Personally, I like ubuntu as my linux distro of choice. It has the best usability, support, and package management of all the distros I have used. However, ubuntu defaults to an ugly orange/brown color and it still has a linux look to it, which isn’t necessarily bad but I like the gui of mac osx […]
Filed under: Linux, Mac on July 9th, 2007 | No Comments »
Yes, this is a real picture
Filed under: Linux, Humor, Windows on May 21st, 2007 | No Comments »
I found this and thought it was pretty funny…
Filed under: Linux, Humor on May 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
As of recent, there has been a big fuss between operating systems on who has the GUI, that is - who has the best display and eye-candy. Microsoft recently with windows Vista, Linux with beryl windows management, and Mac with their long-lasting style. With both Windows and Linux, the graphics are top-level, however, they are […]
Filed under: Linux, Windows, English 150, Free Write on February 8th, 2007 | No Comments »
Today when attempting to authenticate via a unified samba server though OSX, after entering my credentials and entering the desktop, I brought up a console only to have the OS report to me that such an action was not prohibited due to the fact that my shell was set to /bin/false (it was disabled). Yet […]
Filed under: Linux on January 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
I was introduced recently to a little application called TiddlyWiki.
It is actually some pretty cool software. It employs the functionality of an actual wiki; it has seperate topics primarily designated by a mixed case keyword and it has wiki-style formatting. What makes it so cool is that it is all contained within a […]
Filed under: Linux, Tools, Windows on August 11th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
In my job, I deal heavily with linux. I often chuckle at times for the way things sound. I just want to point two of my favorite manual pages. These are:
man kill
man tar
This makes linux seem violent if not viewed with context.
Filed under: Linux, Humor on July 14th, 2006 | No Comments »