Software

dpal on December 12th, 2008

While sifting through all of my rss feeds, I happened to catch this little tidbit about a plugin called WordPress Automatic Upgrade (or WPAU for short). I figured that since I was a rev or 2 behind… why not? I downloaded and installed the plugin and very quickly, I was on my way to upgrading [...]

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dpal on December 17th, 2005

Well, I believe Will is finally feeling the after-effects of his run-in with the school’s bathroom floor. He’s running a low-grade fever and his welt is going down, but his face is incredibly tender, and his neck is very stiff and sore. He cannot lean his head back, and is very uncomfortable when he sleeps. [...]

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dpal on November 20th, 2005

One of the toughest things for a windows user to begin to understand is the Linux’s filesystem layout. I thought I’d give a quick primer:

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dpal on November 14th, 2005

Any OS is only truly as useful as the applications that run on it. Fortunately, Linux has a plethora of very good open source applications for a variety of needs. In this article, I will list my suggestions for applications in a number of different categories. Of course, since linux is about choice, I will [...]

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dpal on November 11th, 2005

So, you’re a linux newbie… you did the research, found a distribution that you think you might like, installed it on an old(or new) PC… now what? What next?

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dpal on November 10th, 2005

I created a new Technology category and a Linux sub-category in order to organize some articles I intend to post for Terry and any others out there interested in Linux. Stay tuned for upcoming articles regarding different distros, must-have linux software, and maybe a how-to or 2.

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