I was reading various web sites today when I came across an article on ComputerWorld discussion the 5 best features of Linux 2.6.28. On of these items is GEM, the Graphics Execution Manager. This is a new architecture of sorts that allows for better X performance (in a nutshell). Why […]
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If you hadn’t heard, Fedora and Red Hat systems had a break in of sorts that impacted their software repositories. I don’t quite understand the details but apparently nothing bad happened except that they need to create a new GPG key to sign their software packages. That means that all […]
The Fedora signing key issue – a plan for users
There is a lot of information on the net about using WordPress as a CMS (content management system), in other words using WP as the foundation for a regular (non-blog) website. But that information is kind of spread out and not completely clear on the process required. Fortunately, it’s very […]
Using WordPress as a CMS: making e-Commerce Lite work on ...
I finally finished the production edits for my next book, The Artist’s Guide to GIMP Effects. Now the book is in copy edit. I’ve received a sample chapter in final layout form. Woohoo! Although this is close, the book still has an April publication date. I don’t know squat about […]
Status of my next GIMP book
This blog entry tells me one thing: software developers are still stupid. Have we not learned anything from bloated Windows environments? Why don't we just tie the X environment into the kernel and then embed all our X applications inside that! WOW! Let's see if we can keep the CPU […]
OpenOffice to embed Thunderbird and Sunbird? Bleck.
Working on an article for LWN.net late last night, I ran into what is apparently a well known problem. The Via Rhine driver in Linux will ocassionally disable the PXE firmware so netboots don't work anymore. I found the solution in an Linux Kernel archive early this morning. […]