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2010

FreeBSD – I’m not just “testing,” but really using itoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2010
The endless portupgrade in FreeBSDoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2010
Dru Lavigne’s ‘The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD’ is helping me update my packages and portsoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2010
FreeBSD 7.3-release update: It’s going better than I expectedoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2010
FreeBSD 7.3 – I have wirelessoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2010
I just got CUPS working in FreeBSD – thanks Chess!original ↗
31 Mar 2010
FreeBSD 7.3-release: I’m not done yetoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2010
I’m burning the Debian Squeeze Alpha 1 live image to DVDoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2010
Parted Magic 4.9 – Xorg eating lots of CPU on my Intel 830m systemoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2010
FreeBSD 7.3-release crashes, messes with ext3 and FAT drives … time for me to move onoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2010
Debian Squeeze Alpha 1 live DVD images are available – it’s a great way to dip your toe into Debian watersoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2010
Blogs for thoughtoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2010
Interesting Sidux revieworiginal ↗
23 Mar 2010
The Gmail test – I’m fully involvedoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2010
Dru Lavigne made me do it: I killed Debian, installed an unbootable Ubuntu, now I’m running FreeBSD 8.0 with GNOMEoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2010
So HERE’S how you get into grub2 if there’s no boot menu in Ubuntu Lucid 10.04original ↗
22 Mar 2010
Is your tap water cloudy?original ↗
19 Mar 2010
Upgrading a production Debian Lenny desktop to Squeeze? I don’t recommend itoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2010
I’m upgrading my Debian Lenny laptop to Squeezeoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2010
Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) daily build for March 15, 2010 runs with nomodeset on Intel 830m video!!!original ↗
15 Mar 2010
Is it Google Chrome, or is it me?original ↗
5 Mar 2010
You can run 233 MHz of CPU with 144 MB of RAM, but you can’t hideoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2010
What do I have installed on my Debian laptop?original ↗
5 Mar 2010
I try the Fedora 12 Xfce spinoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2010
I’m not the only user who thinks gThumb is great (and F-Spot is … not)original ↗
4 Mar 2010
You know what’s working on my laptop with Intel 830m video? Fedora 12, that’s whatoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2010
Debian Lenny – my most productive OS everoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2010
More Linux and BSD insight into Intel i830m video from David Gurvichoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2010
I’m not the only one feeling Intel i830m video painoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2010
Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 3 – massive Intel 830m video failoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2010
Every time I try Ubuntu Lucid (10.04 LTS), I like it moreoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2010
A ‘cleaner’ way to turn off kernel mode setting for Intel i830m videooriginal ↗
26 Feb 2010
I’ve been phished – Twitter scam gets my password in ‘This You?’ attack. Did it get yours?original ↗
25 Feb 2010
PC-BSD live DVD will install FreeBSD, too (nice!)original ↗
25 Feb 2010
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS) Alpha 3 is hereoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2010
Intel Atom/Nvidia system that runs Ubuntu from ZaReason … why you should consider buying from a Linux-loading vendor … and why I’m looking at FreeBSDoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2010
Web coding wisdom from A List Apartoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2010
We’re entering a new era in CPUs, here’s an article that tries to make some sense of itoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2010
Turning off kernel mode setting is the key to Intel 830m video not just in Ubuntu Karmic and Lucid but in Sidux 2009-04 – and more importantly that should mean Debian Squeeze will work, toooriginal ↗
22 Feb 2010
The good ol’ Debian/GNOME software update icon – do you miss it?original ↗
18 Feb 2010
What am I running?original ↗
18 Feb 2010
Debian Lenny – my main desktop for two monthsoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2010
Spill the Wine, install IrfanView in Debianoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2010
I’m looking at returned/refurbished Thinkpads at the Lenovo Outletoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2010
Intel 82830 CGC (830m) graphics fix for Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 just might work for your Intel video chip, toooriginal ↗
11 Feb 2010
I fix the display on the Toshiba Satellite 1100 laptop that isn’t so far goneoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2010
Twitter update: The long hard slog to 150 followersoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2010
Careerbuilder.com Super Bowl commercial filmed in old Daily News newsroomoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2010
Canonical plucks Matt Asay from Alfresco – is it ‘go time’ for Ubuntu?original ↗
5 Feb 2010
The most important blog entry I’ll ever write on operating-system choiceoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2010
Debian Lenny goes to 5.0.4, and so do Ioriginal ↗
2 Feb 2010
Hitting the Debian Lenny sweet spotoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2010
Movable Type works better in Epiphany than in Firefoxoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2010
Toshiba laptops with OpenSolaris preloadedoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2010
Google Chrome in Windows XP – Am I missing something, or is it crap?original ↗
28 Jan 2010
I’m in a good open-source software placeoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2010
OpenBSD makes it into Phoronix … and it doesn’t blow any doors offoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2010
Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 Alpha 2: First impressions on ‘difficult’ hardwareoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2010
Sidux 2009-4 success: A little help from Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 2 goes a long wayoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2010
For Debian Etch, the end (of security patches) is nearoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2010
My favorite thing about OS Xoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2010
Mac OS X not so badoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2010
Sidux 2009-4 dies earlyoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2010
My open-source destiny: less hobbyist, more regular user, with stability the goal (and Debian Lenny the means of reaching it)original ↗
16 Jan 2010
Parted Magic – a nice touchoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2010
Need to fsck a FAT filesystem in Debian? Plus two ways to pour on the juice for a USB-powered hard driveoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2010
Revised: The dark side of Ubuntu Launchpad bugs: mail till you dieoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2010
Podcasting rig for the super-cheap: Debian, the $3 sound card, found microphoneoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2010
Revised: The $20 Centon Craze audio player also plays WAV and Ogg but not FLAC formatsoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2010
TinyOgg makes YouTube videos downloadable in a freedom-loving sort of wayoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2010
The end of the iPod, the cult of gPodder and the beacon of freedomoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2010
The $99 Cherrypal laptop – it runs Linux and you can buy it RIGHT NOW (but is it for real, and are these actually being shipped to those who order them?)original ↗
4 Jan 2010
Are you having a Debian key issue?original ↗
4 Jan 2010
Get a Lenovo computer cheap – and from Lenovooriginal ↗
4 Jan 2010

2009

Backing up Thunderbird is a pain in the a@@original ↗
30 Dec 2009
Firefox is a hogoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2009
Why I’m running boring ol’ Debian Lenny, the short versionoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2009
Debian Lenny: Letting a network-time server manage your clockoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2009
Why I’m running boring ol’ Debian Lenny, Part 2: You can feel the extra speed over Ubuntu with 1.3 GHz/1 GBoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2009
Getting Mozilla’s Lightning/Iceowl to work in Thunderbird/Icedoveoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2009
CLICK: Why I’m running boring ol’ Debian Lenny, Part 1original ↗
26 Dec 2009
OpenBSD barometer: Is it just me, or have comments basically stopped being made in Undeadly.org?original ↗
26 Dec 2009
Is this Ubuntu’s mission?original ↗
25 Dec 2009
Why I’m running boring ol’ Debian Lenny, Part 1original ↗
24 Dec 2009
I make the move to Debian Lennyoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2009
Ever had a crack in your laptop screen? The answer seems to be Debianoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2009
Why does physical CD cost less than same album as digitally delivered MP3s?original ↗
17 Dec 2009
Ubuntu, Linux, GNOME and Xorg: This Intel-video user is tiredoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2009
What Ubuntu (and most Linux distros) need is a good GUI backup utility – could Luckybackup be that app? (Rant approaching – run, RUN!!)original ↗
15 Dec 2009
Los Angeles Police Protective League members wonder why organization spent $400,000 on Essel in CD2original ↗
14 Dec 2009
Ubuntu Karmic settling in once againoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2009
Cloud-based cluster can crack your WPA WiFi passwordoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2009
I’m running Google DNS – and yes, it’s very fastoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2009
The Zemanta blogging platformoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2009
Ubuntu working for the nightoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2009
Quick update: OpenBSD 4.6 and Ubuntu 9.10original ↗
9 Dec 2009
CD2 final: Krekorian beats Esseloriginal ↗
9 Dec 2009
New GNOME Screensaver rolls into Ubuntu Karmicoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2009
CD2 early results: Krekorian leads Essel 58% to 42% in absenteesoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2009
I voted. It was cold.original ↗
9 Dec 2009
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