The Ubuntu saga continues. My basement looked like a computer graveyard this past week while on vacation. My primary PC, as I had mentioned, is strewn all over the desk in a tangle of cables, drives and panels. I’ve pulled my drive cages and have three loose drives sitting on the table, wired into the [...]
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As you might have noted in the Now Reading pane, I’ve been working through a book on the Vi editor. The ‘why’ behind that requires a brief story.Back in mid-2005, Movable Type glitched and obliterated my blog database, flushing nearly two years with of blog activity back to my beginning in September of 2003. I [...]
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The Ubuntu install on my server continues to go well. I had quite a few problems on Saturday, but none of them had anything to do with the OS. I tried to set up a dual boot situation with XP because I still have a few applications in XP that I need to maintain, so [...]
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So far the recent install of Ubuntu has went well. The system is performing and I’ve used it for a few hours to work on the Blog, configure some applications and test out VIM (in conjunction with the VI book I’m working through). It is too early to form an opinion, but this is certainly [...]
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I have this strange relationship with Linux. I’ve taken three cracks at it over the years, trying to transition from Windows into something that is suppose to be better – or at least cooler. Each time, I’ve pulled back when the learning curve just wasn’t worth the hassle. I’m not a PC dummy. I simply [...]
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My Linux Journal. Well, last night I took the plunge and reformatted my computer. I had intended to set up a dual boot with Windows, so I had a back up in case the Linux install didn’t go well. Also, if I needed to access the internet for drivers and such, I had that ability [...]
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