Archive for July 2007

Writing projects

30th July 2007, 09:49 am

Right now I am immersed in two small writing projects for OfB.biz:

  1. A review of the Unicomp Model M keyboard: This is basically an expansion of this post, with more details concerning the acquisition process. The Unicomp keyboard is really outstanding, and I think the public deserves to know the existence of such a keyboard, along with some bumps in the purchasing road they might need to be aware of.
  2. A review of Slackware 12.0: I just got Slackware 12 installed on phoenix, my home system. Phoenix was incredibly stable with Slack 11, but Slack 12 brought a host of minor troubles. I managed to fix almost all of them, learned a great deal on the process, and I would like to share my experience.

So, please pray that I might get to finish those articles. It’s not that I have writer’s block; the problem is my limited availability of quality time. I also plan to write with more news soon.

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Happy 4th of July!

4th July 2007, 10:58 am

I would like to wish a happy Independence Day to all my American readers. Have a nice day! Pass some of the barbecue! Watch out that cracker! ;)

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Serious Fun Ahead ;)

3rd July 2007, 11:07 am

I’m in for some serious fun of the best kind. I just learned that Patrick Volkerding released Slackware 12.0 yesterday. The changes from 11.0 are deep and significant; among the ones worth mentioning are the inclusion of a kernel 2.6.x by default, X11 version 7.2, and support for HAL. These updates prompt Patrick to make a statement saying something that is the whole point of my (yet to be concluded) OfB’s Stealth Desktop series:

Just plug and play. Properly set up, Slackware’s desktop should be suitable for any level of Linux experience.

I’m already downloading the ISOs with rsync… and I can’t wait to upgrade. :D

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