Windows keyboard tricks
Those promised keyboard tricks. To get a Windows key, download the Kernel Toys. The keyboard applet, which works under 95 and 98, allows you to remap the caps lock, control, or alt keys to a Windows...
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A red-hatted worm. Wow. You sure don't hear about this often. There's a worm that exploits a weakness in Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0. Coined the Ramen worm, it defaces Web pages with a tribute to Ramen...
View ArticleOptimizing Linux. Part 1 of who-knows-what
Optimizing Linux. I found this link yesterday. Its main thrust is troubleshooting nVidia 3D acceleration, but it also provides some generally useful tweakage. For example:
View ArticleWhat on earth is going on?
AOL-Time Warner in talks to buy Red Hat? I found this this morning. It's intriguing, but I can't decide if a buyout would be a good thing or a bad thing. After all, Netscape was in decline when AOL...
View ArticleOptimizing a Linux box in-place
Here's the Linux bit I promised yesterday. I wrote it much earlier, so I might as well throw it out there.
View ArticleTrolling the web for nothing in particular
Yes, Brian, baseball will soon return. I hate the things Major League Baseball does (Bob Costas once likened choosing sides between the players and the owners to choosing sides between Iran and Iraq),...
View ArticleSam’s Club offers $299 Red Hat Linux boxes
I just read today that Sam's Club is about to start offering 1.1 GHz Duron PCs running Red Hat Linux for $299.
View ArticleWhy my ramdisk techniques don’t work with XP
I got a question today in a roundabout way asking about ramdisks in Windows, specifically, where to find my instructions for loading Win98 into a ramdisk, and how to do the same in XP.
View ArticleWhy the Windows firewall is OK
I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard an unsubstantiated statement like “Windows firewall is junk.” I went looking, and the best I could find was this, an editorial that said it doesn’t do...
View ArticleIt’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times…
I hate arguing with women. When guys fight, they fight hard, and they don't always fight fair, but when the fight's over, it's pretty much over. You settle it. Maybe you seethe for a little bit. But...
View ArticleWindows keyboard tricks
Those promised keyboard tricks. To get a Windows key, download the Kernel Toys. The keyboard applet, which works under 95 and 98, allows you to remap the caps lock, control, or alt keys to a Windows...
View Article01/18/2001
A red-hatted worm. Wow. You sure don't hear about this often. There's a worm that exploits a weakness in Red Hat Linux 6.2 and 7.0. Coined the Ramen worm, it defaces Web pages with a tribute to Ramen...
View ArticleOptimizing Linux. Part 1 of who-knows-what
Optimizing Linux. I found this link yesterday. Its main thrust is troubleshooting nVidia 3D acceleration, but it also provides some generally useful tweakage. For example: The post Optimizing Linux....
View ArticleWhat on earth is going on?
AOL-Time Warner in talks to buy Red Hat? I found this this morning. It's intriguing, but I can't decide if a buyout would be a good thing or a bad thing. After all, Netscape was in decline when AOL...
View ArticleIt’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times…
I hate arguing with women. When guys fight, they fight hard, and they don't always fight fair, but when the fight's over, it's pretty much over. You settle it. Maybe you seethe for a little bit. But...
View ArticleOptimizing a Linux box in-place
Here's the Linux bit I promised yesterday. I wrote it much earlier, so I might as well throw it out there. The post Optimizing a Linux box in-place appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
View ArticleTrolling the web for nothing in particular
Yes, Brian, baseball will soon return. I hate the things Major League Baseball does (Bob Costas once likened choosing sides between the players and the owners to choosing sides between Iran and Iraq),...
View ArticleSam’s Club offers $299 Red Hat Linux boxes
I just read today that Sam's Club is about to start offering 1.1 GHz Duron PCs running Red Hat Linux for $299. The post Sam’s Club offers $299 Red Hat Linux boxes appeared first on The Silicon...
View ArticleWhy my ramdisk techniques don’t work with XP
I got a question today in a roundabout way asking about ramdisks in Windows, specifically, where to find my instructions for loading Win98 into a ramdisk, and how to do the same in XP. The post Why my...
View ArticleIs the Windows firewall safe enough?
Is the Windows Firewall safe enough? I wish more people would ask that question rather than make assumptions. I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard an unsubstantiated statement like “Windows...
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