Category: Linux
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PC intensive care
I am currently in the middle of a string of problems quite annoying on one of my home PCs. Apparently randomly, and more and more often, it stops, locks down or reboots without warning. If I don’t use the PC, it may take a long time; But when I am trying to work (with OpenOffice,…
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Creating a RAID-1 on OpenSUSE
L’article existe aussi en français I have always be willing to test-run RAID technology for the storage of the files on my personal LAN. This technology has the advantage of being far more secure than the usual hard disc storage. By using more than one disc drive, RAID allows to gain additional security. In short,…
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OpenSuse 10.2, a review
I have been writing about OpenSuse previously here. So, it is time to tell you about a nice little review made on the grand-daddy of all techno-computer information web sites (not that it was the first, but because it is following in the foot steps of the exceptionnaly successful Byte Magazine). Byte.com just published an…
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WAMP, the server solution for Windows
Needing to quickly install a web server on a Windows PC, I was drawn into looking for a free software suite providing such sevrices in a simple and nice package. I already knew EasyPHP from Emmanuel Faivre, Laurent Abbal and Thierry Murail, three Frenchmen who put in a single tool box all the free open-source…
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Exclusively for Linux lovers
Sorry for those of you who are not in love with GNU/Linux and Unix (exclusively in their command line version), but I could not resist to this: From xkcd.com
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The Linux Equivalent project
If you jumped from Windows to GNU/linux you are certainly looking for the equivalent Linux programs for your previous Windows applications. This is exactly what the Linux Equivalent project provides: A list of Windows programs with their “equivalents” on GNU/Linux. But you have to understand that some “equivalences” are not exactly on par with Windows…