Since I’m no longer running my own Linux server to host this blog, I have a spare machine to play with. Red Hat just released Fedora Core 10, I thought I try and upgrade my FC9 system, and see what changes they’ve made. As expected, I could upgrade the OS by just booting the DVD. […]
I haven’t used Ubuntu Linux before, although I did try the Live CD more than a year ago. I started to install 8.04 two weeks ago in a Toshiba Tecra M3 laptop to replace Windows XP, because I was having virus issues. Choosing the right Linux OS was my #1 concern because I have reservation […]
We went to Fukada last friday. It was a cloudy day when we talked about: Meaning of Halal and Kosher. 4 out of 5 of us have the Toshiba HD DVD player. With the future of HD-DVD uncertain, the one co-worker who’s holding out may be making the best decision. Redhat is peddling me the […]
For a small site like mine, it takes a catastrophe to make me upgrade the server. Today was such a day. I had a problem with the old AMD Athlon CPU fan making a really loud noise. Previously, I had intermittent crashes. This server’s upgrade was long overdue. It now has my old desktop setup: […]
Wow, I couldn’t believe I had to rebuild my Linux server, yet again after 2+ years of operation. I always suspected the old 80Gb Maxtor drive to be flawed, but not this serious. I procastinated in fixing it and too laxed on the backup. Well, last week thursday, after a city-wide power failure, my drive […]
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