Gnome Archive

  • This is the third part of a series. Part One – Installing CentOS goes through the initial installation and settings of the Virtual box. Part Two – Installing CentOS talks about how you should configure the Hard drive. Now that the hard drive configuration is set, CentOS asked about networking. I accepted the defaults through the three dialogs. First, to configure the adapter. Second,...

    Installing CentOS on Virtual Box, Part 3: Finishing the Install

    Posted on March 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
    This is the third part of a series. Part One – Installing CentOS goes through the initial installation and settings of the Virtual box. Part Two – Installing CentOS talks about how you should configure the Hard drive. Now that the hard drive configuration is set, CentOS asked about networking. I accepted the defaults through the three dialogs. First, to configure the adapter. Second,...

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  • I’m working on making a video of Arch and Virtual box and having trouble getting my microphone to work (I’ve not yet used a microphone with this computer). I’ll get to the last Arch post tomorrow, but, in the meantime, just for grins and giggles, here’s Windows XP shutting down in Virtual Box inside of Debian Lenny. Behind it is the Gnome Nautilus file...

    Windows XP in Virtual Box

    Posted on December 19, 2010 | No Comments
    I’m working on making a video of Arch and Virtual box and having trouble getting my microphone to work (I’ve not yet used a microphone with this computer). I’ll get to the last Arch post tomorrow, but, in the meantime, just for grins and giggles, here’s Windows XP shutting down in Virtual Box inside of Debian Lenny. Behind it is the Gnome Nautilus file...

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  • I have often mentioned my preference for Fluxbox as a window manager for my Linux machines. It’s small, light, and fast, and does everything I want. Lately, I have been perfecting my Fluxbox keys file, which manages key bindings (also known as hot keys). Windows users are commonly familiar with a few Windows hotkey combinations, such as ALT-F4 to close a window, or, if...

    Adventures in Linux: Keys to Fluxbox Keys

    Posted on November 17, 2010 | No Comments
    I have often mentioned my preference for Fluxbox as a window manager for my Linux machines. It’s small, light, and fast, and does everything I want. Lately, I have been perfecting my Fluxbox keys file, which manages key bindings (also known as hot keys). Windows users are commonly familiar with a few Windows hotkey combinations, such as ALT-F4 to close a window, or, if...

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  • Back at it for the week. A little late start, but we have a great show today. This weeks 5 Tech Things You Should Know: Facebook Places gets benefits, but no badges T-Mobile says HSPA+ is just as fast as 4G. Is it? Google Sues the US, the UK Sues Google Dell smartens up – Says they’re Getting in the Tablet Market GNOME –...

    5 Tech Things #63: We Don’t Need No Stinking GNOME

    Posted on November 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Back at it for the week. A little late start, but we have a great show today. This weeks 5 Tech Things You Should Know: Facebook Places gets benefits, but no badges T-Mobile says HSPA+ is just as fast as 4G. Is it? Google Sues the US, the UK Sues Google Dell smartens up – Says they’re Getting in the Tablet Market GNOME –...

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  • It’s been a wet week here. Winds blowing hard – rain getting down in the Geek studio. Still, the show must go on! Halloween is Sunday and I don’t have a thing to wear. What should I go as? We also talk a little more about CES and I am looking for someone with MediaWIKI knowledge and also a publicist! Sponsor: Snorg Tees –...

    GWP 2010-10-27 #162: Podcasting During Midwest Hurricane

    Posted on October 26, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s been a wet week here. Winds blowing hard – rain getting down in the Geek studio. Still, the show must go on! Halloween is Sunday and I don’t have a thing to wear. What should I go as? We also talk a little more about CES and I am looking for someone with MediaWIKI knowledge and also a publicist! Sponsor: Snorg Tees –...

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  • This is the last post in a series on installing Slackware Linux. The earlier posts: Part 1: Considered why some persons find Slackware difficult to install. Part 2: Partitioned the hard drive for a clean install, as opposed to an upgrade or a dual boot installation. Part 3: Formatted the swap drive and target drive and pointed the computer to the source media. Part...

    Installing Slackware Linux, Part 6: Some Tips and Tricks

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | 7 Comments
    This is the last post in a series on installing Slackware Linux. The earlier posts: Part 1: Considered why some persons find Slackware difficult to install. Part 2: Partitioned the hard drive for a clean install, as opposed to an upgrade or a dual boot installation. Part 3: Formatted the swap drive and target drive and pointed the computer to the source media. Part...

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  • When I saw this story reporting that Google’s Chrome OS, now under development, will boot in seven seconds or less, my [TIRADE MODE] switch went to the on position. The price you will pay for this fast boot is not having anything on the computer. From the description, it sounds like WebTV on steroids: True to Google’s Internet-pedigree, the Chrome OS resembles a Web...

    Boot Shill

    Posted on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
    When I saw this story reporting that Google’s Chrome OS, now under development, will boot in seven seconds or less, my [TIRADE MODE] switch went to the on position. The price you will pay for this fast boot is not having anything on the computer. From the description, it sounds like WebTV on steroids: True to Google’s Internet-pedigree, the Chrome OS resembles a Web...

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  • Then I fixed it. The new laptop arrived Friday afternoon. I spend Friday afternoon and evening doing basic configuration and Saturday fine-tuning it.

    So, Naturally, the First Thing I DId Was Break It

    Posted on June 28, 2009 | 3 Comments
    Then I fixed it. The new laptop arrived Friday afternoon. I spend Friday afternoon and evening doing basic configuration and Saturday fine-tuning it.

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