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A Screenshot or Two of Arch

February 3rd, 2008 by Baldy

This is a couple of screenshots for those of you who have said yeah right you are running Arch well folks here ya are;

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What NOT to do with your old computers

February 3rd, 2008 by Baldy

Why not throw away your old obsolete PCs when you can re-purpose them as a file/print server, firewall or some other single-purpose appliance? People have been doing this forever–at least since about 1988, when those old dual-floppy IBM 5150 PCs started getting obsoleted by PCs powered by Intel’s 386-based processors, and businesses were installing Ethernet-driven, Novell-powered LANs.

What could be more sensible than to re-use older PCs that aren’t fast enough to use for desktop computing anymore? It’s far better than simply throwing out the old machinery, which is full of toxic waste. I’m as guilty as anyone of promoting the idea of re-using old PCs for this kind of thing, but I wonder why people are still promoting it, as in this article, “Simple Home File Server (Based On Ubuntu)”. I love HowtoForge, but this is kind of silly for home/family users, and here’s why:

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Five Firefox Tips You May Not Know About

February 3rd, 2008 by Baldy

The thing I like best about Firefox is that just when you think you know everything there is to know about the browser, something new comes along and surprises you.

I discovered five new Firefox tips today. Maybe these are old hat and you know them already. Or maybe like me, you had no idea these could be done.

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