K.Mandla s blog of Linux experiences
Ten years ago, I bought myself a toy a sparkly new Dell XPS M170, a machine so overburdened with glitter that it glowed. Literally: It was bedecked with LEDs that shifted colors and pulsed with the music, if I so desired. Such jealousy it inspired. Ironically, I bought it because I needed the power [ ]
Day by day things get a little more busy, and the month of March will be a real grind for me. And so as small tragedies unfold and develop, I have to make quick mental notes and hope to tack them here as time allows. For example, a week or two ago, this machine suffered [ ]
I had an interesting conversation by e-mail last week, around the role of software reviews, within the context of that last post when I said Linus was right. My correspondent wanted to know if my process or stance had changed since Gamergate, in the way I approach software, phrase my posts or communicate with developers. [ ]
I ve written and rewritten this post about four times this week, trying to get my thoughts on to the screen in the same way they appear in my head. I m not having much luck, so I m just going to blurt it out: Linus was right. About a week ago Linus told a crowd in Australia [ ]
I haven t posted much here lately, mostly because of the holiday season but also because the flux of hardware through my house is either feast or famine either I m suddenly swamped with four or five new machines that depart equally quickly, or I sit and tap my fingers at the lack of something new [ ]
I waited this long to recap the two Dell Latitude LMs I had as guests last month because I couldn t find the pictures I took while I was poking and prodding. This doesn t usually happen where I lose photos of something, but I did find one leftover on my camera, taken the day they left. [ ]
I had to remind myself the other day that I ve been using Arch Linux for more than eight years. I did my first trial installs early in 2006, and while I cut my teeth on Ubuntu, as time wore on, Arch eventually became more like home. With the exception of strict i586 machines, I m more [ ]
I did it again: I collected a mass of bookmarks that I figure I ll need at some time in the future. Maybe I used them and will again and maybe not. Either way, they may still prove useful. I do refer back to this site when I can t remember a page or a topic, [ ]
I just finished up 10 days riffling through a score of console games, and the experience reinforced something I wrote about a month ago: that text-based gamers can afford to be picky. And I should probably be clear about what that means. I m not suggesting text-based games are somehow superior to graphical games that, [ ]
I haven t taken the time to update much here, but I seem to still devote most of my time to following trends in text-based software. It consumes a considerable amount of the day. There are a few things I should mention though, even just as updates to my trials and tribulations with outdated hardware and [ ]