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I am always fascinated…. no…. that’s not the word…  let’s call it.. confused.  I am always confused when I come across articles on the best linux desktop for this, that, and the other thing.  Most decorated, most functional, most crap possible at once, most anal-retentive, etc.
It’s all a matter of opinion, isn’t it?
Your most functional [...]

The following wins today’s BEST POST AWARD:
desktoplinuxreviews.com: Sometimes I run into a distro that is so odd…so strange…so disgusting…that I don’t even know where to begin in reviewing it. Hannah Montana Linux is one such distribution.

Work has quite a number of SonicWall firewalls: some serious, some small.  These are without exception great devices.  They do not let us down.
Their service, however…..
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I noticed weird things were starting to happen involving the firewalls.  When I’d go to download an application, I’d get an error, stating that SonicWall blocked my download because it [...]

I had some interesting interactions around netbooks and the like recently.  I’m hesitant to quantify the different species or breeds of laptops that aren’t complete laptops for one reason or another.  Even if I did, the terms would change before the first comment hits this post (if a first comment ever hits this post).
CASE ONE: [...]

In the control panel, there is a setting for SPLASH screen.
The default is NONE.

That’s it.

Ok, my pop culture tends to go missing sometimes.  Yes, sometimes for years at a time.  Apparently today was one of those episodes.
Conan O’Brien?
I purchased one of those tiny USB tuners for the computer.  It came with this boffo little antenna that I stuck up on top of my monitor farm.  I like putting up [...]

Lately there have been a few blog entries about other browsers for linux.  I looked them over and downloaded some for review.
MIDORI
Let’s start with Midori.  It was a simple apt-get (or aptitude install).

It is licensed under the Lesser General Public License.
it is based on Gtk+
lightweight and portable

Midori came right up.  It did so quickly.  It [...]

Lifehacker did a list of the top ten downloads for Ubuntu 9.04.  While I agree with some of them, I figured it was time to post a real list (read: mine).
These apps are in daily use at leftystrat’s lair:

Firefox: no one has come up with a better concept than plugins
Opera: when you really need to [...]

Preston Gralla over at Computerworld mentioned that Microsoft has had the brilliant idea to cripple Windows 7 on netbooks.  It will sell a Windows 7 Starter Addition that is purposely crippled to only allow three applications to run at the same time.
It will be possible to run more apps but the victim…  errrr…..  consumer will [...]

Allow me to inaugurate a new feature of ThermionicEmissions - The Linux Minimalist.
For the past few days I have been reading more and more about people trying out software with more bling than a rap video.  If, heaven forbid, the author doesn’t recommend a High Bling Application, the commenters swoop in and pronounce him hopelessly [...]