Archive for March, 2008

Click to View "Linux Session Customization"

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Many people have heard of “writing your own session manager” or wondered how to get a program to start up when you log on. In this article I’m going to teach you how to accomplish this, and tell you what I use.
I installed Linux Mint 4.0, which comes with GNOME installed and configured as default. [...]

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Click to View "KDE and GNOME"

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Linux is one of the most versatile operating systems, seeing as it almost entirely consists of free software and community support. This has provided innumerable programs to choose from. One thing I’ve always liked about Linux is it’s versatility of user interfaces. In Windows, the only solid interface you can use is Explorer. There are [...]

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Click to View "Debian-Based Linux Flavors 2008"

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

I’ve been using Linux for quite some time, not on a day-to-day desktop system, however. I used it on servers at the past two jobs I’ve had, and I’ve played with it on my home systems for years. This site is actually hosted on a Linux server. Most of what I’ve done on my home [...]

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Click to View "No-Tech Hacking"

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Before I begin, let me emphasize my title here. “NO”-tech: absolutely nothing in this video covers something you won’t have. As well, let me warn you that it is an hour long, and once you begin watching, you will not stop. If you hack, sneak around, or are just a generally curious person, this will [...]

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Click to View "nVidia Geforce 9 vs. Geforce 8"

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

The Geforce 9 series is the latest GPU release from nVidia. The only specific card in the series so far is the 9600 GT, compared to the top 8 series card below:

Card
Core Clock
Shader Clock
Memory Clock
Memory Amount
Memory Interface
Memory Bandwidth
Texture Fill Rate

9600
650
1625
900
512MB
256-bit
57.6
20.8

8800
612
1500
1080
768MB
384-bit
103.7
39.2

As you can see from the above data, the GF9 series has improved on [...]

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Click to View "Bush Goes Wild!"

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

President George W. Bush is beginning to lose his mind. Observe:

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Click to View "Ted Stevens and Robert Byrd"

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Ted Stevens, if you don’t remember him, was an aging senator from Alaska (he has since resigned, video below). He is most famous for explaining the Internet, because we clearly all don’t have such a keen understanding of things as him. If you missed that post, here’s a link.
 Ted Stevens, looking out for his home [...]

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