"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." – James Dean
Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology, Windows Vista on Jul 3rd, 2009
It has been a while since I have written about my recent hardware upgrade. I have it pretty well setup like I like now. The purchase has been a great success. I could not have touched what I bought for less than $2,000 and I got it for less than half that including upgrading to [...]
Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology on May 10th, 2009
I recently purchased an external DVD reader because I wanted to have more flexibility to do things with my ASUS eee.
I was able to give the ASUS a good workout on the recent Royal Caribbean cruise I went on. One of the things I didn’t care for all that much was the Xandros OS system [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Mar 4th, 2009
After using the new openSUSE 11.1 and KDE 4.2 system for several days, I decided another update was in order. While KDE 4.2 has been officially released by the KDE org, it is available by openSUSE in what they call a factory library. Non the less, openSUSE considers if a stable environment.
I took a diversion [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Mar 2nd, 2009
I am happy to report that all of the problems that I had with my new system, have been solved. I am pleased with the appearance and the performance of KDE 4.2.
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Feb 28th, 2009
When I get bored, I do things I might not do otherwise. Like I said in a previous post, my daughter’s enthusiasm about her new PC made me want to make my PC look a little more up to date. I really hadn’t intended to upgrade to KDE 4.x until openSUSE 11.2 came out, I [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Feb 28th, 2009
If you are wondering why the lull in posts, there are several reasons. However, the most notable is my because my daughter got a new PC and she was bragging on it’s speed and all the glitz.
That made me take a look at my main system and it pushed me into migrating to the current [...]
Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology on Jan 6th, 2009
I am currently trying to retrieve photos for an individual off of a dieing laptop. It was a Windows XP system and will not boot even in the “Safe Mode”.
My assumption is that the OS has become corrupted. Reinstalling Microsoft would require loosing all data on the hard drive.
I tried removing the hard drive and [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Dec 19th, 2008
I am in the process of downloading the latest release of openSUSE. I have been running release 11.0 for some time and openSUSE 11.1 is now out.
I am using the torrent method to get both the 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs. Both are over 4 gigabytes in size and transferring that much data is subject to [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Nov 23rd, 2008
It has been a while since I have written anything related to Linux. Today, I stumbled on this interview with Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind UBUNTU. I have been using nothing but Linux for a few years now. Probably the most important person to the rabip growth of Linux users is Mark Shuttleworth. When he [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Oct 3rd, 2008
I recently upgraded the software in my Apple Mac Mini. I didn’t need to change the system. I just did it because I found a cheap copy of Leopard on Ebay. I purchased Leopard for $68.00, including shipping to my Florida mail forwarding address. Then it cost $9.50 to get it to Airbox Express in [...]
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