Monthly Archives: February 2007

:-(

“In accordance with the recommendation from the committee on admission, I regret to inform you that you have not been accepted for graduate study tot he Department of Computing Sciences.”

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Pacman problems

I went to upgrade my Arch Linux install using pacman of course and I was given the following error. error: the following file conflicts were found: codecs: /usr/lib/win32: exists in filesystem Thats not much of an error. I was hoping … Continue reading

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USB problems, distro switching, and Wolvix

I discovered today that my new Gentoo install is once again having problems with hard freeze ups when I plug in my USB thumb drive. I have, on the other hand, determined that my USB problems with Gentoo seem to … Continue reading

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Hopefully we can learn from Fedora

I stole these word for word from the now famous letter by “ESR” about how he’s leaving the Fedora Linux project. There are the reasons he highlights in the letter as the reasons Fedora is failing or has failed. I’ve … Continue reading

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Politics! You can’t beat this…

Okay, so I used to steer clear of politics. I mean what’s the point? All it does it cause you and everyone else grief. And for what? I never see anyone get anything useful from it. So why do people … Continue reading

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Monitor Blues

My beautiful 19″ Samsung monitor has developed two dead or maybe dieing pixels. I’m not sure which it is yet. If I’m displaying a light color like white then everything looks okay but when it shows something sometimes these two … Continue reading

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Okay, I give up

After reading my last post a second time a realize I may of been just a tad harsh. Off topic comments bother me, but maybe I shouldn’t be so mean about it. I think I may have even contributed one … Continue reading

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More Arch Gripes

So you’ve probably grown tired of me complaining about Arch Linux. I mean its not a bad distribution. It really isn’t. It just has a couple of quirks that really really get under my skin. What is it now? The … Continue reading

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The Matrix on Windows

http://xtermin.us/shutter/humor/DaShoe1.jpg There is no caption associated with that picture linked to above, but I imagine it reads something similar to “The Matrix if run on Windows” It was to good to pass up, I couldn’t help it. Enjoy the Penguins!

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Alittle Arch vs Gentoo

Alright, so as your well aware I’m dual booting Arch and Gentoo. Lets have a little run down. Arch + Fast system install + Fast package install + Fast updates + Generally works out of the box Gentoo + Great … Continue reading

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