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Merry Christmas 2011

It is that time of year again. When too many people are spending too much money, buying toys for “Santa” to “deliver”, and overeating to “celebrate” the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the offspring of the Creator of the universe and all that is in it. For at least the few seconds it takes to . . . → Read More: Merry Christmas 2011

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Press Release: New Linux Notebook PCs at ERACC

This is a notice that the new notebook PC systems are available onto which we will preload Linux (we recommend Mageia Linux), FreeBSD and FreeDOS. There are now two models that can be configured with choice of Intel Core i3/i5/i7 CPU, RAM amount, drive model and size. You may also choose a single OS install, . . . → Read More: Press Release: New Linux Notebook PCs at ERACC

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Site Changes – Cache Installed to Speed Things Up

I am posting this as a public notice so those of you who are interested in such things can know.

I had noticed the site was getting “slower” as we got more visitors over the last couple of years. One problem with slow page loading is people are generally impatient and will go away if . . . → Read More: Site Changes – Cache Installed to Speed Things Up

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Linux, FreeBSD and FreeDOS Laptops from ERACC

This press release is to announce that ERA Computers & Consulting (ERACC) is now offering a line of customizable* laptops available with Linux, FreeDOS and FreeBSD pre-installed by ERACC. Multi-boot installation by ERACC is available. Installation of a host OS and one or more virtual machines is another option. Download and view the PDF document . . . → Read More: Linux, FreeBSD and FreeDOS Laptops from ERACC

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ERACC Web Log User Accounts – Many Deleted

This is just a short article to let you know that I have deleted most of the user accounts here. The reason is, somehow WordPress settings were being reset at random. Since WordPress does not reset itself I suspected “cracking” via a user account since that has been known to happen with WordPress . . . → Read More: ERACC Web Log User Accounts – Many Deleted

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Site Changes – New Plugin CKEditor Added

Within the past few weeks I have migrated our on-line web shop to Drupal 6.x with the CKEditor module added for page editing. I have decided I like the ease of use brought by CKEditor for creating and editing web site pages under CMS. CKEditor is a powerful and feature-rich CMS editor that works very . . . → Read More: Site Changes – New Plugin CKEditor Added

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WordPress Upgrade – Please Bear with Us

Some of you who have followed us for a while may have noticed a dearth of articles here over the past several weeks. This was intentional. We had a planned upgrade and wanted access to our blog to settle down prior to that. Now we can get back to writing articles.

As you can see . . . → Read More: WordPress Upgrade – Please Bear with Us

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Linux: We Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is

This press release is to announce that for the month of July 2010 ERA Computers & Consulting (ERACC) is following the idiomatic phrase, “Put your money where your mouth is!” when it comes to our Linux PC sales. What do we mean? Read on.

For every PC purchased from us in July 2010 with any . . . → Read More: Linux: We Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is

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Linux: We Now Build Mini ITX Systems with Linux Installed

We are proud to announce that here at ERA Computers & Consulting (ERACC) we have researched the parts needed to build Mini ITX, Tiny PC, systems and are offering a quote option on our sales site. Each of these Tiny PC systems is built to end-user specification. We build these with or without a hard . . . → Read More: Linux: We Now Build Mini ITX Systems with Linux Installed

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Order a High Powered Linux Workstation on the Cheap

I just finished reading Paul Ferrill’s article at Linux Planet titled Build a High Powered Linux Workstation on the Cheap. As I am a system builder this article obviously piqued my interest. Paul goes into the specifications of his high powered workstation somewhat. So, I decided to see what I as a system builder could . . . → Read More: Order a High Powered Linux Workstation on the Cheap

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