I’ve been using linux since around 2000, and I’ve been using it has my only operating system since 2003. Since that time my knowledge of programming, systems and open source community has grown immensely. I’ve always tried to help others on the Gentoo forums when I have a chance, and provide feedback where I can [...]
I know I am not the first to write about it, but wow. I think everyone suspected they where going this direction, but now that it is actually here, it is pretty cool. Some people are meeting it with skeptism, some are happy. I am excited for the changes that they will bring. They have [...]
There are a lot of blogs and articles out there about SVN and NFS. You can search google and easily find a lot of information about them. But I never found anybody that felt like they found a definitive answer. In my case I kept getting an error about not being able to find and [...]
I’m really torn about what to use for my blogging software. I’ve gone through many different ones, and ended up on b2evo. I like, I really do, but it is falling behind times, themes are not being developed for it, and I don’t really have the time to write the things I want for it. [...]
I have to admit, I am a fan. Ever since it came out, I was impressed with the user interface, things actually flowed and it become smart to use. I was finally able to install it at my new job. I am continue to enjoy using Outlook 2007, Excel 2007 and even Word 2007. My [...]
Linux defiantly doesn’t have a lack of choice when it comes to file systems to choose form. I’ve use most of the them for my main file systems, currently I am running ext2 on /boot ext3 on /home and /, and using ext4 for my portage tree and distfiles on /usr/portage. In the past I [...]
Every PC owner has this problem, most don’t realize it, but it is Software Management. I am talking about how one manages the software installations on their PC. This isn’t a Windows centric post, or a Linux centrix post, but every OS has this problem. Every OS and software package attacks this differently. Windows XP [...]
It is a very interesting market out there. Consumers have the choice between the some huge heavyweights, such has the Apple Iphone, Blackberry Bold,Blackberry Storm, and for the enthusiasts of Palm the Palm Treo. For those people looking for something different, AT&T has the Fuse (HTC Touch Pro), T-Mobile has the G1 made by HTC. [...]
I’m not lying, I promise. Adobe has announced an x86_64 version of their adobe flash player. I unistalled that latest 10.0 32bit version along with nspluginwrapper, and downloaded the v10 alpha. The install was a simple copying it into ~/.mozilla/pugins, and it works. Two initial findings I have, are dropdown menus are now popping up [...]
I know, I missed these release by about 2 months, but better late then never, right? Anyways. Zabbix 1.6 was released. I’ve been watching this product since the 1.1 release, and they keep making it better. For those that don’t know, Zabbix is a monitoring solution. It uses agents and SNMP to collect information and [...]
