Please meet the ultimate meme. And yes, this meme is the ultimate meme just like 2010 will be the YoLD. Mark my words. via Linux Hater’s Blog
Please meet the ultimate meme. And yes, this meme is the ultimate meme just like 2010 will be the YoLD. Mark my words. via Linux Hater’s Blog
Your bandwagon: I want to hop on it. ragnarok@Stirling:~$ vrms Non-free packages installed on Stirling fglrx-modaliases Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver linux-generic Complete Generic Linux kernel linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.28 modules helper script linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for rt kernels linux-rt Complete rt Linux kernel sun-java6-bin … Continue reading
Ever hear of Firefox 3? Yeah, so have I. Too bad NBC is still in the goddamn Neolithic. You have got to be kidding me. I was thinking I’d mosey over to their website, as much as I generally decry centralized media repositories, and see whether I couldn’t stream a bit of live coverage of … Continue reading
Just dropped an additional 2GB of RAM into my laptop, bringing me up to 3GB total. This is amazing. Do you see that? My swapfile is empty, dude. Usually right from boot that’s already filling up. Today is a pretty good day.
Alright, so he did it. I loved this dude like the creepy uncle programmer turned murdered I never had (as far as I know). But know we have further insight into his brainchild, ReiserFS. Behold. (Click for large version.) Full credit for the snapshot goes to my buddy Carl.
Oh man, how I wish I’d found out about this earlier. While walking to the grocery store tonight I passed a sign propped up against a tree that promised me an evening of tantalizing delights. I didn’t go, as on the return trip I was laden with spoils of fruit and grain, and had to … Continue reading
I’m fixing a friend’s laptop that was down for the count last week. I’d fixed it before, and now it’s “dead” again after only maybe a month. It appears the hard drive is failing, but I ran fsck and the filesystem is now at least breathing again, if coughing, too. I’m also doing maintenance on … Continue reading
I just performed my first backup of the new year. I have my system set up to perform general backups on Thursday nights (weird, I know), but I of course supplement this with manual backups, because I’m just like that. So tonight I’m typing in the date for the backup in ISO 8601 format, and … Continue reading
Wal-Mart recently partnered with an open source company in order to produce an extremely cheap, Linux-based desktop computer for its stores. Apparently the thing has already sold out: About a week ago Wal-Mart began selling a $200 Linux machine running on a 1.5 ghz VIA C7 processor and 512 MB of RAM. While the specs … Continue reading
For years the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has been trying to launch a fabled $100 laptop for children in developing countries. There’s been concerted effort during this whole period, if not longer, to garner enough international support that several million units could be produced en masse, thereby driving down the costs of both … Continue reading