I have been doing some writing here in Ramblin’ Dan but haven’t been sharing many pictures. I guess it is easier to write than take the photos. The fact is writing about things like computer file servers isn’t very photogenic. The beauty is how it works, not how it looks. I am adding a replacement for my old HP Scanjet IIc color scanner. I bought the Scanjet about 18 years ago. It still works just...
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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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Strange word but here is a link to the website where you can also discover the meaning. It is one of the newest and currently the hottest flavor of the free Linux personal computer operating system. It is based on Debian Linux, another Linux flavor or what the industry call a Dist or distribution. The Debian base is not a secret but is only important as a matter of linage. The average Ubuntu OS user...
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I have a computer (I have many computers) that I use for just experimenting and trying new programs. It has a network name of “playground”. That should tell you something. I use it with my ham radio right now so it is not a critical machine. I have written about it before in this blog and have described the special small keyboard I bought to go with it. I had a SUSE Linux OS installed...
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