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Written by machiner
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:26 |
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It's a scary thought. Computers have completely usurped pencil and paper. We all store our precious family pictures and important data on our computers and some of us go the extra step of securing this data from prying eyes through encryption, obscurity or at least strong passwords. Some of us manage data for others, too. Say you manage servers or websites. Would your family be able to get data to clients? Would they even know where it existed on your machine? Would your family know that as a webmaster there are many memberships you belong to or forums, chat groups, etc? Would your family be able to tell which of the 5 versions of patches and upgrades you have stored in each project's sub-directory was current or even applied?
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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 12:58 |
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Written by machiner
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Saturday, 23 April 2005 06:41 |
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It's easy to copy your DVDs in Linux, and we use Debian here. Completely ignoring any and all philosophical or legal rhetoric, if you want to copy your "Dr. Seuss" DVD before your 4 year-old flings it across the street then you're at the right spot. Read this if you like: France bans DRM on DVDs Also, read this interesting DRM Dissertation by Cory Doctorow.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 26 March 2011 06:46 |
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Written by machiner
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Saturday, 28 February 2009 11:11 |
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With a net install you may not have all the firmware and drivers you need to be fabulous from square one, so it's important to have what you need on hand before you start. Unless you don't worry about connecting wirelessly from your porch. But if you want that you can have it with a little planning. I have an HP Pavilion laptop. The wireless nic is an Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN. Although the Lenny installer will prompt me for the firmware during install it forces a WEP encrypted connection and I use WPA2. Therefore I don't bother with this functionality, but you can if you like. I already have copies floating around of the deb files I need, namely: .
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:05 |
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Written by machiner
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 05:44 |
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I disagree with the assertion that a computer user adapts to Linux, or anything else that's new to them computer-wise. I never adapted to anything when I switched to Debian GNU/Linux. I merely continued. Sure, my computing "knowledge" was expanded, that's terrific 'cause that's the way I roll....but adapting? Naah. Don't get caught up in all that. Don't think that you are forced into a night-and-day switch form Windows.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 05:50 |
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