Monthly Archives: November 2005

Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5 are here!

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

Actually, Thunderbird 1.5 isn’t quite soup yet, but it’s very close. If you’re interested in new features and goodies in the 1.5 releases, check out this piece on NewsForge that I wrote. I may go ahead and compile my own, … Continue reading →

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A look at Debian’s GUI installer

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

This is something I’m kind of excited about, not for my own use, but for others. I wrote up a short piece on Debian’s GUI installer for Linux.com. It’s not much different than the text installer for now, but I … Continue reading →

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Smooth upgrade to Breezy

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

I’ve been running Ubuntu Breezy on my laptop and secondary workstation for some time now, but I’ve resisted upgrading my main workstation because I didn’t want to chance any problems with the upgrade. I was pretty sure all would go … Continue reading →

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CLI Magic: netcat

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

Another recent article, on netcat is up on Linux.com. I wrote this after getting overwhelming feedback to my sysadmin toolbox in favor of netcat. Definitely worth a look if you’re not familiar with netcat.

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Flock review

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

I spent some time with the Flock “social browser” a few weeks ago, and the review is up now on NewsForge. Check it out if you’re interested. Overall, I liked it, and I’m looking forward to the next set of … Continue reading →

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A look at PunBB

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

I’ve set up a PunBB bulletin board for discussion on the site, and wrote up my experiences with PunBB for NewsForge.com. Overall, I liked PunBB quite a lot. It’s well worth a look if you’re in the market for a … Continue reading →

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Win4Lin review

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

If you’re interested in running Windows applications, but under Linux, one option is Win4Lin Pro, an application that runs Windows XP or Windows 2000 under Linux. I wrote up a review of this software recently for Linux.com. Overall, not terribly … Continue reading →

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