Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
I have officially started working with OpenSuse. Bluetooth, wireless, and sound all worked after the install, which was great. The flash plugin was easy to install. I've added a repository to Yast for software management, although I wasn't able to find emacs via Yast and resorted to an unmanaged rpm.
I ...
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
I can't stand the thought of using Vista. I am an XP user; by which I mean to say I get by using cygwin and some of the Windows apps. But I've used Vista enough for me to know that I must draw the proverbial line in the sand there. ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
This is something I've always thought would be useful- a small linux distro installed on a thumbdrive. I'm not talking about an in-memory install; not knoppix. I want to be able to boot from within windows, but still save my stuff to the thumbdrive. I've used MS Virtual PC and ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Ever want to be cool and check your web-mail at work without having to go to the stupid bulky web client to do it? There are several ways around this. Some providers, like gmail provide pop3 access. However, many do not, and even if they do, most ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
I haven't been comfortable with my work environment for the last couple of months that I've been working remotely. My remote office work involves connecting via VPN and making use of Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection. The problem is with speed. I just cannot get used to the delay between hitting ...
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
I've really been impressed with the development of portable apps. With increased disk space and USB2.0, there's so much that can be done and it's just beginning.
The following is a list of useful applications I've found for portable drives.
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Post 'em here.
rxvt -g +450+485 -fg green -bg black -fn 'Courier New-20' -sr -sl 3000 -cr green -e /bin/bash --login -i
I use the following in my shortcut:
C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -e /bin/bash --login -i
And then I have this in my .Xresources (for rxvt)
! rxvt settings
rxvt*font: 9x15
rxvt*cursorColor: MediumOrchid3
rxvt*background: grey15
rxvt*foreground: wheat3
rxvt*saveLines: 1500
rxvt*pointerColor: MediumOrchid3
rxvt*visualBell: off
rxvt*scrollBar_right: ...
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