Whenever you have pesky windows users on your network, your file system on any servers running samba start to gain extra, silly, “Thumbs.db” files. If you’re like me and hate the things with a vengeance, you can get rid of every single one of them using the linux command line below. updatedb;for i in `locate [...]
Today I got my DViCO FusionHDTV Pro (dvb-t) card working under mandriva linux in Melbourne, Australia. I’ve been wanting to do this for years and has actually been the major stopper in Mandriva becoming my primary OS on my desktop (besides my laptop(s), wifes laptop, friends laptops, and all my servers). I always figured I [...]
When Steve Ballmer screws you over. New Nigerian Classmate PC’s with Mandriva Linux to have MS Windows installed later. What a load of crock! I suppose nobody ever accused MS of being ethical (at least without the sarcasm). Why does this make any sense at all. I mean just look at this process: Step 1 [...]
Just a quick note for everyone. Mandriva Linux 2008.0 is out and going strong. Keeping that in mind, I have now updated this server to run 2008.0 with very few problems (via urpmi –auto-select). This is a first for me with any Mandriva server. Well done guys! I’ve also installed the Powerpack on my Toshiba [...]
Since it’s been a while since I last posted, I thought I’d bring you all up to date with the new Mandriva release. Spring beautiful spring! For the last month (and a bit) I’ve been running Mandriva 2007.1 Spring PowerPack on my Toshiba Satellite 2410. To avoid people having to skip to the conclusion, I’m [...]