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Fedora 12 And The ATEN CS1734B

Posted in Misc on Mar 19th, 2010

The ATEN CS1734B switch has worked well except with Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora anyway). Here’s what’s wrong.

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Amahi: Linux Home Server

Posted in Misc on Mar 16th, 2010

I’ve retired Mindtouch Deki Wiki and am using Amahi home server.

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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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A Cloud Of One’s Own: Amazon S3 Drive Mapping

Posted in Misc on Feb 25th, 2010

If, like me, you have bought books from Amazon.com, and if your credit card details on Amazon are up to date, then you too can have a piece of the cloud.

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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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