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Note: The article at “AptiQuant” referred to for this story is probably a hoax. See this article at BBC News. Then compare the AptiQuant “team” with the team at Central Test based in France. A look at the domain record for the AptiQuant site shows an address that does not appear to exist. In my . . . → Read More: Are You Smart? Then You Probably Do Not Use IE!  Edit Mon Jun 20 12:19:54 CDT 2011: This is meant to be a semi-humorous, “newbie” tutorial in response to an apparent challenge. My goal is to show how easy installing fonts could be for a non-geek newbie that is “scared” of the command-line. Based on some feedback I have seen, that was not clear originally. . . . → Read More: Linux: OpenType Font Challenge Here we go again. Some fellow has gotten all whiny about being such a big Linux fan, "… hardcore Linux user …", but he just had to go back to Microsoft to get things done. Why? Because he is tired of having to tinker with Fedora Linux to make things work, or fail to work, . . . → Read More: The Century of the Linux Desktop I have been watching the Mageia development since it was first announced. As soon as I saw that Mageia 1 had gone from a release candidate to a final release I started the Transmission torrent download of three of the ISO files to keep and used one of them (mageia-dvd-1-i586.iso) to check it out with . . . → Read More: Mageia 1 Final – Summary Videos for Linux Newbies Edit Wed Oct 5 23:28:50 CDT 2011: The laptop in this review is no longer available. Our new laptops use nVidia video controllers and thus work fine for 3D with the nVidia drivers if that is what one wants. Go to Laptop Quote on our shopping site to see the specifications for these. . . . → Read More: New Linux Laptop from ERACC – Self-Review I have a FreeBSD file server sitting in my office that has happily been serving files for a few years now. But the server is built from a conglomeration of very old parts and some of them are now wearing out. I am in the process of building another PC from old parts to replace . . . → Read More: Linux: Updating BIOS on an Old SCSI Controller * Well, almost everyone. If one just wants to backup a few files on random occasions then Bacula is not the software to use. But if one wants to run regular, scheduled backups to just about any type of storage media then Bacula will most definitely work. I must admit, I . . . → Read More: Linux: Bacula is for Everyone* (backup software) Back in January of this year (2011) I was on-site at one of our local client offices setting up yet another Microsoft Windows XP system for a dedicated use. That PC is there just for running the United Parcel Service (UPS) WorldShip™ software for the client to enter UPS shipments off-line then batch . . . → Read More: A Miniature Linux Office Solution (Mini ITX) Have I said lately that I love Linux? No? Okay then, "I love Linux!" I found yet another reason to promote Linux over other operating system software this week. Bad RAM chips. Some of you may now be thinking to yourselves, "What? Is this guy nuts?" I assure you I am completely sane. . . . → Read More: Linux with badram Saves the Day! Late in 2010 one of our charitable organization clients, a local church, came to these decisions: 1) The aging XP Professional systems in their office needed to be replaced with new systems. 2) The existing XP Professional systems that were not so old needed to be upgraded to newer operating systems. 3) The . . . → Read More: Linux: Successful Upgrade – SBS 2003 to Linux |
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