the difference that is no difference makes no difference
UPDATE: The following post is referring to the user-mode NFS server that some linux distributions had when I wrote the post back in 2007. Now (2013), most distro’s just use the kernel based NFS server, which does not include the uid/gid remapping as far as I am aware. My debian etch box is a […]
I have a Thinkpad 600x with an external keyboard and mouse. Its old technology, so the keyboard and mouse are both PS/2 devices and connect via a splitter cable to the single PS/2 port on the back. The mouse has a scroll wheel. The 600x runs Archlinux and no matter what I did I’ve never […]
I have a Windows XP virtual machine setup on vmware. Its a pretty basic build for when I need some specific Windows apps; it has an 8GB virtual drive, and 384MB of ram. Up until now I’ve run this VM on vmware on linux. I’ve tried quite a few incantations of vmware; Workstation, Server and […]
I have an Epson CX3500 multifunction printer/scannner/copier thing. Its spends most of it’s time with one ink tank requiring replacement. I should get rid of it, but it allows me to make excuses to go to my local Dick Smith Electronics store. Anyway, I have this USB CX3500 connected to my Debian Etch box and […]
Ok, So I installed kubuntu 7.04 (feisty Fawn) on my 1.5GHz Thinkpad T42 with 1GB of ram. My expectation was that it would be as snappy to use as Archlinux. Sure I was running XFCE on Arch, and Kubuntu defaults to KDE … but I thought the machine is surely fast enough to disregard the […]
I’ve been using Archlinux on my two Thinkpads here for quite some time now. Its generally been OK. It’s quite quick and configurable without forcing Gnome or KDE in your face. It has a package manager and everything seems to be compiled for i686 or better. One of the reasons I started using it was […]
So I generally hate Windows … mainly because I don’t trust it and the zillion creatures that live in it. And I’ve spent a great deal of time trying to make linux work the way I want … but I often have people ask me ‘Why don’t you just use OS X?’. Yes, it’s Unix […]
Here’s something odd that made me scratch my head. I have a Debian Etch server and a laptop running Archlinux. I was logged into the debian box and I thought I’d ssh across to the laptop and run firefox off the laptop, but using the Debian box’s monitor. So I did a : ssh -X […]
I’ve been delving into SIP telephony lately. It all started when I wanted to have a PSTN phone number in another country. For business reasons, I have carried two mobile phones for the past two years. One has a phone number in the country where I live. The other has an overseas phone number. If […]
I use linux a lot. Many professionals in the Unix world might play with linux on the desktop at home, and perhaps use linux on servers at work, but generally they’re not using linux on the desktop in the workplace. Windows still has that market wrapped up. However, I work from home a great deal […]
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