"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean
Feb 28
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 [...]
Jan 06
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 [...]
Dec 19
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 [...]
Nov 23
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 [...]
Oct 03
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 [...]
Aug 20
I had friend ask what it would take, for him to move to Linux. He was having some problems with his Windows XP system and was tired of the aggravation. I decided to go take a look at his setup and see if he was a good candidate.
The first thing I did was ask why [...]
Aug 15
I had mentioned that I was helping a local store put together a PC running Linux. The store, INFOX, is now ready and the PC is in place. It is running openSUSE 11.0 KDE and has sign-ons in both English and Spanish.
I removed the Gnome capability for now, as I felt it created too complicated [...]
Aug 12
The PC is up and running openSUSE Linux with a wireless Internet connection. I will return to the store tomorrow to take photos and reveal where it may be seen.
Aug 08
I have a couple activities scheduled for next week. First, Dario is having a final examination for his students and this will complete the series of three readings/translations with his class. I need to find a suitable topic to read for the class.
Second, I have a local store that has committed to put up a [...]
Jul 26
My first attempt to help a person bring up Linux turned out to be a big waste of my time. I received a cry for help email, saying that the individual wanted to install Linux because he couldn’t get Windows XP running on a Sony Laptop after removing Windows Vista.
Against my better judgment, I agreed [...]
