Monthly Archives: November 2005
A look at Debian's GUI installer
This is something I'm kind of excited about, not for my own use, but for others. I wrote up a short piece on Debian's GUI installer for Linux.com. It's not much different than the text installer for now, but I think this may remove one more barrier for new users who are a bit timid [...]
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Smooth upgrade to Breezy
I've been running Ubuntu Breezy on my laptop and secondary workstation for some time now, but I've resisted upgrading my main workstation because I didn't want to chance any problems with the upgrade. I was pretty sure all would go smoothly, but I was still a bit hesitant to muck with my stable machine that [...]
CLI Magic: netcat
Another recent article, on netcat is up on Linux.com. I wrote this after getting overwhelming feedback to my sysadmin toolbox in favor of netcat. Definitely worth a look if you're not familiar with netcat.
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Flock review
I spent some time with the Flock "social browser" a few weeks ago, and the review is up now on NewsForge. Check it out if you're interested. Overall, I liked it, and I'm looking forward to the next set of releases and additional functionality.
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A look at PunBB
I've set up a PunBB bulletin board for discussion on the site, and wrote up my experiences with PunBB for NewsForge.com. Overall, I liked PunBB quite a lot. It's well worth a look if you're in the market for a simple bulletin board for your website.
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Win4Lin review
If you're interested in running Windows applications, but under Linux, one option is Win4Lin Pro, an application that runs Windows XP or Windows 2000 under Linux. I wrote up a review of this software recently for Linux.com.
Overall, not terribly impressed with Win4Lin, it could use a lot of polish.
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Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5 are here!