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antiX M12.0 release candidate delayed 4 Apr 2012 | 03:47 pm
I have been testing antiX M12.0 Test 2 for a couple of weeks, and I am using antiX to compose this note this evening. If you need a lightweight system to use on aging hardware, or you want a system th...
Very favorable first impressions of Xubuntu 11.10 5 Nov 2011 | 04:46 am
Cool! I am here now with the 100% completed release upgrade of Xubuntu from release 11.04 to release 11.10. In the new release, LightDM replaces gdm as the login display manager (but you can choose, d...
Hacking WattOS R4 with Ubuntu 11.10 upgrade 5 Nov 2011 | 04:33 am
Brian Masinick You may wonder if it is possible to upgrade a vendor released version of software when a new Ubuntu release comes out. Do you have to wait for the vendor to release their version, or c...
Off with a BANG: Arch Bang 2011.11 5 Nov 2011 | 04:27 am
Arch Linux is one of the fastest, if not the fastest distribution, when it comes to managing and updating software. It uses a really fast package management system called pacman. It’s not the once-pop...
How to use Vim for encryption 5 Nov 2011 | 04:18 am
I am always on the search for the other ways to e ncrypt my documents on a server. I’ve used gpg keys, gpg symetric encryption, but this one seems to fit the bill the best. Encrypting with vim is a...
BASH: RCS and shellscripts 5 Nov 2011 | 04:14 am
Here is a copy of the original article I submitted to archuser.com for publication in the magazine. RCS, or the GNU Revision Control System, is a system used to keep track of files that can be edited...
NfN-4 Picking a Distro: Bill’s Choice for New Linux Users 11 Oct 2011 | 01:46 am
NfN-4 Picking a Distro: Bill’s Choice for New Linux Users Hey Nooby, so how’s the search going? Tough choice? Understandable. There are a slew of distributions out there in Linux-land and every digit...
