Monthly Archives: May 2008

Bye bitch…x ;)

That ellipses was a comedic pause. You may laugh. Anyway, I got rid of BitchX. While I was glad that I tried it, this client called Irssi is much better. It was one of those feelings where the program just … Continue reading

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Setting up Gentoo

Setting up Gentoo has become, for me, more painful than installing these days. Everything from SLiM to Fluxbox to Conky to bitchX gives me trouble. I’ve got everything installed and restart and SLiM won’t start despite the nVidia logo popping … Continue reading

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Vim trickery

I found two new things to stuff in my vimrc file. I thought I would post about them here so that others could revel in the glory of v-i-m. set backupdir=$VIM\vim71\backup set directory=$VIM\vim71\backup On Linux these two commands do not … Continue reading

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Exherbo!

These new beast they call Exherbo looks tempting. Almost tempting enough to ruin a perfectly fine Gentoo installation just to see if I can do it or not. For now though I believe I will hold off and wait. At … Continue reading

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Another Install Story

If there is one thing I love, its a good install story. The trial and tribulations of the people who think they know what they’re doing and how badly they screw it up. I actually installed Gentoo this weekend. At … Continue reading

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What is this?

I swear, you take a hiatus for about 6 months, and this kind of stuff happens! Exherbo Enjoy the Penguins!

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Gentoo Software that never made it :(

The Gentoo Fork – Its been rumored, and its even been attempted at least once I believe, but it has yet to happen. Personally I think some home grown competition would do Gentoo well. Would I switch if they forked? … Continue reading

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Categories or Tags?

The semantics of computers are more often than not more annoying than they need to be. Especially since something like the internet is ruled by mangled mess of people who “know” more than you do. So when WordPress suddenly starting … Continue reading

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The blog is back…

Okay, okay, I lied. I never came back and reported back. I never actually reinstalled Gentoo Linux on my computer either. So life doesn’t always serve you lemonade. Either way though, I’m starting to regain my enthusiasm to blog and … Continue reading

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