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Tag Archives: Linux
nerds at the bar
… ein echter Bulo :-]
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Tagged BSD, Bulo, comic, floss, FOSS, humor, Linux, nerd, open source, strip, UNIX
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fatso Linux
Einen Teil des Problems sieht Torvalds in dem Erfolg von Linux. Das System läuft inzwischen auf so vielen unterschiedlichen Plattformen und unterstützt so viele Geräte, dass der Linux-Urheber die Überladenheit des Kernels zwar für unakzeptabel hält, sie zugleich aber kaum … Continue reading
Aug. 25, 1991 — birth of Linux kernel
1991: Linus Torvalds, a 21-year-old university student from Finland, writes a post to a user group asking for feedback on a little project he’s working on. He’s built a simple kernel for a Unix-like operating system that runs on an Intel 386 processor, and he wants … Continue reading
Vista, photography, work, pain, professionalism …
Well no rant at all, at least not the usual FUD about Vista the ressource hog or anything else. But do I really have to wait several hours just to install about 300MB updates and two service packs? Vista itself is … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, BSD, Business, documentation, Linux, Microsoft, photography, vista, Windows
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OpenSolaris, Linux …
Ah well, no rant — at least this time ;-) Just some «hey there is some news about it». They just released OpenSolaris 2009.06 and grml 2009.05, aka Lackdose-Allergie, is out in the wild. I’m just downloading the latter and … Continue reading
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Tagged GeeXboX, grml, Linux, news, OpenSolaris, Solaris, sun, UNIX
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Linksys Wrt54GL
I’m fed up with this router, especially with the firmware OpenWrt 8.09, so I ‘m using the FritzBox again. Sometime in the near future I’ll set up some server — Atom based — I’m not fond of this all-in-one boxes … Continue reading
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Tagged firmware, fritzbox, Linksys, Linux, OpenWrt, router, wifi
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OpenWrt 8.09
It’s imho a major pain in the ass. I’m using a Wrt54GL and I didn’t see such an unstable piece of software on this router until now. This new interface seems to be the cause for the whole grief, navigating in it causes … Continue reading
upgrade to OpenWrt 8.09
I upgraded1 OpenWrt on my Wrt54GL to v8.09 — works like a charm. I’m using the 2.4.x kernel at the moment, because I’m not sure whether the 2.6.x variant is okay in terms of the Broadcom driver. The new frontend alone … Continue reading
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Tagged FOSS, Linksys, Linux, opensource, OpenWrt, router, wifi, WRT54GL
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Lackdose-Allergie: grml 2009.05 RC1
Hi! We have new release candidates: the first release candidate of version 2009.05 codename «Lackdose-Allergie» is available! Take a look at the release announcement for details about all the nifty new features: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2009.05/ As usual we have different flavours available: the … Continue reading
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Tagged admin, debian, FOSS, grml, Linux, live, media, opensource, Test
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