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- Linspire gets Microsofter
- If you're a user of Linspire, congratulations! You get MS True Type Fonts, DVD Playback, Windows Media Player 10...and...and...The shaft.You can't, in the usual spirit of open source software, share the software with others. You can't pass any of the software on with the patent promise. You can't modify the...
- Tags: open source, Linux, Get Jacked
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Open sourcing problems
- Let me set the stage here. I own an older Apple iBook 12" G3 laptop. It runs Kubuntu quite well (much better than it ever ran OS X actually.) But for the last year the screen had crapped out and to get it working I had to press here and...
- Tags: Get Jacked
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Neo 1973: Open Source phone, open source sexy
- The iPhone. Ah the iPhone. Who of us stood in line, like a Star Wars fan boy, waiting to lay their eyes and hands on what seems to be the be-all, end-all salvation of the tech world?Well I for one didn't. Don't get me wrong, there were moments when I...
- Tags: Open Source, Gpl, Linux, Get Jacked, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Rebuild/Upgrade your system with ease
- With Fedora 7 now out, I am posed with the task of upgrading my operating system. The problem is I know I have a lot of applications installed that aren't a part of the new Fedora. So I thought there had to be a way to do this more easily....
- Tags: CLI, data protection, Distribution Upgrade, Linux, Upgrade, Get Jacked, Installation
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Personalizing your bash prompt
- Based on my last blog entry, I thought I would give you some tips on personalizing your bash prompt. I've been doing this for a long, long time and I find it makes using your terminal more simple and a bit more fun.Let's create a yellow prompt that says URHERE:....
- Tags: Get Jacked, Command Line, General, CLI
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Keeping the command line alive
- Over the last year I have noticed something, I pretty much consistently leave a terminal window open on my desktop at all times. I am using Aterm running with the command:aterm -tr -sh 50 -fg yellow -bg black +sbplus I am removing the border I use Enlightenment so all that...
- Tags: Window Environment, Linux, window manager, Open Source, Get Jacked, CLI, Command Line, Enlightenment
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- "Respinning" My Stance On Fedora 7
- A couple of months ago I tore into the Fedora developers for how they were approaching the upcoming release of Fedora 7. It seemed as if they were going to forget about the users needs and basically tell them what they can and can not have. It looked like they...
- Tags: Linux, Installation, Get Jacked, General, Fedora, distribution
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Move over PalmOS, Here comes Linux
- Recently I found out that PalmOS is ending the life cycle of it's operating system. I read this on my Treo 680 and I didn't like it. I depend upon that phone for so many reason. Of course I depend upon a phone that resets at any given moment, has...
- Tags: Upgrade, Open Source, Linux, kernel, Gpl, Get Jacked, Command Line
- Blog posts 2007-05-28
- Creativity + Linux = Solutions
- Recently I was asked to set up a groupware-like solution for a small company that had no budget. Of course the first thing that popped into my head is not reproducible in this blog. But as soon as the initial reaction faded away I was left with one thought:...
- Tags: Windows, Open Source, Networking, Linux, Get Jacked, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
- Microsoft is "patent"ly afraid
- It came out today that Microsoft is now claiming that open source software breaks 235 of its patents. And, of course, it would seem on the surface that Microsoft wants that it again on the surface wants most: Money. But I think this whole thing is yet another smoke and...
- Tags: Windows, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- One laptop left behind
- Im sure youve all heard about the One Laptop Per Child initiative. It started in 2005 at the MIT Media Lab. The goal: Create a laptop for kids costing no more than $100.00 USD. Recently the cost for that laptop went up to $175.00 USD. Ironically that cost hike came...
- Tags: Windows, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- 10 golden rule for running an open source project
- I came across these rules on Greg Beavers Blog. I wanted to comment and add to them (Gregs rules are in bold.) 1. If you must criticize, criticize with a gentle and humble tone.Remember open source projects are often done on a voluntary basis. Criticism is tough to take when...
- Tags: Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- YaST2 and the state of Linux administration
- Recently I was asked to write a series of articles focused on setting up Linux servers strictly via GUI. The other stipulation: using OpenSuSE and GNOME.No problemo.So I did a full install of OpenSuSE 10.2 all five CDs and fired up YaST2. My immediate impression? WOW! Those boys at SuSE/Novell...
- Tags: Windows, Window Environment, Upgrade, Suse, Open Source, Novell, Linux, Installation, Gnome, Get Jacked, General, Fedora, Enlightenment, Distribution Upgrade
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- Linksys just lost a customer.
- The other day I was trying to administer a couple of web sites of mine from home. One of them was down and I thought a traceroute would be the best first approach to understanding what was going on. When I ran traceroute I got the dreaded:traceroute to www.mydomain.net (IP...
- Tags: Windows, Open Source, Networking, Linux, Installation, Get Jacked, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Likening Linux Distributions to US Politics
- This is going to be a stretch but something hit me today when I was taking a look at some posts regarding Ubuntu. You can look at Linux distributions as if they were political parties vying for a spot in the United States political machine. Lets see how this plays...
- Tags: Windows, Ubuntu, Suse, Rpm, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General, Fedora
- Blog posts 2007-04-01
- The de-marketing of Linux
- This weekend I was writing an article for TechRepublic about Puppy Linux. During the process of writing this article it struck me as interesting how obsessed I had become with having the ability to carry around a bootable thumb drive with a fully capable Linux operating system on board. I...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, Installation, Upgrade, Fedora, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- And the French choose...
- Remember back in November the French Parliament announced they were switching their desktop PCs over to Linux? That was a big announcement but, at the time, they had no idea which flavor of Linux they were going to choose. Well, they chose and they chose Ubuntu. Smart choice? Id have...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Get Jacked, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Open Source Geek on every level
- Im going to deviate from my usual ranting by speaking out on geek-dom and Open Source. Good times. Good times.Many of you may not know but I am currently enrolled in cosmetology school to be a hair geek. Yes, I apply the term "geek" even to hair. Why do...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, open source
- Blog posts 2007-03-04
- Dell and Linux: What's going on?
- Its come to my attention that Dell has actually been listening to its users. They started something they call IdeaStorm to get feedback from userspace. They were apparently "flooded" with requests for laptops pre-installed with Linux. The IdeaStorm page was a wiki used as, most likely, a free "focus group"...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Distribution Upgrade, Get Jacked, Gpl, Installation, laptop computer, Linux, Novell, Open Source, Suse, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- GNOME: user un-friendliness
- I dont know if youve heard about the recent little squabble in the open source camps but Linux Torvalds creator of the Linux kernel has taken his best shots at the GNOME Desktop environment. Why is this happening?A while ago, Linus was quoted saying that Linux users should switch from...
- Tags: Enlightenment, Get Jacked, GNOME, Gpl, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Uncategorized, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
