Monthly Archives: January 2004

Fedora Core 1 Server Installation UML Image Released

Posted on January 31, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Anyone who’s interested in running a Fedora Core guest host, check out this announcement from the Linux Users Group of Cleveland: Fedora Core 1 Server Installation UML Image Released

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Gaim vulnerability

Posted on January 30, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

If you use Gaim for instant messaging, there’s a patch you need to grab for a recent vulnerabiilty. If you don’t compile Gaim yourself, check to see if there is an updated package for your Linux distro. Just in case … Continue reading →

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Comcast targets so-called “abusers”

Posted on January 29, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

The more press this gets, the better. SecurityFocus has this piece, “Comcast targets Internet `abusers’ but won’t reveal limits” Essentially, Comcast is sending out threatening letters to its users telling those users that they need to “cut back” on downloading … Continue reading →

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Little Boxes

Posted on January 29, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Little Boxes is a page with some very nifty CSS tutorial-type information. Wunnerful. Give it a look if you’re interested in Web design. Found it on the WP help forums.

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Konstruct

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

I’m doing a preview of KDE 3.2rc1 for Linux Weekly News and I’ve been quite impressed with Konstruct. I like to be able to test bleeding-edge releases without endangering my current setup. Konstruct is excellent for building a test release … Continue reading →

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Spiffy WP feature

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

One of the reasons I really love WordPress, is it comes with a “bookmarklet” that I can simply click on in Mozilla when I’m on a page that I want to blog about. This is amazingly useful. Just wanted to … Continue reading →

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Distro overload

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

For years, I’ve maintained that having a ton of Linux distributions is a good thing. I still believe that — but it’s getting damn hard for me to keep up with all the various and sundry distros that are good … Continue reading →

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