Comments for The ERACC Web Log http://blog.eracc.com ERA Computers & Consulting Technical News, Tutorials and Opinion Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Linux: “The Cloud”, Tablets, Desktop PCs and Control by jrobb's blog :: Mobile is the future! - 113 http://blog.eracc.com/2010/06/21/linux-the-cloud-tablets-desktop-pcs-and-control/comment-page-1/#comment-25246 jrobb's blog :: Mobile is the future! - 113 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:54:31 +0000 http://blog.eracc.com/?p=981#comment-25246 [...] my prediction, anyway! A couple of related topics which raise some good points on privacy are here: “The Cloud”, Tablets, Desktop PCs and Control Confessions of a cloud skepticPosted by: jambaCategory: ##tech Tags: #linux #mobile #smartphones [...] [...] my prediction, anyway! A couple of related topics which raise some good points on privacy are here: “The Cloud”, Tablets, Desktop PCs and Control Confessions of a cloud skepticPosted by: jambaCategory: ##tech Tags: #linux #mobile #smartphones [...]

]]> Comment on Linux: OpenType Font Challenge by Ana Davis http://blog.eracc.com/2011/06/19/linux-opentype-font-challenge/comment-page-2/#comment-24975 Ana Davis Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:37:11 +0000 http://blog.eracc.com/?p=1975#comment-24975 @Santam: Why would you want to install fonts? What kind of question is that? If you're a graphic/web designer, a typographer, an artist, or a similarly-minded creative, the handful of decent fonts sprinkled throughout the 8 million Asian fonts with sans-serif Latin characters included in most Linux installs are NOT 'more than adequate'. Visually-disinclined people are not the only ones who use Linux. @Santam:

Why would you want to install fonts? What kind of question is that? If you’re a graphic/web designer, a typographer, an artist, or a similarly-minded creative, the handful of decent fonts sprinkled throughout the 8 million Asian fonts with sans-serif Latin characters included in most Linux installs are NOT ‘more than adequate’. Visually-disinclined people are not the only ones who use Linux.

]]> Comment on Open Source: Why Military Forces Should Use Linux by Ripratm http://blog.eracc.com/2011/10/08/open-source-why-military-forces-should-use-linux/comment-page-3/#comment-24605 Ripratm Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:26:43 +0000 http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2467#comment-24605 While as a unix admin (Solaris professionally and Bsd for personal use) I feel that unix is the better operating system for my taste. However I don't think Windows is nearly as bad as its made out to be. While I'll give a slight edge to unix in terms of security I think it's the admins that make far more of an impact on how secure the system is vs what OS it's running. I would say the grand majority of the windows hacks is due bad administration (whether that's crappy system setup from the start or not patching properly). Also in my experience only about 10% of windows admins actually know what the hell is going on. Don't get me wrong I'm not bashing windows and I think true Windows admins would agree with me. But there are a lot of MCSE out there or "windows admins" who are basically pc repair or second level tech parading as admins that dont know what they are doing and don't grasp the the whole picture beyond just clicking through menus. I think if you get a good admin they can secure a windows server on par with Linux. If you have a crappy admin doesn't matter the OS. Just a case of crap in crap out. While as a unix admin (Solaris professionally and Bsd for personal use) I feel that unix is the better operating system for my taste. However I don’t think Windows is nearly as bad as its made out to be. While I’ll give a slight edge to unix in terms of security I think it’s the admins that make far more of an impact on how secure the system is vs what OS it’s running. I would say the grand majority of the windows hacks is due bad administration (whether that’s crappy system setup from the start or not patching properly).

Also in my experience only about 10% of windows admins actually know what the hell is going on. Don’t get me wrong I’m not bashing windows and I think true Windows admins would agree with me. But there are a lot of MCSE out there or “windows admins” who are basically pc repair or second level tech parading as admins that dont know what they are doing and don’t grasp the the whole picture beyond just clicking through menus. I think if you get a good admin they can secure a windows server on par with Linux.

If you have a crappy admin doesn’t matter the OS. Just a case of crap in crap out.

]]> Comment on Open Source: A GUI Minimalist Tries e17 by Gene http://blog.eracc.com/2011/12/11/open-source-a-gui-minimalist-tries-e17/comment-page-1/#comment-23846 Gene Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:27:21 +0000 http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2494#comment-23846 As of today, 2011.12.21, it is back to good ol' fluxbox for me. Just to celebrate I updated my ~/.fluxbox/keys file with some new keyboard shortcuts. Edited by hand in vim of course. ;) As of today, 2011.12.21, it is back to good ol’ fluxbox for me. Just to celebrate I updated my ~/.fluxbox/keys file with some new keyboard shortcuts. Edited by hand in vim of course. ;)

]]> Comment on Open Source: A GUI Minimalist Tries e17 by Gene http://blog.eracc.com/2011/12/11/open-source-a-gui-minimalist-tries-e17/comment-page-1/#comment-23844 Gene Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:12:32 +0000 http://blog.eracc.com/?p=2494#comment-23844 Okay, I took a look at openbox today. Basically it looks like fluxbox without all my custom settings. Plus the 'update-menus' command for my distribution, Mageia 1, does not update the openbox menus. The office applications still show up as OpenOffice.org, and that has been gone since the switch to Mageia. Not updating the openbox menu is probably an oversight on Mageia's part, but even so I'll just stick with fluxbox. Okay, I took a look at openbox today. Basically it looks like fluxbox without all my custom settings. Plus the ‘update-menus’ command for my distribution, Mageia 1, does not update the openbox menus. The office applications still show up as OpenOffice.org, and that has been gone since the switch to Mageia. Not updating the openbox menu is probably an oversight on Mageia’s part, but even so I’ll just stick with fluxbox.

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