Archive for the ‘GNU/Linux’ Category
Monday, November 5th, 2007
I have been setting up this new iMac for the past week or so, trying to get all the little things squared away just the way I like them. It's taken a bit of effort given that I am moving from a Linux system (Fedora Core 4) to OS X, ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
I have recently ramped up my usage of the ELinks text browser. I have been working on our servers a bit, and I often do not have X windows enabled at the time. ELinks is a great way to check my Gmail account and goof off on the web when ...
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
I am basically the system administrator for the computational lab in which I work. As such, I've had to deal with a few mini-crises now and again. The latest one reared its ugly head on Sunday evening, around 8:30pm, when I received an email from one of the guys saying ...
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
I have been using Linux for several years now, and invariably, every couple of months I learn something that I really feel like I should have learned a long, long time ago. Today was one such instance. I use the alias feature quite a bit via my BASH shell. I ...
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how I recently set up an account for myself on Pacific Poker. I've been having fun playing some poker a few times per week, but I recently ran into a problem.
On Tuesday, I logged in using the "no download" Java client on ...
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
I know I am very late to this party, but is screen one of the most beautiful GNU/Linux commands or what? I am in the process of fixing some file server issues in the lab, and part of this process involves copying large amounts of data back and forth (on ...
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