Open Source: Using Mageia 1 for Six Months Now
I am back writing again after my hiatus. If you missed me, good. If not, maybe I can write something this year that will pique your interest, inform you, or help you smile. Then the next time I take a...
View ArticleOpen Source: Mageia 2 (Cauldron) Looking Good
If you have not been following the saga of the Mageia Linux distribution then you are unaware that Mageia 2 is slated to be released on May 15th. At this point the distribution is in Beta 3 testing and...
View ArticleOpen Source: Homeschool Computing
Proverbs 22:6 – Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Many parents in recent years have chosen to homeschool...
View ArticleOpen Source: Mageia 1 to Mageia 2 Upgrade
I am jumping the gun a bit and upgrading my Mageia 1 installation on my personal / business SOHO desktop PC tonight, May 21st, to Mageia 2. Officially Mageia 2 is not due to release until May 22nd. But...
View ArticleOpen Source: Oooo that rackin’ frackin’ … e-mail!
I grew up in the USA during the end of the age when kids were allowed to just be kids and cartoons on Saturday morning television were not a “statement” of some nanny state group trying to brainwash...
View ArticleFOSS: A Linux Conversion
My friend Jerry is 70+ years young. Jerry has also been a client of mine on and off over the past several years for on-site support calls at his home office. Recently he was telling me how his aging...
View ArticleFOSS+CSS: Closed Source DOS Accounting Meets Linux and DOSEMU
About the middle of December 2012 I received a call from a long time SCO OpenServer Unix and IBM PC-DOS using client. This client has four Point of Sale business locations and runs a mix of DOS, Unix...
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