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 Linux [...]
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Linux: We Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
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 [...]
Linux: Updating a Linux Unfriendly Motherboard BIOS
You have a relatively new PC with your favorite Linux distribution installed. You are content and all is well with the world. Then you discover that your motherboard needs an update to the BIOS to allow some new hardware to work properly with your PC. Alas! Your almost new PC, which has an on-board floppy [...]
Virtual Control - Linux, VirtualBox and OS/2 or eComStation
This is part one of a two part article about a “real life” control system that is a candidate for moving to a VM on Linux. This control system is being used right now in a real manufacturing facility.
Last year in February I wrote the article “Windows 98? Linux and VirtualBox! (Maybe)“. It is about [...]
GNU/Linux: Replacing a Dead Router with a Linux System
Earlier today I decided to upgrade the firmware on my SOHO’s Linksys WRT54G v5 router. I usually do such things on the weekends in case something breaks. It is a good thing I waited until the weekend this time. My Linksys WRT45G is now “bricked”. For some unknown reason the firmware update never finished although [...]
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 [...]
Windows 98? Linux and VirtualBox! (Maybe)
Believe it or not, some people still use Windows 98. Microsoft abandoned Windows 98 to the wolves in 2006 and no longer fixes known bugs or known security flaws in Windows 98. Yet some folk still use Windows 98. There may be a business reason such as a critical hardware controller that is built on [...]
The Dangers of Loaning Your Laptop
I recently worked on a Microsoft Windows XP based laptop for a young female college undergraduate at the request of her parents. The system was reported to be running “slow” and not able to access DVD media. I picked up the laptop and brought it to my home office for examination while the family took [...]
