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Archive for May, 2009

Disinformation Disinfected, Pt. 1

Posted by Jason on May 30, 2009

brunocb-statux-de-la-liberte-g2One of the things that bothers me about Novell is there are a few very vocal people pumping out a lot of disinformation. Some of it I have touched on in passing, but I might just try my hand at pointing out one point at a time in a series of posts. Fear my blogging!

Most of the disinformation is in the areas of mono and Moonlight (no surprise there), but I’ll start with what I consider a clear cut case of hypocrisy from another controversial Novell project…

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Graphing dependencies

Posted by Jason on May 28, 2009

nerdtuxHere is a neat (?) way to tie up two things I like: simple bash extensions and messing about with packages!

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Upgrade to Jaunty

Posted by Jason on May 24, 2009

ubuntuI figured this was a good time to upgrade my desktop to Jaunty; it has been out for a while, so I hope any major bugs are squished, and it is a long weekend, so I have time in case there is a problem!

Read on for my thoughts on the update process and some initial impressions…

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NoScript and AdBlock Plus – Dramas!

Posted by Jason on May 3, 2009

Maybe you’ve already read a bit about the big stink around NoScript? Well, here is my take on it. Read the rest of this entry »

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