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World Daylight Map

Posted in Misc on Mar 5th, 2010

A review of some world time applications that display a map of the world showing daytime and nightime.

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Linux Magazines

Posted in Misc on Aug 1st, 2009

I noticed something on a London newsstand today that seems potentially significant: the number of magazines devoted to Linux now rivals the number devoted to Windows. For the first time I counted four of the following on sale.

Linux Format
Linux Magazine, & Linux Mag
Linux User (now Linux User & Developer)
Linux Journal

I scanned the Linux mags as [...]

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The Linux Paradox

Posted in Misc on Jul 21st, 2009

Yesterday I found a problem with proftpd, an FTP server, on Ubuntu v9.04. I confess I despaired of Linux for a while, then received a pleasant surprise.
The sequence of events:
Need File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? Install proftpd
A different FTP server is standard with Ubuntu (vsftpd) because it’s less of a security risk: it doesn’t use root [...]

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Windows XP: 1, Linux: 0

Posted in Misc on Jun 29th, 2009

The Princess is about to leave for an au pair job in Turkey and needs a laptop for

Email
Web browsing
“Facebooking”
Transfering photographs from her phone
Instant messaging to MSN friends
Watching DVDs
Skype

No problem I thought.
Your mother’s old laptop will do fine.
It wouldn’t be the end of the world if Compaq Presario 700, a machine with 248Mb of usable RAM, [...]

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Windows 7

Posted in Misc on May 5th, 2009

I downloaded Windows 7 earlier and will install it later on a spare machine.
Here’s a quick summary of where to get it and what you need to know, in the form of a wiki by WIRED magazine.
The best surprise new feature, according to Gizmodo, is the ability to stream one’s media via the web. In [...]

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