Tag Archives: debian

Release Lenny!

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Michael Schurter

An article from El Reg about MySQL ends with a great quote: This is the same lesson that Debian hasn’t yet learned from Ubuntu: fast and good-enough always beats slow and correct. Release Lenny now! Update: Yay! It appears Debian … Continue reading →

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Fixing Gnome Notification’s Popup Location

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Michael Schurter

Gnome notifications popup in the lower left corner of your desktop by default* which constantly annoys me. I usually have a terminal open in the lower left corner, and having my work covered by notifications is quite annoying. Luckily the … Continue reading →

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Fedora’s Crypto Consolidation

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Michael Schurter

I just found out Fedora is attempting to consolidate on Mozilla’s NSS for system-wide cryptography. I love the idea and hope it succeeds as it will make using crypto so much easier for system administrators and users. Since humans are … Continue reading →

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Adobe Flash in Linux

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Michael Schurter

Like most people, I use Flash a lot. Not only do I watch YouTube and Hulu videos, but FusionCharts* are an integral part of one of the main projects I work on. And like most people, I just want Flash … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird Import Fail

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Michael Schurter

Do I really need to see this?

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New Cable Internet, 22″ LCD, and WiFi!

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Michael Schurter

Today was my work Christmas! I work from home most of the time, so I’m finally getting around to upgrading some of the equipment I use for my job every day. Today I got 3 new pieces of technology and … Continue reading →

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