I hope you don't feel neglected, dear reader. I spent the weekend learning how to do something and am working on writing up a howto for it. It may not be something my regular readers will have an immediate need for, but I suspect it will be popular with the Google crowd.
I'm uncertain [...]
by Scott Carpenter on 25 April 2007 at 7:43 pm
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Or maybe you just want to tar up only directories and subdirectories, excluding files...
I've mentioned a few times lately that I'm working on my backup plan for GNU/Linux. I started by looking at great free software tools like Samba's rsync and GNU Tar, and I don't think I need to look much further than [...]
by Scott Carpenter on 15 April 2007 at 10:00 pm
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"Pacing in rhythm... Race the oncoming night...
Headfirst humanity... Pause at a light... Then flow through the streets of the city."
I'm not much of a photographer. I like taking pictures and sometimes get lucky on a shot. I see now that I really missed on this one. I was only looking at the [...]
by Scott Carpenter on 13 April 2007 at 3:00 am
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Update, 7 July 2007 Maybe Brasero is more for the basic jobs. K3b will do more for you...
My system76 desktop machine came with a CD-RW/DVD-RW drive that I've finally got around to trying out. I wasn't too concerned about how it would work with GNU/Linux, since I suspected CD and DVD burning [...]
by Scott Carpenter on 8 April 2007 at 4:46 pm
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tagged: gnome, media, storage
Ray Kurzweil occasionally uses imaginary conversations as a device to discuss ideas in his books The Singularity is Near and The Age of Spiritual Machines. They usually involve people from the future and the past (Ned Ludd, for example). Here is a more contemporaneous dialog between himself and a pretend Bill Gates from [...]
by Scott Carpenter on 3 April 2007 at 8:16 pm
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Richard Stallman:
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