matt | April 29, 2008
Okay, so the conventional (old) way to connect to other machines was through X (X is network aware). This had a problem with being insecure because it was unencrypted.
The new way to connect to other machines is through VNC. VNC is not secure either, but can be tunneled through SSH. The problem is, it is [...]
matt | April 28, 2008
After reloading my desktop machine (instead of an upgrade from the previous version, I did a fresh reload), I notice that thunderbird and firefox actually use less memory on that machine than on my laptop. This is likely due to some differences in builds (laptop is AMD64, desktop is i386), but can a simple architecture [...]
matt | April 27, 2008
Knots are good
(we're having to learn them for firefighter class)
matt | April 21, 2008
As a follow-on to my previous post about operating systems, I should probably talk about Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron).
It is really good.
I've been running the beta pf the Xubuntu variant for about two weeks, which has now gone into Release Candidate status.
Various impressions:
- NetworkManager seems to have finally gotten into working reasonably well and [...]
matt | April 20, 2008
I just spent six and a half hours fighting a brush fire, and I come home and she has made my peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.
Now that I've eaten several, it is time for bed.
matt | April 19, 2008
So, over the last few months, I've been poking different distros/OS's to see what they all know. Please note that these represent their state when I played with them, which may not be the state now. I have tried to include version numbers if I remember.
PCBSD 1.5
Did not handle my scroll wheel on my mouse [...]
matt | April 17, 2008
We cut the back door off (yes, it cuts through that stout bolt), and cut the roof off. Modern cars have a more heavily reinforced passenger compartment, but the cutting tools will cut through those too.
Doors? What doors?
matt | April 17, 2008
So, I was talking with a guy at work, and he had a really good point.
“If the AMD Phenom 9850 is about the same performance as the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, and they are the same price, then maybe you should decide based on what board you want, not what CPU you want”.
This was [...]
matt | April 16, 2008
So, I was originally going to get an AMD Phenom, but I've been looking at the benchmarks and the fix for the TLB bug just kills things. So, looks like it will be a Core 2 Quad….
Looks like the new computer will be a birthday present to me.
Edit: It looks like the fixed [...]
matt | April 16, 2008
The fire dept has some money to buy a new auto extrication tool (often called the jaws of life).. Anyway, a rep from Holmatro came by and showed their stuff.
I got to cut the back door off a Ford Taurus.
My brother firefighter Ed took pictures – I'll post them here when he emails [...]
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