not the first time I’ve been unhappy with the way Debian and friends do fonts. It’s the one part my Debian experience which has always dissatisfied. So this time I decided to check into the … Continue reading →

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Mission First

Posted on February 24, 2010 by ehurst

I stole the title from an Army slogan. It’s state-speak demanding you turn off your conscience. My mission now is a direct reflection of my conscience, and the very title of my blog reflects an interest here in practical applications … Continue reading →

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