Archives

2008.07.04: Coming up in Click: An eight-part series on finding the right OS for a 9-year-old laptop
2008.07.03: Starbucks' free AT&T Wi-Fi: works with Linux, not so much with OpenBSD
2008.07.02: I just updated all of my Blogger blogs to the "new" templates
2008.07.02: My new favorite news source: CNet News Blog
2008.07.01: A Debian Lenny status report for the $0 Laptop
2008.06.27: I hadn't run Fluxbox in Debian in a long time
2008.06.26: A second look at Slitaz 1.0: turns out it has a lot of potential
2008.06.25: CentOS 5.2 is out
2008.06.24: Red Hat's desktop strategy: Can you figure it out?
2008.06.23: A case where cable broadband crushes DSL, and crushes it good
2008.06.23: Whenever you hear a bell ring, an angel gets its wings, and whenever some poor sap/lucky bastard buys an iPhone, AT&T gives Apple $325
2008.06.23: George Carlin, 1937-2008, RIP: Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television (plus more videos)
2008.06.23: Is the future of open source on the Mac?
2008.06.22: Computerworld tells you how to revitalize a laptop for $125
2008.06.21: Set up an encrypted Debian system
2008.06.20: Dell will 'reveal' something to me next week (and I hope it's the E)
2008.06.20: Rumor of the day: Oracle and Red Hat acquisition/partnership/???
2008.06.20: The killer apps of academia via iGeneration
2008.06.19: $15 Laptop sees huge performance leap with 144MB of RAM
2008.06.19: Installing Google Gears in Puppy Linux
2008.06.18: Got an extra $50? Dell will be happy to give you Windows XP instead of Vista on Vostro systems, others get XP free, some not at all
2008.06.18: Google Gears now works with Firefox 3 — and Ubuntu 8.04
2008.06.18: Why yes, you can use apt and Synaptic in Red Hat or CentOS
2008.06.17: Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth in the interview of the fortnight
2008.06.17: It's Firefox 3 Download Day
2008.06.17: AP brings the hammer down on bloggers, wants $12.50 for a 5-word quote &mdash and puts out call for snitches
2008.06.17: Debian-News.net &mdash a great source for ... just what the URL says ... plus more new Debian links
2008.06.17: Want to do stuff with your iPhone? Use Google Docs
2008.06.16: One way Apple screws iPhone users ... OK, more than one ... but the brains in Cupertino appear to be working on it
2008.06.16: Rumor of the moment: Microsoft may bid for eBay
2008.06.16: Inside the iPhone with Wired
2008.06.16: Things I like about Slackware
2008.06.15: CentOS 5.2 almost here
2008.06.14: Slackware tips — quick and easy things to make the box work better
2008.06.14: I tried Slackbuilds, but I'm missing something; so I got Geany from LinuxPackages.net, and it worksls
2008.06.13: I'm running Slackware 12 (not 12.1 unfortunately) and I'm holding off on GNOME Slackbuild
2008.06.12: Shed some light on this one, Slackware fans everywhere
2008.06.11: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS still No. 1 for my laptop
2008.06.10: iPhone 3G: $199 price is good, $60 monthly bill not so much
2008.06.10: Thunderbird's Master Password returns upon reboot
2008.06.10: Thunderbird loses my Master Password ... again
2008.06.10: I'm actually using OpenOffice Writer
2008.06.09: Apple's cloud: Mobile Me replaces not-well-liked .Mac
2008.06.09: Biggest news about new iPhone 3G: it's only $199
2008.06.09: Follow Steve Jobs' live WWDC keynote — with plenty of iPhone news — NOW ... right here!!
2008.06.09: BSDanywhere: A new OpenBSD live CD
2008.06.08: Filezilla and Notepad++ working together for a fully FOSS Windows FTP solution
2008.06.07: Geany works great in Windows ... but printed output looks horrible
2008.06.07: Ubuntu 8.04 ACPI issue with VIA C3 Samuel-based box
2008.06.07: Two smokin' ukulele players on YouTube
2008.06.06: Coolest pizza leaflet ever
2008.06.06: One thing I wish Geany could do
2008.06.05: Required reading: The history of the Internet
2008.06.05: Hard drives so small, you might miss them
2008.06.05: The Disco Handbook on Scribd ... so get your groove on already
2008.06.05: The Open Road link dump
2008.06.05: GetDeb: Packages for Ubuntu that are not in the repositories
2008.06.04: Ubuntu fix: Login screen too big, regular screen just right
2008.06.03: Thunderbird craps on my head
2008.06.02: The Bargain Hunter says: Free WiFi coming to Starbucks
2008.06.02: Adobe's Acrobat.com: Newest free online office suite competes with Google Docs ... and that other huge not-so-free office suite
2008.06.02: People try to put us ... d-d-d-down (talking 'bout iGeneration, just because we ... g-g-g-get around
2008.06.01: Blog of the week: The Open Road
2008.05.31: See the present and the future: video of the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
2008.05.31: Still on the hunt for MacX 2.0
2008.05.30: Samsung offers 256GB solid-state drive, and Seagate sees the SSD light
2008.05.30: The Ebox from ASUS: Looks great, costs little, runs Linux
2008.05.30: Geek comics
2008.05.30: I'm back to using the Geany text editor in Windows
2008.05.29: Yahoo BrowserPlus gearing up to compete with Google Gears
2008.05.29: Marketing guy for OpenOffice has a blog
2008.05.29: Craziest story of the day: Microsoft plans to make phone numbers obsolete
2008.05.29: Fresh DeLi Linux
2008.05.29: GCompris, Childsplay and Tux Paint tips in Ubuntu
2008.05.29: It's so easy to slag Ubuntu
2008.05.29: Psystar doesn't fade away, offers sweet Linux machine in addition to Mac clone
2008.05.28: Damn Small Linux 4.4 RC1 under the microscope
2008.05.28: Belenix 0.7 works, but it doesn't find my NIC
2008.05.28: Internet Explorer 7 is all right ... unless you have to use it
2008.05.28: I'm not the only person less than enthralled with OpenSolaris 2008.05
2008.05.27: Forget about Vista, what's the next version of Windows bringing to the OS table?
2008.05.25: Damn Small Linux does Movable Type
2008.05.24: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS running very well
2008.05.23: WordPress may be winning the war, but Movable Type is getting back into the game
2008.05.23: Just how big a threat does public WiFi pose to your security?
2008.05.22: OpenSolaris 2008.05 strikes out again
2008.05.22: Ubuntu 8.04 behaving itself quite nicely -- all of my issues have been resolved
2008.05.21: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols parts company with Ziff-Davis
2008.05.21: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 -- a way bigger deal than you might think
2008.05.21: So I boot into Ubuntu 8.04 for the first time in two weeks ...
2008.05.20: I did the OpenBSD 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade
2008.05.20: Turns out there is an OpenSSH update for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
2008.05.20: I want to upgrade from OpenBSD 4.2 to 4.3, but I'm wary
2008.05.19: I update Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 8.04 LTS ... one has SSH issues, one does not
2008.05.19: The biggest Apple Store ever (with rant following)
2008.05.18: How to roll out a Wordpress server in OpenBSD
2008.05.16: I clean up the OpenSSH mess on my Debian Etch box
2008.05.16: OpenSSH trouble in Debian -- the Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols view
2008.05.16: Works With U -- a site that follows Ubuntu (followed by my own Ubuntu musings)
2008.05.15: OpenSSL bug in Debian, Ubuntu and ... anything based on Debian
2008.05.15: A Fedora developer says 'try it'
2008.05.15: CBS acquires CNET
2008.05.14: I've finally got my home Debian Lenny installation where I want it
2008.05.14: I'm getting excited ... about Fedora 9
2008.05.14: Rebuilding a huge Movable Type blog takes time
2008.05.13: Now that I've got Debian working on the house laptop, it'll stay there for now
2008.05.12: iTWire writer David M. Williams' Unix/Linux journey
2008.05.12: Thanks to everybody who has commented on the blog
2008.05.12: DISH Network adds more than 20 new HD channels
2008.05.11: Debian Lenny beats Ubuntu Hardy
2008.05.10: Disappointed in Ubuntu 8.04 ... and fixing the ailing iBook G4
2008.05.09: Blogger is ailing
2008.05.09: A new era for Puppy Linux -- 4.00 is here
2008.05.08: Jason Perlow on 'Unixification II' -- this looks important
2008.05.08: OpenSolaris gets its wings ... but it requires a long, long time on the tarmac with 512 MB of RAM
2008.05.07: Ubuntu 8.04 Update Manager lagging?
2008.05.07: Movable Type is working great
2008.05.07: A good day for Ubuntu 8.04
2008.05.07: Damn Small Linux 4.3 -- quick first impressions
2008.05.07: How to run a secure e-mail session with Fastmail.fm
2008.05.06: Fastmail.fm remains the best Web-based e-mail for Macintosh System 7.6.1
2008.05.06: Trying SmartFTP in Windows ... but FileZilla will probably prevail
2008.05.06: Whenever Ubuntu starts to creak, one word plants itself in my mind
2008.05.06: Ubuntu 8.04 -- a disturbing development
2008.05.06: A more successful server install (but nothing's perfect)
2008.05.02: Double-tap-to-click beats tap-to-click
2008.05.02: Trying again to light up the LAMP
2008.05.01: Why can't you use Google Gears in Ubuntu 8.04?
2008.05.01: The verdict is in on the Psystar Mac clone
2008.05.01: So I got one of those fan thingies that fit under a laptop
2008.04.30: I've been running Debian Etch via SSH from a Windows box for a couple days now
2008.04.30: Who's got the most cloud?
2008.04.30: Ubuntu 8.04 Suspend/Resume not treating me so well today
2008.04.30: MacX: the software you need to do a Unix X session with a Mac System 7 machine
2008.04.29: A Powerbook 1400 talks to a Linux box (and actually hears back)
2008.04.29: When all else fails, Puppy Linux is there
2008.04.28: PCLinuxOS goes the extra mile
2008.04.28: DeLi Linux -- finally!
2008.04.28: Saturday's Tech Talk story -- the HP Mini-Note
2008.04.27: Click gets a new server on Monday, April 28
2008.04.27: Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0 -- fasten your damn seatbelts
2008.04.26: Ubuntu 8.04 -- the first 48 hours
2008.04.26: Ubuntu rising
2008.04.25: Caitlyn Martin on 'Is Linux Really Outgrowing Its Stereotypes? Does It Matter?'
2008.04.25: In the world of open-source operating systems, first impressions count
2008.04.24: One small step for Damn Small Linux, one giant leap for ... me
2008.04.24: Can you (easily) update a BSD system between releases? Or am I barking up the wrong (ports) tree?
2008.04.23: 129 updates today for my Ubuntu 8.04 install
2008.04.23: Microsoft is pretty damned smart -- look at its forays into open source
2008.04.23: How to change the fonts in Windows menu
2008.04.22: Classic Unseen Click: Forgotten blog posts remembered
2008.04.22: The ultimate e-mail setup: Gmail + SUP (??)
2008.04.21: Knoppix and 'Knoppix Hacks' rescue me from borked GRUB on the $0 Laptop
2008.04.21: I stumble upon Debian Administration
2008.04.20: I install PC-BSD 1.5 on the $0 Laptop
2008.04.19: For me, Debian Testing is more stable than Stable
2008.04.18: I've been using Debian Lenny a lot -- and it works.
2008.04.18: Newsy, snarky Reg Developer (or why English tech writing is way funnier than anything we do over here)
2008.04.17: Purported maker of OS X-compatible PC hardware Psystar under the hot lights
2008.04.17: I try OpenBSD 4.3 on the $0 Laptop
2008.04.16: I wrote about Google Docs in last Saturday's Daily News
2008.04.16: Fixing sound in Debian Lenny for PCs with ESS Allegro/Maestro3 sound chips, plus a lean Lenny install made easy
2008.04.15: Writing with no Ethernet and sketchy WiFi
2008.04.14: Attack of the Macintosh Clones: The $399 non-Apple box that runs OS X
2008.04.14: Why OpenBSD?
2008.04.13: Console editing in OpenBSD
2008.04.12: BSD on the $15 Laptop
2008.04.11: Logic Supply, Mini-ITX and Ubuntu -- three things that go great together
2008.04.11: The OpenBSD 4.3 discs are shipping!
2008.04.10: Configuring Fvwm in OpenBSD ... and a philosophical look at the OS itself
2008.04.09: HP's new mini-notebook -- it runs Linux and could be my product of the year
2008.04.09: 'The Book of PF' -- absolutely the newest OpenBSD book available
2008.04.08: Google ups the online-application ante -- again
2008.04.08: Panavision digital-imaging expert says filmmakers aren't ready to go tapeless
2008.04.08: Not so happy with FreeBSD and PC-BSD
2008.04.07: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS gets OpenOffice 2.4 -- and I finally get Flash working in the Firefox 3 Beta
2008.04.07: I'm done (for now) with Rich Text Format in Movable Type
2008.04.05: What they're saying about Microsoft's XP situation .. and what I'm saying about technological freedom
2008.04.04: Check out http://www.dailynews.com/technology
2008.04.04: From FreeBSD to PC-BSD
2008.04.04: It's so easy to make Movable Type better in this one itty, bitty way
2008.04.03: Want Windows XP? You have until June 30, ladies and gentlemen
2008.04.03: Review: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS beta
2008.04.03: I've got links
2008.04.02: Fixing a networking bug in Ubuntu 8.04
2008.04.02: Updated: This new small Linux distro could be huge (but maybe not for me)
2008.04.01: ZDNet cuts George Ou -- what are they thinking?
2008.03.31: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta -- performing a networking exorcism
2008.03.29: How to fix the Debian Lenny bug in which Epiphany always starts in "working offline" mode
2008.03.28: Debian Lenny: new kernel, new problem, plus the best distros for the Alps touchpad, FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD, and laptop surgery
2008.03.25: FreeBSD: A bug and an annoyance
2008.03.25: FreeBSD 7 on the $0 Laptop
2008.03.25: Trying to get Hardy? Here's a good mirror for the U.S. ... plus OpenBSD is easy enough -- even for a 4-year-old, and a FreeBSD interlude
2008.03.23: Debian, Puppy, Damn Small, OpenBSD: Which of these automatically configured the $15 Laptop's sound card?
2008.03.23: If you left a comment in the past week, they're still there, and I will trudge through the spam soon
2008.03.12: Getting schooled in Apache in particular and servers in general
2008.03.10: The Debian server -- a non-expert tries to roll his own
2008.03.09: Putting together Apache, MySQL, CGI and Movable Type in Debian isn't so easy, I learn
2008.03.08: Approaching CPU fan management in OpenBSD ... and a bug enters Debian Lenny
2008.03.08: WordPress' quantum leap: from 50 MB to 3 GB
2008.03.07: Approaching the Singularity at Microsoft
2008.03.06: The $5 iPod -- now that's what I'm talkin' about
2008.03.06: How Ubuntu wants to be more like Red Hat
2008.03.05: Support ending for Debian Sarge
2008.03.04: ZDNet gets a facelift, and I don't like it
2008.03.04: Trying OpenSSH in Debian Etch ... plus thoughts on security, sudo and nano vs. vi
2008.03.03: Debian Lenny, FreeBSD 7, OpenBSD and silencing CPU fans
2008.02.28: Strange things happening with my OpenBSD box, but excellent documentation saves the day
2008.02.27: Jerry Yang on why Yahoo shouldn't merge with Microsoft ... but they've got to dance with somebody
2008.02.27: Craziest story of the day: Google floats a balloon
2008.02.27: Is there more to Micro-Hoo than we think?
2008.02.27: I didn't think Jimmy Kimmel could top Sarah Silverman ... but 'I'm #$%^-*ing Ben Affleck' does just that -- and so much more
2008.02.26: Baby Debian
2008.02.26: 19-year-old Mac doing server duty with NetBSD ... plus even older Macs serving up Web pages
2008.02.25: Cool distro of the day: Damn Small Solaris (yes, I said Solaris)
2008.02.24: Debian dumps Flash ... and why you might want to try Debian and Slackware
2008.02.23: What's hot this week? Running Linux through Windows
2008.02.22: Review: PCLinuxOS 2007, GNOME and MiniMe
2008.02.21: Preview: I take the PCLinuxOS plunge
2008.02.20: DesktopBSD's brief, shining moment
2008.02.19: Foresight, hindsight, Debian, BSD, Linux books ... and the 5 a.m. problem
2008.02.18: How important are software updates to you?
2008.02.17: Where do you get your Unix-like OS? Plus speeding up Debian and a look into the minds of Debian and Ubuntu
2008.02.16: OpenBSD: lean and mean
2008.02.15: OpenBSD: CUPS runneth, plus the NetBSD live CD, (again) why I'm doing this, and Click's new publishing schedule
2008.02.14: While Microsoft chases Yahoo, here's how Apple can win
2008.02.13: OpenBSD: the fvwm man page does not reveal all, but I have a workaround, plus more on OpenBSD
2008.02.12: OpenBSD: man pages you can use ... plus FreeBSD wisdom from Dru Lavigne and Matt Olander
2008.02.09: Heard at SCALE 6x: Damn Small Linux moving to Firefox 2
2008.02.09: Damn Small Linux at SCALE 6x: I meet Robert Shingledecker
2008.02.09: SCALE 6x: BSD all over it
2008.02.09: SCALE 6x: Good reasons to buy from ZaReason
2008.02.09: Heard at SCALE 6x: The Everex Cloudbook will ship with a much improved version of gOS
2008.02.09: Scale 6x -- the 'e-mail room'
2008.02.09: SCALE 6x -- This place is packed
2008.02.08: On a BSD roll -- DesktopBSD boots and runs where it has never boot and run before
2008.02.08: Save on your SCALE 6x admission
2008.02.08: The NetBSD live CD -- why haven't I heard of this before?
2008.02.08: What is SCALE 6X? Glad you asked
2008.02.08: Scribefire -- Mozilla add-on for bloggers ... and Windows Live Spaces -- or more specifically, what the hell are they?
2008.02.08: Is Microsoft trying to buy Yahoo to keep Amazon from getting it first?
2008.02.07: OpenBSD: The FAQ is available in PDF and text form -- same thing for NetBSD and FreeBSD
2008.02.07: OpenBSD on the desktop: Why?
2008.02.07: OpenBSD: The installer isn't easy, but the documentation carries the day
2008.02.07: OpenBSD: Getting X right
2008.02.06: I install OpenBSD in anticipation of this weekend's SCALE 6X show
2008.02.06: Beyond Linux: exploring the other kernels out there
2008.02.05: 'Obama a Mac, Clinton a PC, but what is McCain?'
2008.02.05: Giving up on Linux wireless with the Airlink 101 AWLL3028
2008.02.05: Linus says OS X Leopard is 'utter crap'
2008.02.04: Secure Gmail not as secure as we thought
2008.02.04: OpenBSD update
2008.02.04: NetBSD in Ars Technica
2008.02.01: SCALE 6X -- An interview with publicity chairman Orv Beach
2008.02.01: Wireless in Linux: one idiot's opinion
2008.02.01: The next Airlink 101 AWLL3028 candidate: Puppy Linux
2008.02.01: Trying to get ndiswrapper working in Wolvix Hunter and Debian Lenny
2008.02.01: Updated: The Airlink 101 AWLL3028 USB WiFi adapter in Ubuntu with ndiswrapper
2008.01.31: A Debian victory for the $15 Laptop
2008.01.30: Review: OliveBSD turns OpenBSD into very usable live CD
2008.01.30: PCLinuxOS interruptus
2008.01.30: Notepad++ quick update -- testing my latest Windows text editor ... and a tribute to Jerry Pournelle and Byte magazine
2008.01.29: Debian Lenny, the Ted RTF word processor, and the fate of the $15 Laptop
2008.01.29: Debian Lenny fixes Nautilus bug -- order is restored to my world ... and more Debian news
2008.01.28: Windows does something right
2008.01.28: Question: Can we trust Google with our data?
2008.01.28: Tired of Vista? Start the countdown to the next version of Windows
2008.01.28: Why Google has a LEGO theme today
2008.01.28: Tiny PC, relatively tiny price (but the exchange rate's killing us)
2008.01.28: BSD update
2008.01.26: Old Puppy, older laptop
2008.01.25: Next week's new Windows text editor: PSPad
2008.01.25: Notepad++, the first session
2008.01.25: Goodbye Geany, hello Notepad++
2008.01.25: Geany for Windows Tip No. 1 -- getting rid of the extra spaces when copying and pasting
2008.01.25: Why I barely use Internet Explorer 7, even though I was a big fan of IE6
2008.01.24: Geany in Windows
2008.01.23: Do you ever pay for 'shareware'?
2008.01.23: One link leads to another (and ends with Debian)
2008.01.22: Debian Lenny doesn't fix my Nautilus problem, but a look at the bug report tells me why the issue is "resolved"
2008.01.22: Debian Lenny -- 100 updates await me
2008.01.21: Keys to the Slackware kingdom
2008.01.21: Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS -- a better way to install the most stable Ubuntu
2008.01.21: ZDNet blogs -- telling it like it is
2008.01.19: Distrowatch -- If it didn't already exist, somebody would have to invent it
2008.01.19: LXer -- tomorrow's Linux and open-source news today
2008.01.19: Lifehacker and BoingBoing -- good tips, good times
2008.01.17: Linspire and Sears get into the $199 Linux PC business
2008.01.17: Story of the day: NY Times exclusive with Apple's Steve Jobs
2008.01.15: Everex Cloudbook -- 2 pounds, $399, and coming to a Wal-Mart near you
2008.01.15: If $1,799 fell out of the sky, I might buy ... the new MacBook Air
2008.01.15: I'm afraid it's terminal
2008.01.15: Wolvix installs with GRUB, not LILO (no need to hold your applause!)
2008.01.15: Burning an ISO -- the first step toward Linux/BSD obsession
2008.01.15: SCALE6x Linux conference finalizes schedule
2008.01.15: Great explanation on how live CDs work from polishlinux.com
2008.01.14: Cheap hardware loves Linux
2008.01.12: Debian Lenny, the morning after
2008.01.11: Forget qsynaptics and everything else, too
2008.01.11: QSynaptics doesn't do what it's supposed to ... but it does something I want ... and other Linux natterings on a late Friday
2008.01.11: If you read one tech story this week, make it this one
2008.01.11: My Wolvix Hunter is up to date
2008.01.11: When it comes to monitors, bigger is indeed better
2008.01.11: A vote for leaving your WiFi network COMPLETELY OPEN
2008.01.10: Who doesn't want to shoot pancake batter out of an aerosol can?
2008.01.10: ZDNet's new digital camera blog
2008.01.10: We can't seem to get the $100 laptop to cost less than $250 ... but the $75 laptop is on its way
2008.01.10: SCALE 6x brings open source out of the shadows in Los Angeles
2008.01.09: Want to start your own online community? Simple Machines can help -- and for free
2008.01.09: The PCLinuxOS computer -- every damn thing you need for $150
2008.01.09: This week's Distrowatch Weekly is PACKED with news
2008.01.09: Which Ubuntu? (or CentOS ...)
2008.01.09: Ubuntu fan-control sudo/root breakthrough
2008.01.08: $0 Laptop shakeup: Ubuntu 7.04 is gone, Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0 takes its place
2008.01.05: Debian Lenny giveth, then taketh away
2008.01.02: Debian Lenny on the $0 Laptop
2008.01.02: Latest spam-comment tweaks for Movable Type 4
2008.01.01: 1962 Sears Catalog
2007.12.31: Upgrading Debian from Etch to Lenny
2007.12.29: Debian Sarge gets an update -- and YES, I DO MEAN SARGE
2007.12.28: Screwing with Debian
2007.12.28: The Debian Xfce and KDE groups
2007.12.28: Debian Lenny
2007.12.28: Triple-booting with a frugal Puppy
2007.12.27: A nice, quick, Linux read -- Linux Loop
2007.12.27: Movable Type spam filter not so great
2007.12.27: More reasons gOS is nowhere near ready for use by just about anybody
2007.12.27: Thin Puppy Torture Test II: Day 14
2007.12.26: Spam management in Movable Type 4
2007.12.26: Macs about to be all they can be
2007.12.26: Thin Puppy Torture Test II: Unlucky Day 13 -- Power problem
2007.12.25: A Debian Christmas
2007.12.24: Debian Etch with Xfce vs. Damn Small Linux with JWM/Fluxbox
2007.12.24: Thin Puppy Torture Test II, Day 11
2007.12.20: I've gotten 360 or so spam comments in the past 24 hours
2007.12.20: Coming up: My tutorial on how to leave a Typekey authenticated comment on this blog
2007.12.20: Still loving IrfanView
2007.12.20: The is entry No. 627 in Click
2007.12.20: Think Secret blog settles case with Apple and will disappear
2007.12.20: Interesting blog -- Law & Life: Silicon Valley
2007.12.20: New releases from Damn Small Linux, NetBSD and Musix
2007.12.20: gOS 1.0.1: lots of hype, but not so fast
2007.12.20: I finally print in Google Docs -- and it's freakin' great
2007.12.20: Extensive review of the $399 Asus Eee PC laptop
2007.12.18: Thin Puppy Torture Test II -- Day 5
2007.12.18: Betting on Google Docs
2007.12.18: I'm having trouble booting Slackware 12 from GRUB
2007.12.17: Thin Puppy Torture Test II, Day 4
2007.12.17: I'm also pissed at Amazon for requiring RealPlayer
2007.12.17: A very detailed, very long, very informative Debian install
2007.12.17: I have a word for Microsoft, but it'll get me in trouble if I spell it out
2007.12.17: ZDNet blogs -- best on the Web
2007.12.17: Comments are back ... but who knows for how long
2007.12.15: The Gutsy gunshy
2007.12.15: Damn Small Linux replaces Xpaint with MtPaint
2007.12.14: Thin Puppy Torture Test -- Day 1, Part II
2007.12.14: Should the entire Internet be secure?
2007.12.14: Thin Puppy Torture Test II, Day 1
2007.12.14: Google goes after Wikipedia
2007.12.14: Is it too late for Movable Type? Probably not
2007.12.13: Selling Google Apps to the business world
2007.12.13: Hard-hitting Amazon reviews on ... ballpoint pens
2007.12.13: Movable Type free and open
2007.12.13: Red Hat's new Linux will have full multimedia capability AND be free
2007.12.13: There's more than one cloud in the sky
2007.12.13: Windows Vista SP1 on the way
2007.12.13: Everex's Linux Cloudbook, the $400 laptop, is coming soon
2007.12.13: If you must run Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 or 7 on the Mac
2007.12.13: If you use PayPal, you're tapping into a 4,000-server Red Hat Enterprise Linux grid
2007.12.12: As Gutsy dies, Feisty rises from the ashes
2007.12.07: When you absolutely, positively must have Internet Explorer in Linux
2007.12.06: Pain in the Gutsy
2007.12.05: Xfce, the inside story
2007.12.05: What I've been doing lately
2007.12.05: How safe is Wi-Fi?
2007.12.03: How much does it cost to power your PC?
2007.12.03: Damn Small Linux 4.1 is out
2007.12.03: Me and Google Docs -- and a shout out to the whole of Europe
2007.12.03: CentOS upgrades to 5.1 -- and there's a new netinstall image
2007.11.29: Enlightenment seems heavy
2007.11.28: Blast from the Unix past
2007.11.28: Linux -- will it ever make it on the desktop?
2007.11.28: Does your Macbook have a bum hard drive?
2007.11.28: Intel explains why CPU frequency is dropping while performance is increasing
2007.11.28: Microsoft Office loves your iPhone
2007.11.27: Xubuntu 7.10 won't install; trying Ubuntu 6.06 LTS instead -- plus a little Wolvix and Zenwalk
2007.11.27: Movable Type trick
2007.11.27: My XP drive is FULL
2007.11.26: Not heard enough about BSD? They've got podcasts
2007.11.26: Best OpenBSD blog ... ever
2007.11.24: gOS install fails twice on $0 Laptop
2007.11.23: My first gOS install
2007.11.23: Commercial software and its free, open-source equivalents
2007.11.23: The Kindle: powered by Linux
2007.11.23: How to set a static IP in gOS
2007.11.21: gOS update -- it's made in L.A. ... and I'm finally downloading it
2007.11.21: Dell not that serious about Linux
2007.11.21: My XP box is starting to slow down
2007.11.21: The Kindle is sold out
2007.11.21: Did you miss these Click entries?
2007.11.21: Killer sale at Fry's today
2007.11.20: Ominous Kindle sign: paying for blogs
2007.11.20: What's black and white and read about all over? The Kindle
2007.11.15: Great FreeBSD blog
2007.11.15:
Laptop
runs cooler with Knoppix than Ubuntu
2007.11.15: The winning image-editing application is ...
2007.11.15: Knoppix -- a towering achievement
2007.11.15: Ubuntu, Mac OS X and Windows updates
2007.11.15: A YouTube look at Google's Android cell-phone OS
2007.11.15: Thunderbird pushes 2.0.0.9 update to Windows users
2007.11.15: Cloud computing: the future is already here
2007.11.13: Interview with the founder of gOS -- the Linux that runs Wal-Mart's $199 PC
2007.11.10: Debian Live -- KDE and Xfce versions
2007.11.08: Photo editing dilemma
2007.11.06: Debian Lenny with encryption -- it's a long install
2007.11.06: Ars Technica's newish open-source journal
2007.11.06: Everex plans sub-$300 Linux notebook for 2008
2007.11.06: OpenSolaris's Indiana is serious about memory
2007.11.06: Debian Testing with LVM and encryption
2007.11.06: Now there are 23 reviews of Wal-Mart's new Linux box
2007.11.05: Doing a Slackware update
2007.11.05: Why did I install MepisLite 3.3.2-1 RC1?
2007.11.05: What I downloaded today
2007.11.05: Wal-Mart's $199 (formerly $198) Linux box is here -- and so is the OS that runs it
2007.11.05: OpenBSD: The proverbial thrill of victory ... and the agony of defeat
2007.11.04: Preview: The Damn Small Torture Test
2007.11.02: My first OpenBSD
2007.11.02: Having fun with live Linux CDs
2007.11.01: You can't get Gutsy with only 602 MB of free disk space
2007.11.01: Wal-Mart back in the Linux business
2007.10.30: AntiX is out
2007.10.30: Dell's subtle message: Buy XP if you want to
2007.10.30: Expecting big things from Fedora 8
2007.10.24: New releases of Damn Small Linux, Sabayon Professional ... and Fedora anticipation
2007.10.24: Google wises up, give Gmail users IMAP access
2007.10.23: Internet Explorer 7: Day 2
2007.10.23: The 1937 Laptop
2007.10.22: Microsoft kills FTP functionality in IE7 ... but I found a solution
2007.10.22: Plenty of love for Debian
2007.10.22: Why I switched to Linux and BSD -- 133 testimonials and counting
2007.10.19: Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy -- first impressions on the $0 Laptop
2007.10.18: Trying to get Gutsy
2007.10.17: Ubuntu vs. Debian on the $0 Laptop
2007.10.16: Can your Mac run OS X 10.5?
2007.10.16: Ubuntu by Dummies: switching between saved network settings
2007.10.15: Ubuntu: the calm before the Gutsy
2007.10.15: DSL Extreme e-mail -- it's secure
2007.10.15: Click traffic still anemic
2007.10.15: Can you run OS X without a Mac?
2007.10.12: More Synaptic touchpad configuration tips for Ubuntu
2007.10.11: Ubuntu tip of the day: Getting a menu in Fluxbox
2007.10.11: We're moving to Movable Type 4.0
2007.10.10: What's my problem with Xubuntu 7.04?
2007.10.10: Faster Linux PC means Windows seems slower than ever
2007.10.10: Don't want Vista but want Vista features? They're coming
2007.10.10: Mac users account for 20 percent of MS Office sales
2007.10.10: The new office suite that runs on Linux, BSD, Windows and OS X
2007.10.09: Another cool OS X 10.5 feature: spaces
2007.10.09: Time Machine brings comprehensive backup solution to Mac OS X 10.5
2007.10.08: PC-BSD 1.4 revisited
2007.10.08: I backed up my Mac to my iPod ... and a Mac-backup rant
2007.10.08: Check your ISOs
2007.10.05: Puppy Linux: It's just the thing for first-timers
2007.10.05: Get a free CD of the new Ubuntu shipped to you
2007.10.05: Ubuntu Gutsy countdown clock
2007.10.05: Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 release date: Oct. 26
2007.10.05: Mac rumor: The mini gives way to the smaller Mac Nano
2007.10.04: Is your touchpad slow in Debian but not in Ubuntu?
2007.10.03: Puppy 3.00 runs on the $0 Laptop
2007.10.03: An early Debian Etch review
2007.10.03: 30 days of PC-BSD
2007.10.03: Comfortably Debian
2007.10.02: Comments are back ...
2007.10.02: How come this guy Loot can make a comment and I can't?
2007.10.02: Yes, you can run iTunes in Linux
2007.10.01: Click traffic falls through floor
2007.09.29: Bent PCMCIA pins
2007.09.29: PC-BSD and Ubuntu on the $0 Laptop
2007.09.28: Parted Magic works, Gparted Live doesn't
2007.09.28: Install Debian FROM Windows
2007.09.28: A Linux for women?
2007.09.28: I need the GParted live CD
2007.09.27: 1 GHz SCREAMS on Zenwalk
2007.09.27: I get J-Pilot in Zenwalk ... and it works
2007.09.27: Is the mini PC market dead -- or more alive than ever?
2007.09.26: Click has ads!!
2007.09.26: Comments are broken
2007.09.26: Comments open now
2007.09.26: Comments are broken
2007.09.25: Getting more comfortable with Zenwalk ... and a touchy touchpad
2007.09.25: How to be a "Trusted" commenter UPDATE
2007.09.24: The $0 Laptop lives ... barely
2007.09.24: Be a "trusted" commenter
2007.09.22: Attention commenters: Movable Type made me do it
2007.09.21: Ubuntu Lite resurfaces as Ubuntulite
2007.09.21: Mach Boot: The live CD that supposedly boots in 10 seconds
2007.09.18: Bruce Byfield on why he's sticking with Debian
2007.09.17: Dollars and CentOS 4.5: Updating Up2date
2007.09.17: Click is the No. 2 nonsports Daily News blog, No. 7 overall
2007.09.17: From CentOS 3.9 to 4.5
2007.09.17: Two interesting blogs I stumbled upon
2007.09.14: Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg flirts with Ubuntu
2007.09.14: Linux Reality -- and many more podcasts
2007.09.13: Buying a laptop? Get 2 GB NOW -- here's why
2007.09.11: Slackbuilds: A Slackware solution
2007.09.11: Wearing the Red Hat: A review of CentOS 3.9
2007.09.10: Slackware, the Un-Buntu
2007.09.07: Slackware: Secure all the way back to 8.1
2007.09.07: Slackware: There's something totally sane about it
2007.09.07: My work box -- Windows on the publishing world
2007.09.05: Palm shakes hands with Linux
2007.09.05: Puppy Linux 2.17 "first look" gets revised
2007.09.02: Leafpad -- a really light GUI text editor
2007.08.31: I get Flash in Debian
2007.08.31: Review: A first look at Puppy Linux 2.17
2007.08.31: Speed up Debian with Xfce (or Fluxbox)
2007.08.31: I finished clearing out the "junk" comments
2007.08.31: Review: Vector Linux 5.8 Standard
2007.08.30: Xubuntu Gutsy Tribe 5 -- first impressions
2007.08.30: I fix my Debian Etch font problem
2007.08.30: Xubuntu 7.04 "disappearing panel bug" from a Ubuntu insider
2007.08.29: This is Vector. This is Vector on Fluxbox.
2007.08.28: Slackware: I install XMMS
2007.08.28: Slackware update update: Success is mine!
2007.08.28: My first Slackware update
2007.08.28: Spam comments eradicated
2007.08.23: Review: Xubuntu 7.04 revisited
2007.08.20: The new iMac -- I just can't get past this lousy keyboard
2007.08.20: Doing the BIG Debian update
2007.08.20: Review: Puppy Linux 2.16 -- our Puppy's growing up
2007.08.17: Dead CMOS battery? Network Time Protocol to the rescue
2007.08.17: Why 'Windows Is Free' doesn't cut it for me
2007.08.16: A baby named @
2007.08.15: iPhone bills are huge (in size, too) -- TONIGHT on ABC News
2007.08.15: iPhone Pong -- we can all die happy now.
2007.08.02: ZenWalk and the art of not booting
2007.08.02: The upshot: Flash memory lasts longer than we've been led to believe
2007.08.01: How to Forge
2007.08.01: From Fedora, through Ubuntu and Slackware, getting close to ZenWalk
2007.08.01: But this one goes to 10.4.11
2007.08.01: OS X can call itself Unix
2007.07.30: College Computing 101: The word is "free"
2007.07.20: Slackware: A new hope
2007.07.20: Slackintosh
2007.07.19: 75-year-old Swedish woman has world's fastest Internet connection
2007.07.18: Confessions of a distro hopper
2007.07.17: Deep Ubuntu
2007.07.13: Radio reprieve
2007.07.11: Fedora 7 Live -- the first five minutes
2007.07.11: iPod shock
2007.07.11: iPhone Nano? Nawwwwwww
2007.07.10: CentOS 5.0 and Scientific Linux Live CDs -- first impressions
2007.07.10: Outlook glitch
2007.07.10: Is a cheaper, smaller iPhone in the works?
2007.07.10: Things I like about the new Yahoo Mail -- and why (at least for the moment) it's beating Gmail
2007.07.09: The "new" Yahoo Mail
2007.07.09: Puppy, Damn Small Linux don't let me down
2007.07.06: E-mail maintenance, Part 2
2007.07.06: E-mail maintenance, Part 1
2007.07.02: Vista to XP: You can go back
2007.07.02: Daily News staffer has an iPhone
2007.06.30: No iPhones in Sherman Oaks
2007.06.30: Blogging from inside the Sherman Oaks Apple Store
2007.06.29: 10,000 people want Gmail to go IMAP (and why you might want to try AOL Mail)
2007.06.29: Massive disaster averted: iPhone will play nicely with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
2007.06.29: Your hard drive is going to die, DIE, DIE!!!!!
2007.06.28: The next book I need: 'Linux System Administration' by Tom Adelstein and Bill Lubanovic
2007.06.28: Ethical dilemma: Should I continue to use the Linspire-sponsored freelinuxemail.com?
2007.06.28: AntiX spin on Mepis in 'pre-final' stage, should be 'final' in early July
2007.06.28: 'Debian Für Dummies'
2007.06.27: Working for Microsoft security one of the worst jobs in science
2007.06.27: Google Docs gets a sweet makeover
2007.06.27: Word on the street: the iPhone sucks
2007.06.27: iPhone porn (i.e. Apple's new keyboard video)
2007.06.27: New RealPlayer lets users download, record videos
2007.06.27: Space: The final frontier
2007.06.27: Epson and HP getting into the Linux desktop market
2007.06.27: Fluxbuntu back on track
2007.06.26: Ubuntu or Debian?
2007.06.26: "Information Superhighway" speed more like the 405 freeway during rush hour
2007.06.26: Dude, you're getting a pink Dell
2007.06.26: Size matters
2007.06.26: Wanted: iPhone line stander-upper
2007.06.22: Solar power to the people
2007.06.22: I'd love to be a BSD fan
2007.06.22: AT&T hires 2000 temps to deal with iPhone rush
2007.06.22: Updated: $10 DSL from AT&T
2007.06.22: iPhone -- it's only small if your hand is freakisly huge
2007.06.22: Hitachi working on brain-activated remote control
2007.06.22: Apple seeks patent: If your iPhone's stolen, it won't recharge for the stealer
2007.06.22: Your iPhone video preview
2007.06.22: How to read and write Word 2007 .docx documents in Debian and Ubuntu
2007.06.21: PC World ranks the best and worst ISPs
2007.06.21: Wanted: Wannabe Mars-mission astronauts
2007.06.20: The $15 Laptop and Damn Small Linux 3.3
2007.06.20: Palm girds for battle by trying to sell one-quarter of itself, bringing Foleo developers onboard
2007.06.20: Le BlackBerry blacklisted
2007.06.20: No Leopard for you! Try OS X 10.4.10 instead
2007.06.20: "Thje Big Switch" says it all
2007.06.20: Turn the rumor mill: Semel dumped by Yahoo! over foot-dragging on MySpace deal
2007.06.20: Google wants to store everything you've got
2007.06.20: The greatest thing since sliced wires
2007.06.20: Here's what the iPhone dock looks like
2007.06.20: Yahoo! may take over MySpace.com
2007.06.20: Gateway is recalling some 14,000 notebook battery packs
2007.06.20: Thinking about dragging your geeky ass out to wait in line for the Apple iPhone?
2007.06.20: YouTube coming to iPhone and Apple TV
2007.06.19: Web operating systems, the next generation
2007.06.19: Mail applications vs. Web mail
2007.06.19: Paul Potts -- opera-singing phenomenon of 'Britain's Got Talent' is the current king of the viral-video world -- and Simon Cowell loves him to little, itty-bitty pieces, too!!
2007.06.19: Welcome to Click, Armando!
2007.06.19: Sony batteries still hot stuff
2007.06.18: Long live the iPhone!
2007.06.15: Next week: Fluxbox in Debian
2007.06.15: Get your GRUB info here
2007.06.15: PC World says Microsoft still gunning for Red Hat
2007.06.15: Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu and Microsoft -- he's not signing nothing
2007.06.15: Windows Vista runs great on a $500 Dell PC
2007.06.15: The sage of Ziff Davis: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols wouldn't be surprised by a Ubuntu-Microsoft deal
2007.06.14: Dillo in Ubuntu
2007.06.14: Opinion: Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony spins his Microsoft deal
2007.06.14: Quad-boot overshoot
2007.06.14: Command Line Warriors
2007.06.14: They're fallin' like dominoes: Linspire makes a deal with Microsoft
2007.06.13: Another Safari theory: Apple wants to sell Windows as an option on the Mac
2007.06.12: Safari for Windows -- follow the money
2007.06.12: A (Ubuntu) Dapper day
2007.06.12: Cool, geek-approved Firefox extension of the month
2007.06.12: Blog post of the fortnight: Apple patents a way to EAT MICROSOFT'S LUNCH
2007.06.12: Another good analysis on Apple's Safari-for-Windows move
2007.06.12: Safari on Windows -- from the nitty to the gritty
2007.06.11: Apple's Steve Jobs talks Leopard
2007.06.11: Apple's Safari browser coming to Windows
2007.06.11: Damn Small Linux speaks
2007.06.06: Inconvenient truths: PC vs. Mac, Windows vs. Linux, us vs. them, et al.
2007.06.06: The $15 Laptop
2007.06.05: Xandros users not too happy about Microsoft deal
2007.06.04: Top journals Science and Nature will not accept submissions written in Word 2007
2007.06.04: Opinion: Microsoft's shady deals with Xandros and Novell
2007.06.04: Xandros sells at retail and to the enterprise for anywhere from $39.99 to $3,848 (no that's not a typo)
2007.06.04: More on the Microsoft-Xandros deal
2007.06.04: Microsoft makes another Linux deal -- this time with Xandros
2007.05.31: The dark art of removing the Flash plugin from Firefox in Ubuntu Linux
2007.05.31: A laptop even YOU can't kill
2007.05.31: What if you had $7,025.84 to spend on a PC?
2007.05.31: Scientific Linux -- Like Red Hat ... but more scientific (and free)
2007.05.31: Why Dell/Wal-Mart may work
2007.05.31: Maroon 5 breaks iTunes record
2007.05.29: A month on the command line, Day 27: E-mail Valhalla, if not Nirvana
2007.05.29: Is now the time to dump your laptop hard drive for flash media?
2007.05.24: Dell's Linux Forum is up and running
2007.05.24: Dell to sell at Wal-Mart ... and Ubuntu Linux makes its debut on Dell.com
2007.05.24: Puppy more feisty than Xubuntu
2007.05.21: Want a good Windows Vista experience?
2007.05.17: A month on the command line, Day 15: I get POP into mutt!!!
2007.05.17: A month on the command line, Day 15: e-mail progress
2007.05.15: A month on the command line, Day 13: Elinks and mutt -- they seem to know each other
2007.05.15: One theory on why Microsoft is making noise
2007.05.15: Microsoft's war on open source goes mainstream
2007.05.14: A month on the command line, Day 12: Mutt barks!
2007.05.11: After five months of Linux, I do Windows
2007.05.11: Google splashing in Microsoft's pond
2007.05.09: A month on the command line, Day 7: Movable Type from the command line
2007.05.09: A month on the command line, Day 7: CLI Magic from Linux.com
2007.05.09: Puppy Linux 2.16 now in beta
2007.05.09: If this librarian can install Ubuntu, you can too
2007.05.09: MySpace and Photobucket: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em
2007.05.08: A month on the command line, Day 6: E-mail woes
2007.05.08: A month on the command line, Day 6: Blog posting without a GUI
2007.05.08: Windows with a split personality
2007.05.07: A month on the command line, Day 5: "Wow, I didn't know you could do that in vi"
2007.05.07: A month on the command line, Day 5: Where does Windows Vim keep its files?
2007.05.07: A month on the command line, Day 5: I don't have a vi coffee mug
2007.05.07: A month on the command line, Day 5: The esc clause
2007.05.07: A month on the command line, Day 5: Vim and vigor
2007.05.04: A month on the command line -- Day 2: Blogging disappointment
2007.05.04: A month on the command line -- Day 2: Mounting a USB flash drive
2007.05.04: vi you can wear -- or drink from
2007.05.03: