Having moved from Windows XP to GNU/Linux, the trail of Thumbs.db files left behind in my home directory is really annoying. It reminds me of Windows and the files aren’t hidden on a unix filesystem. Here is a command I used to rid myself of this reminder (posted here mostly […]
Blog – Unity Behind Diversity
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I’ve begun the process of upgrading the many Ubuntu installations I manage to the recently released Gutsy Gibbon. The first upgrade was flawless, though it took a long time as the servers were pretty busy. The second installation was going fine until there was a freaking power outage in my […]
Angel wings, inspired mind, Gentle touch and starlit eyes, Recognized beauty, contagious smile; Let me stand beside your light.
In writing my recent post about MySpace friend requests from bands, I realized why I don’t have patience for artists who want me to like them but won’t let me download (at least some of) their music. People don’t like good music. They like meaningful music. Music is meaningful when […]
A GNU/Linux patent lawsuit has been filed against Red Hat/Novell, marking the first patent suit against the operating system. If you dig through the slashdot link, you’ll see that there was a lawsuit filed against Apple a few months ago on the same patent, that the patent is a bit […]
If ease of use was the only valid criterion, people would stick to tricycles and never try bicycles. – Doug Englebart (best known for inventing the computer mouse) This is one of the reasons I continually try to educate friends and family members about computers. When I introduce them to […]
I don’t have a personal MySpace account, but I maintain one for my band. We get so many friend requests from other bands that I’ve developed about a thirty second routine to deal with each request. I’m sorry, but if I can’t download your music or you’re not from around […]
(This post originally appeared in the University of Toronto Students for Life blog.) The recent murder of a pregnant Toronto woman has got MPs talking about a fetal murder law. In Canada, since the unborn has no rights and is not recognized as a person in any sense of the […]
Update: Somewhere in between 10.04 LTS and 11.04, there was a regression which was preventing both GNOME or Unity from appearing when logging in under 11.04, unless I selected ‘no effects’ options. This helped me to at least get the Ubuntu Classic option working: sudo apt-get install fglrx sudo /etc/init.d/gdm […]