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I ask you… why use Linux? An article review.

I am an avid fan and user of the Linux operating system. I enjoy the stability, the configurability. I like the performance and efficiency. These are but a few reasons that Linux is a wonderful desktop operating system alternative.
I recently read this article written by a friend of mine known as DedRyzing. In it he [...]

Blist Review

I have recently been using an online application called “blist” located at blist.com. According to the site, blist is “the best choice for creating and sharing lists on the web”. This product is basically an online database builder and manager.
I have been using blist to manage my business contacts, work orders, invoices, project time and collections. [...]

Top 5 emerge commands

Just so you will know, emerge is the package management tool for Gentoo linux. It is “the command-line interface to the portage system” (from emerge man-pages).
On with my top-5:
#1 emerge –sync
This command synchronizes your local collection of packages with the latest sources available from Gentoo. You should sync your portage directory at least weekly. You [...]

Fed is in the mortgage business

Is this even constitutional? Okay, maybe that is the wrong question. Is it morally correct? Okay, since when has our government concerned themselves with being morally correct.
The US government is now the biggest player in the American mortgage underwriting business. Does this mean that the taxpayer is now also in the mortgage business? <a href=”http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2359326.htm?section=world”>This</a> [...]

Obama: Who is he?

Who is he? Does anyone really know? I saw parts of Barrack Obama’s speech to the NAACP. He has started his “Self-Reliance” tour. Mr. Obama has shown in his previous voting record to be a total liberal. His recent talk of self-reliance is much too conservative for his liberal roots. It seems to me that [...]

How to conky

I recently re-established my relationship with Conky. If you’re not familiar with Conky, it is a desktop system monitor of sorts for Unix based operating systems. Actually it is much more than just a system monitor. Conky has the capability to monitor email and tail log files to the desktop.
I haven’t actually touched the [...]

VIRB° - usr_locals Blogs

I recently found another community… VIRB° I haven’t investigated the site very deeply, although I did join on the basis of another persons VIRB site. I stumble upon it during a google search. VIRB incorporates many community attributes. The ability to link your blogs RSS feed or, you can create a VIRB blog. Photos, music [...]

Twitter: What are you doing?

just signed up at Twitter: What are you doing? It is a blooging site of sorts I suppose. I’m not sure what you’d call it exactly. I like it so far though. Gonna get some friends signed up and “follow” them. If you use twitter, then you know what I mean. If not, check it [...]

Tech channels on USTREAM.TV

Today I searched USTREAM.TV for shows with certain words in the title. I am a self proclaimed computer geek so, I search for shows with the words tech, computers, linux, windows and mac in the title of the show. I found that there are many shows that came back from the search. Then I noticed [...]

New Domain ~ TruXter Tech News

I recently read this blog post … New Domain ~ TruXter Tech News. Being a small time so called “Web Page Author”, I decided to comment. I did so at that post and, am doing so here. I have used powweb for quite some time now with absolutely no complaints. I have also referred them [...]

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