Monthly Archives: August 2007

Login Managers and Wolvix

After a major screw over by GDM and SLiM refusing to log me in I’ve finally just settled on XDM. Its ugly and painful to look at, but at this point it works and that’s all that matters. I’ll try … Continue reading

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Miscellaneous

After going through GDM and a spout with SLiM I could neither to really work properly. No matter what I tried with SLiM I couldn’t get it to log me in. I couldn’t even login as root. I ended up … Continue reading

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Gnome how I loath thee

Alright, so I couldn’t update my system for roughly a week because I moved out and had to wait for my lame cable company (one of the big ones, if that random cable guy reads this) to install my internet … Continue reading

Posted in conky, desktop, gnome, installing, paludis, rant, review | 4 Comments

On the interpritation of data

I really hate websites like this one. It presents data in a one sided manner that doesn’t really help you decide anything. For example if you look at the charts Windows “appears” more secure because they patched fewer problems. Well, … Continue reading

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I’m back

Alright, after not having internet for a week I am finally back. My internet here is roughly 4 – 5x faster than it was at my parents house so I suppose it was worth the wait. With that said as … Continue reading

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No internet

I’m moving north for my job. Well because American cable companies are run by the laziest people on the planet, I, with out a doubt, will have no internet or TV till Thursday of next week. So if I don’t … Continue reading

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Paludis Tip

Everynow and then I find it a good idea to run paludis -r Its list out in plain English what Paludis finds to be “wrong” with your computer. So today I’ll discuss what one error you might get means. No … Continue reading

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Blah…

So the forums that I am a moderator of appear to be dying a slow agonizing death. Well, I don’t know if they’re dying or not but they’re definitely not going anywhere fast. Its a pity. I liked them. And … Continue reading

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Wolvix 1.1.0 released

I only really have three projects I stay in close contact with, Gentoo, paludis, and Wolvix. Gentoo is my main distribution installed on my desktop. In fact, its the only distribution installed on my desktop. Paludis is the best package … Continue reading

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The beauty of blogging

I love blogging. Why you may ask? Because of the community, the friends that you find while doing it. The internet becomes like a “family” with you and your friends. I mean obviously I have never met 100% of the … Continue reading

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