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Everybody knows I have been an avid daily linux user since…..1995 or so, and I switched to linux as my primary desktop around 1997. The ONE struggle I have had since day 1 is that I do photography as a hobby and since I started using photoshop (I think around version 3), I have never […]
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One of the easiest ways to set up a subversion server that is lightweight is to use an existing linux server with sufficient free space available to hold your repositories. This is much more lightweight because it really doesn’t require any additional software or services, outside of subversion which is likely already installed if you […]
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[codesyntax lang=”bash” lines=”no” doclinks=”0″] sudo apt-add-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/shotwell sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install shotwell libdconf0 [/codesyntax]
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So, I use linux exclusively….for everything except my photography post-processing. I don’t care about the rants and raves people give me about gimp, my workflow has included photoshop since Photoshop v3.0 (like mid-1990’s), and its just too hard to switch…..so I keep one windows machine around just to do photoshop tasks. Now that I have […]
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Why did I build a new xchat package for backtrack 5? Because there is a bug in the one that is included. The bug causes favorites to not be saved on exit. I don’t know if it affects everybody but I found a bug on the xchat website that is over a year old regarding […]
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If you want to use the packages from Openvas on backtrack, these are the pinnings you will need to use to keep the backtrack versions from over-writing the openvas built versions. [codesyntax lang=”bash” lines=”no” capitalize=”no” strict=”no” title=”/etc/apt/preferences” doclinks=”0″] Package: * Pin: release n=revolution Pin-Priority: -10 Package: * Pin: origin download.opensuse.org Pin-Priority: 900 [/codesyntax]
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Well, the new tweetdeck just came out and there is no native client version for linux. #boo #twitter
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You should see: Part 1: Why I Decided on E-Cigs Part 2: I ordered my first kit (and its problems) Part 3: The god of all kits, Lux Bliss Part 5: Traceable Costs By the time I placed my next order, December 5th, I had only smoked about 10 real cigarettes since October 2011. Previously, […]
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[codesyntax lang=”bash” lines=”no” capitalize=”no” strict=”no” doclinks=”0″] $ lspci -vvv | grep Audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) $ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec Codec: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) Codec: Conexant ID 2c06 sudo echo “options snd-hda-intel model=generic” >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf sudo alsa force-reload sudo /etc/init.d/mpd restart [/codesyntax]
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I have set up many laptops and netbooks with linux and have always used either full-disk encryption or ~/ encrypted. Its really easy to do and ANY laptop/netbook/tablet/pad/whatever_next mobile device should be encrypted. I won’t get into the mechanics of why, just do it. The last article I wrote about this is no longer online […]