Linux

The High Cost of Staying Connected

I enjoy using my little Asus EeePC Netbook. If you are not sure what a Netbook is, Google the term and you will find a lot of information I do not need to explain. Let me just say it can be a low cost, albeit low power access to the internet for email, casual browsing and some text editing. I can do some picture editing with Adobe Elements. It is a fact that the Netbook...

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Pandora

I have been busting my brain modules for about a week (off and on) learning the ropes of setting up a Linux Ubuntu server running Samba, a windows (and UNIX) file server. I decided to do it the hard way and have been playing with Linux in the terminal mode. That means no graphic interface, just the command line. That keeps the dual processor 64 bit system dedicated to just file services. It is wicked...

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Always Changes

Sharp eyes or maybe just attentiveness has probably made regular readers here aware of the subtle changes in the layout of this blog. I am always tweaking here and there. Most noticeable is the two RSS feeds I added to the right column. They link to my two other blogs. I like that the RSS feeds tie everything together. I am not sure if a lot of webinites take advantage of RSS. If you have...

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