As mentioned in my last post, I don’t generally use keyservers. I would much rather just email the key or leave it posted on my blog. However, with that said, I do have my key published to the 3 most popular keyservers on the web, with the first as my default in both [...]
For those of you who read my blog and wonder if I have a GPG key, well your in luck! I have had a key since Glen, a friend of mine, introduced me the world of encryption and security in September 2004, and my life hasn’t been the same since.
I used to sign all [...]
I love Irssi in combination with screen. It is a beautiful thing. For those of you who don’t use it, try it. You’ll never go back.
Getting the hang of windows in Irssi can be somewhat tricky when first using it, because everything is command line. So, changing windows is done using [...]
I have added my feed to Feedburner, and it would be great if you would subscribe to that feed rather than the default feed from Wordpress. Reason? Stats. Feedburner tracks stats about how many have subscribed, what reader they are using to syndicate the content and some other stats.
Also, clicking on the [...]
I love Thunderbird. It is a solid application. But I have a few issues with the app, and I am beginning to think about abandoning it. Here is a list of issues that I have with the application:
Thunderbird doesn’t handle RSS2 feeds properly. The summary (about 256 characters or so) is [...]
From the official press release on the Ubuntu site:
“The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server for Sun SPARC 64-bit architecture. Highlights of this release include: new kernels targeted at server platforms, the server kernels are tuned differently than the desktop kernels (providing better performance for server applications); turn-key [...]
I was surprised today to see a book review on one of my favorite books, “The Debian System, Concepts and Techniques,” by Martin Krafft. I have this book and I have to agree with Carla Schroder that there isn’t anything about the book that I don’t like either.
I have read it through a few [...]
I am not going to comment one way or the other on this matter. Just bringing it to your attention, and you can come to your own conclusions.
Apple is allegedly using Chinese sweatshops to produce their iPods. According to ZDNet, these sweatshops in China are allegedly paying their workers, which happen to mainly [...]
Well, I just returned from the blogger conference, and I have to say that it went real well. It wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for, but that is okay. First, I was able to put some faces to blogs that I read on Planet Utah. Steve Dibb and Scott Morris, there’s [...]
The hardest part for any newcomer to Linux isn’t editing config files or setting up services. It is finding decent documentation. Generally, when a newbie comes to the Linux scene, he/she spends a great deal of time online searching the web for that valuable peice of needed information. Blogs, wikis, forums, email [...]
Reason #2: Microsoft has practices that would border the shady (what’s new, right?). Case in point, Microsoft Genuine Advantage.
According to the web, if you’re running a pirated copy of Windows, you could be reported to Microsoft. Nothing wrong with that, right? After all, it is their software; their proprietary code; their [...]
UPDATE: I guess vim 7 has been released already. Were have I been?
Being a data engineer as my profession, I spend most of my time in text editors, you guessed it, manipulating data. Because I am on a Windows XP workstation, this usually means VEdit. VEdit isn’t bad, and has very promising [...]
Well, this really isn’t the true start of the comparisons, but mainly a post to let you know that I haven’t forgotten this topic.
First off, I don’t have another computer lying around at which I can install a working Gentoo system, so I need to use a virtual machine. So, the biggest headache has [...]
Bash. The superior Open Source shell. Every other shell comes last when it comes to features, speed and just sheer fun. Yet, there are a couple quirks that if you are not aware of, can get you caught in the crosshairs of frustration.
First, parent and child process releationships. When the shell [...]
I have never blogged about my story to the Linux world, and I thought now would be an appropriate time, seeing as though I haven’t blogged in over a week, and I know that Planet Utah misses me (I promise to be more faithful).
My Linux story actually goes a long way back when I was [...]
