Category: Linux

Linux rising to the top?

As I sit here copying some of the old blogs to this new page I can't help but notice how far Linux has come in just the past two years. Some of the difficult issues I had are now gone completely. Others are still there, but much less bothersome. I had po… more »

Gnome version of fedora core 8

Well, where to start. I installed the Gnome version of fedora core 8 just to tinker a bit. OK you are now scratching your head and wondering “What is fedora? It's another flavor of Linux. It worked very well. Some of the inner workings were a bit differe… more »

Getting DVDs to play in Linux...

03/26/08 Getting DVDs to play in Linux... This is an issue that many people are wondering about, so I thought I would touch on it just a bit. First it is possible. You need to install win32 codecs and some other stuff and you will have all the multi m… more »

Well. I installed a new NVidia card

02/18/08 Well. I installed a new NVidia card and the video is much better. I was using a 7300 SE chip set and found it to be a bit slow and it would freeze up too. Now I have the 7600 GS and all is well. Much faster and so far as of about three months… more »

Econtrol is the name of the latest syntax editor

02/18/08 Econtrol is the name of the latest syntax editor I am using from time to time. It is win32 based but runs just fine with wine. I installed it in a native XP boot and then run the exe file with wine from a launcher in Linux with gnome as the d… more »