I found a great new comic online, and I love it! Actually, it’s not really “new”, but it is to me. Ctrl+Alt+Del is a great comic that takes after Penny Arcade, but seems to be simpler, and more funny. Three dudes boarding an apartment. Two are heavy gamers using Windows, and one a Linux nerd [...]
From the IE blog: Just in case you missed it somehow, we released IE7 last Wednesday. In the first four days over three million of you have already downloaded the final release. Thank you! From Mike Beltzner’s blog: Apparently, people loves them some Firefox. Within 24 hours of the official launch on Tuesday, there were [...]
I’m serious- don’t tell anyone. It could cause havoc in the IT department when they find out that they can no longer sniff your packets, or log your traffic. What am I talking about? SSH tunneling, of course. SSH is a powerful piece of software, but what’s even better is it’s ability to tunnel just [...]
Hot of the press, Ubuntu 6.10 is released. Get a copy here.
That’s a big statement to claim for a title. Ubuntu more popular than Debian is really no big surprise seeing as though Ubuntu ranks #1 on Distrowatch with Debian placed at #8. Even the ranking over SuSE Linux and Mac OS isn’t really all that surprising. What blew me away was the consistent lead that [...]
I should’ve posted this early this morning, but what can I say? I’ve been busy. Follow this link, select a mirror, download, install, and you’re off and running with the official Firefox 2 release. Built in spell checking (on the fly), drag-n-drop tabs between windows, undo closed tabs (with history), new default theme, better bookmarking, [...]
From the Ubuntuforums: Weve just installed these two donated computers in a community nursury and breakfast/after schol club in Lincolnshire, England. The machines are 600mhz/128mb/4.2gig and they took about 3/4′s of an hour to install and configure perfectly, and have cost the centre nothing! The kids absolutely love them, most are from underpriviledged backgrounds and [...]
I stumbled upon something that I haven’t seen since 1998 or there abouts. Remember this: This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer at 1024 x 768 resolution. Yeah. Thought you’d never have to see that again, did you? Sorry. I’ll be quick. There’s a new intolerance growing on the web, and it’s the lack [...]
I never really get personal on my blog. Mainly, it’s all opinionated, heated, overly passionate and uninteresting. Frankly, I don’t know why anyone reads my corner on the web. So, rather than ramble about some technology or cool tool, I’m just going to share a little about me. I may move this to a static [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so I thought “why not”? The next in the series of why I choose not to run Windows comes with the recent news of iPods being infected with the RavMonE.exe virus. Of course, I am helping wage the war against DRM, so I don’t wield [...]
Okay, here’s a cool little trick, that I doubt IT is aware of: Ubuntu offers commercial support for Dapper 6.06.* LTS for 5 years on the server and 3 years on desktop with no initial upfront expense. Wait, I thought I said that this was cool. What’s so cool about commercial support for a GNU/Linux [...]
Well, I’ve made a change in plans. Firefox will remain my default browser. I’m just not too terribly excited about the IceWeasel fork. I’ve evaluated their decision, and the pros/cons, and here’s what I came up with: Mozilla wants to protect their trademark. The browser should be used in conjunction with the image. Debian doesn’t [...]
Wow! Talk about case in point. And you thought running non-free software was okay. Good thing I made the stance when I did. Luckily for me, I’m running the open nv driver that ships with X. So I don’t have 3D acceleration. I also don’t have an exploited system. I was chatting about this online [...]
Now that I’ve settled down on whether or not to support Ubuntu and it’s use of non-free software, I thought it appropriate to order personalized plates for my new car. Now I can spread Linux and the spirit of Ubuntu wherever I drive.
Well, it’s rather unfortunate that the relationship between Mozilla and Debian ended this way. The whole argument over a trademarked logo is a little silly if you ask me. I look at this argument, and I see Mozilla to blame. Mozilla: get over it. Open the logo and realize that no one is interested in [...]
