Entries from Geeky Baldisms tagged with 'Linux'
Gadflies
Gadfly: pest: a persistently annoying person. We're all annoying, we can't help it. Imperfect humans will always sometimes rub each other the wrong way. And let's face it, sometimes we CHOOSE to be annoying. It can even be fun. With...
Fixing Goofed Nvidia in Ubuntu
I am very impressed with Ubuntu 10.04. Except for the fact that I was greeted with blank screen from the install CD, and had to get around that by booting with the nomodest option. See details here. Anyhow, somehow, my...
Shifting Linux Gears
Well, crap. The official Ubuntu 10.04 release didn't play nice with the Nvidia onboard video on my 2006 vintage HP a1483w. Booting led to a screen that was black. my monitor didn't detect a signal, and went dormant. What made...
Linux With a Minty Flavor
I love Ubuntu. It's been my choice for a desktop Linux for three years. But I just veered down a side road. it's still Ubuntu under the hood, but the distro is actually Linux Mint. Mint is basically Ubuntu with...
Have you heard of Titan Lev?
Wow, what an amazing distribution I just stumbled on to. It's called Titan Lev, and is distributed by http://www.affordy.com/. It's not free, but you get a bunch of test drives from the iso. And if you decide it's for you,...
Ubuntu. It Just Works.
I love Ubuntu. However, I'm not nuts about the six month rewrites. So, I decided to try a couple of less-often-rewritten distros on a Dell GX 755. A month later, I'm back to Ubuntu. Here's why:...
Getting Logwatch Under Control
Logwatch is an invaluable tool. It will sum up your error logs and send them to you in an email on a daily basis, if you set up a cron job for it. I have taken to setting it up...
Serving up an AD-Smart Intranet from Linux
I can't give too many details about my 9-to-5, they are a conservative company who doesn't like their employees running on at the mouth about their business. But I manage an intranet, one loaded with php/mysql apps. I also communicate...
Building a Linux Power Workstation from Scratch
My current desktop system is no slouch: a 2006 HP a1483w with dual-core AMD, two gigs of RAM, and built-in Nvidia graphics with 256 MB of shared memory. Hey, with two gigs, there's plenty to go around. A gamer would...
Reason #2,187 to Try Linux
I recently made this post in reply to a Windows user (a reasonable one) at Computerworld: Here's the "profound" truth that I finally learned about Linux: You can fix stuff. One of the most maddening things about Windows (including XP)...
Problems Connecting to USB Devices through VMWare 2.0?
Stolen from a forum online, placed here on my blog so I can find it: I’ve found I have to run this after connecting any usb devices: sudo chmod -R 777 /proc/bus/usb/* Otherwise when you goto device connect in VMWare...
Fixing S L O W Browsing with Firefox and Cox DNS Servers
I recently switched from AT&T DSL to Cox Internet. My download speed went from about 900k to speeds which vary from 3 meg (when usage is high) to nearly 20 meg (early in the morning). However, surfing didn't speed up...
Five Steps for Those Who Would save Others from Vista
I just got off the phone with my best friend, for whom I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on his laptop. I installed it two weeks ago. His main concern with Vista was that it wouldn't play ball with his office network....
Crossover Pro for Linux
One of the simple, sad facts about switching from Windows to Ubuntu is that you must give up certain Windows apps, unless you want to jump through some hoops. One hoop is running a virtual machine under VMWare, or any...
VMWare 2.0
I just downloaded and installed the latest VMWare Server (2.0) on my Linux machine (an HP 1483w that has been blissfully freed from having to run on XP) yesterday. And I must say that I am blown away! It's a...
OSALT.com
One of the things that makes people nervous about switching to Linux (and justifiably so) is the prospect of doing without one's favorite programs. That was certainly a major hurdle that I had to clear. I did so by going...
Computing in Tough Economic Times
Computerworld columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols recently posted this article on his blog. In it, he showed how a serious economic downturn may be good news for the open-source movement. He outlined five specific programs that can be replaced by FOSS...
Tackling a Big Project: The Final Chapter
This big move to a dedicated server is now complete. And I would like to give an unpaid, hearty endorsement to my new hosting company, jtlnet.com, at this point. I didn't hear anything for two days after ordering my dedicated...
Tackling a Big Project - Part 2
I received instructions for logging into my dedicated server on Friday afternoon about 3:00 local time. It is now Sunday, 10:20 AM and I am pretty much done. Total; time spent moving stuff: about 15 hours. I am receiving help...
Tackling a Big Project
I've been a bluehill.com customer for many years. I believe it was 1999 when I started hosting my sites with them. I used a VPS type system until 2006, then switched to a dedicated server. The price is decent, only...
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