This is my screen as it is today. So far I haven’t added a large desktop environment to my Arch Linux system, mainly for political reasons (And partly because I’m trying to cut down on bulk, both in terms of hard disk space and use of RAM). I found the wallpaper on an image archive [...]
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I have quite a collection of screenshots saved for various phases and desktop design preferences. I will be posting these snapshots at random times because I find it interesting how people choose to configure their desktop environment and it’s nice to share… Today’s screenshot is from last year when I was using Zenwalk. I had [...]
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…are positive!
I’m reminded a lot of Slackware by Arch Linux. This is probably down to two simple facts:
1) They share the Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) philosophy in terms of package configuration… this means that things are shipped without dumb patches and customisations which could potentially cause problems.
2) Configuration, or at least that which [...]
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Today I went to the Bristol Computer fair. After spilling yet another cup of tea on my keyoard the other day (and bearing in mind some keys are lost under the sofa and half of the rest stick…) I figured it was about time to buy a new one.
Here it is:
#lsusb shows it as:
Bus 001 [...]
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This post is intended to outline a brief history of ny use of Linux Distributions so you know my experience in that field.
Jan 2003: Red Hat 9
It didn’t take me long to break this… I [...]
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