OpenSuSE has a well deserved reputation for being “expert friendly” and Leap 15.6 doesn’t do a lot to fix that. Yes, I’ve written about OpenSuSE on this blog many times before. Despite copious quantities of documentation of the “baffle them with bullshit” variety, it is not warm and welcoming for a first time Linux user. If you manage to get it installed and configured properly it is a pretty stable distro. The install and configure … Installation and Configuration of OpenSuSE Leap 15.6Read more
Experience
What life gives you when it doesn’t give you want you want.
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The Much Maligned Red Washer
I don’t think there could be more disinformation about anything in home hobbyist x86 computer world than there is about the red washer. Almost as much disinformation as the metal washer and different length metal stand-offs. Yes, motherboard and case designs have gotten better since the 1980s, but that is not an excuse to throw the red washers away. Keep in mind, I’ve been building computers since the AST Premium 286 came out. I went … The Much Maligned Red WasherRead more
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Debian 12 is Better Than Windows 10
I keep a Lenovo ThinkCentre SFF with Windows 10 on it because I have email and a few other things for one specific client on it. Most every other company on the planet has abandoned Microsoft products, but this one still uses them. Having come up in IT through operations back when we had actual computer rooms with actual computers in them, I’m a firm believer in bare metal backups. I use Image for Linux … Debian 12 is Better Than Windows 10Read more
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How Hackers Get In
Today even people who know nothing about computers have heard of hackers, ransomeware, and spyware. There was even a very funny Dick Tracy comic strip in the 1970s where this scruffy old guy visits a doctor’s office complaining of his systems and in the last frame says Give it to me straight doc! Have I got one of them Computer Viruses? scruffy old guy Hollywood created the greatest computer hacking movie of all time in … How Hackers Get InRead more
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GNOME 3 – Most Hated Desktop This Side of Unity
Not since Ubuntu tried to force its Unity desktop onto the Linux world has a desktop been hated as much as GNOME 3. This is a case of kids who think an iMbecile Phone is a great thing having no concept of reality. Yes, everyone wants to spend a huge portion of their life staring at a bunch of random images trying to figure out which one they need to write a letter, open up … GNOME 3 – Most Hated Desktop This Side of UnityRead more