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awesomely awesome
By basd on Apr 30, 2009 | In linux, icewm, cloud computing | Send feedback »
I will have far to go to implement eyeOS and integrate it into my existing paradigm. But so far, it's great!
Here's the thing: As mentioned earlier in this blog, I've been working with an Arch/Chakra install on a really old and underpowered computer.… more »
eyeOS aha ...
By basd on Apr 30, 2009 | In cloud computing | Send feedback »
Further to my earlier post, the problem with eyeDocs seems to be a compatibility issue with some Firefox addon I am running. Not "NoScript", though -- once I allow javascript on the eyeOS page, we're okay (in a profile that is missing most of my other ad… more »
late to the party again ...
By basd on Apr 30, 2009 | In cloud computing | Send feedback »
I've had a few posts where I talk about cloud computing (& that there is almost certainly a project somewhere I don't know about.) Sure enough, today I stumbled across eyeOS.This is an entire browser-based operating system and exactly what I had in… more »
memory leaks and definitional dissonance
By basd on Apr 28, 2009 | In kde4 | Send feedback »
When you're running a machine with only 256 meg ram, memory leaks become more obvious. And ... we read yet another post from development dissing kde4 users.
My new Arch Linux install on a truly underpowered 10 year old computer runs pretty good sometime… more »
addressing two workarounds with one post
By basd on Apr 25, 2009 | In kde4, linux | Send feedback »
I wanted to modify the login screen in my Arch Linux install. This led to discovering that kdesu is working erratically in this version of KDE4.2.2For a change, I am not the only one breaking things -- the kdesu problem has been reported with frustratio… more »
whining, clarified
By basd on Apr 25, 2009 | In kde4, opensuse | Send feedback »
My blog details, among other things, my travails with KDE4. Which, yes, is my primary work desktop (except such times as my primary work desktop is KDOMOWS or some other hybrid). And yes, I know some of the breakage is to be expected since I use OpSu "… more »
resurrection
By basd on Apr 24, 2009 | In kde4, linux | Send feedback »
The second time with Arch went better. Okay, so I threw in the towel on the first time through. This computer originally came with Windows ME -- and it has never run so well.I followed the beginner's guide a little more carefully and actually edited so… more »
rolling distro - experiment with chakra/arch linux
By basd on Apr 23, 2009 | In kde4, linux | Send feedback »
Ok. So, except that the startup is broken (as described previously), my main actual work computer is working really nicely. Which means -- not much too say. So, I launched into a new unnecessary and ridiculous project.The nice thing about having old, b… more »
air and crashes
By basd on Apr 17, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
I switched from Oxygen to Air as a desktop theme and I am actually using the green backgroundI've always used plain black background, but the widgets and panels look better with the green background and not particularly good with black.
I'm successful… more »
bittersweet success
By basd on Apr 13, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, tethered blackberry | Send feedback »
Several days have passed, including an upgrade with a new kernel and my KDE4 desktop is working fine.It seems that the problems I used to have (crashing plasma when I put too many icons and widgets into the panels and desktop) are resolved. So, that "cl… more »
that is a lot of weird stuff in a clean install
By basd on Apr 8, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
I've been surprised at how many strange behaviors I have in my "clean install" of OpenSUSE 11.1 linux.
1. Encrypted /home directory does not mount properly, requiring login to root and remount of /home in order to get to user account.
2. /windows… more »
stuff i don't even begin to understand
By basd on Apr 8, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, tethered blackberry | Send feedback »
A while ago, I began the quest to get my blackberry to "tether" my linux computer to the internet. And after awhile, I finally got it to work.Although, I will have to say every use was/is a geek-a-thon compared to using the verizon software for tetherin… more »
rolling releases
By basd on Apr 5, 2009 | In kde4, linux | 1 feedback »
I always wondered, why do we have "release dates"? Why do we have "new installs" every few months?Then I saw a post on Planet KDE mentioning that the commenter had just decided to use the Chakra distro, which is based on Arch Linux.
The nicely laid o… more »
repair mode
By basd on Apr 5, 2009 | In opensuse | Send feedback »
The OpSu install disk has a repair mode and fix installation mode or something. (Well, I don't remember because the CD is not presently running, of course.)
So, considering the issue with not mounting my /home partition and incorrectly mounting my /w… more »
debeagling
By basd on Apr 5, 2009 | In opensuse | Send feedback »
One of the first things I do when my new OpenSUSE install completes is shut off Nepomuk and remove Beagle.Do people really use these? I suppose at least the developers must. In years and years of using SuSE, I have never once used either of these featu… more »
24 hrs of pain
By basd on Apr 4, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
My computer is working again, though not everything that used to be installed is installed again, yet.I did a clean install of OpenSUSE 11.1 and then added KDE 4.2.2 to it. Ouch. Here's the wrap.
My suspicion that I had a lot of legacy settings and/… more »
about that stability thing
By basd on Apr 3, 2009 | In kde4, -arghhh!! | Send feedback »
So.
My new desktop is KDE 3.5.
Or, I could use Gnome.
Neither of these resemble anything similar to my normal desktop, as they are in new user accounts.
It would strain my powers of recollection to describe precisely how borked my system is. (… more »
ymmv. kde4.2.2
By basd on Apr 2, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
Amid some modest internal fanfare, kde4.2.2 has arrived.Bloggers on Planet KDE have lauded its improved stability, faster execution and better khtml. (It's somewhat amusing that the only time KDE 4 aficionados will admit a version is not entirely stable… more »
strange bash problem
By basd on Apr 1, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, gnome | Send feedback »
Okay, yesterday I said there was a problem with sshfs -- but I was (sort of) wrong.As it turns out, sshfs is working just fine.
That is, if I invoke it via the bash script I have been using for some time. This script:
(a) launches a kdialog asking i… more »
