tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86434522011-04-21T19:10:56.547-05:00I like basically everything related to computer: linux, system administration, graphics design, programming, networking, security, audio editing, etc. I love hanging out with my friends and going to the movies with them and such.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536999422302521839noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643452.post-4355648025509599772007-08-17T00:59:00.000-05:002007-08-17T01:00:36.030-05:00

Virtualization seems to be all the buzz these days, and with good reason. Virtualization has in my case saved me from running Windows primarily at work and could do the same for you.With my new laptop up and running great with lots power to spare I wanted to finally try out a virtualization solution. I decided to go with Virtualbox because VMWare and Xen seemed harder to setup and I have heard

Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536999422302521839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643452.post-60390007583628204852007-04-15T13:26:00.000-05:002007-04-15T13:38:55.682-05:00

After the credit card companies in the USA decided that they wanted to play a ethical role and ban people from using AllOfMP3 I have not been able to purchase music. Now I could have bought some through iTunes but then I would get DRM and crappy quality files and it would cost about the same as just buying the CD. (That's right, I am a cheap bastard AND an audiophile) After a long while of

Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536999422302521839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643452.post-38929181662771506612007-02-13T08:56:00.000-05:002007-02-13T00:14:00.433-05:00

Last time I used Kubuntu was back on Hoary. I was not very happy with it then because they changes Konqueror to a look a way that I did not like. They also made some other changes I did not like and would much rather have a vanilla KDE install. After a long time I decided it was time to try it again. I downloaded Edgy and popped it in.The goodThe installer is very nice and simple, just as good as

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So the friend I converted to Linux earlier finally got high speed internet (happy, happy, joy, joy). His family picked up a Wireless router and a NIC. I told him to get a Linksys WMP54G NIC because that is the one I have and it works perfectly in Linux. Well of course it didn't work, appearently version 4 (the one I have) uses the rt2500 driver and version 4.1 (the one my friend was using) uses

Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536999422302521839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643452.post-78502805932479788482006-12-29T12:00:00.000-05:002007-02-13T00:11:55.249-05:00

I was finally able to play my Wii on Christmas. I am extremely happy with it but let me give the details.When you start up the Wii the interface is very simple and easy to use. It will ask you some simple questions when you set it up. It is as you can expect to be a little weird when you first use the Wiimote but after a minute it will feel almost natural. The Wiimote is smaller and lighter than

Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536999422302521839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643452.post-73404632780411894312006-12-10T15:39:00.000-05:002007-02-13T00:12:47.016-05:00

Recently my Gentoo install has been getting more and more problems, I'm not sure why and no one else seems to be having similar problems. I decided it was time to backup my files and start over since I had no clue where to even start to fix the problems. I had been looking at Sabayon, a Gentoo-based distro, for a while and liked what I saw so I thought I would take this opportunity to test it.

Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10536999422302521839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643452.post-68747468037352281012006-10-30T15:35:00.000-05:002007-02-13T00:13:07.604-05:00

I have been pretty busy recently, but I just wanted to give an update. Recently it was my 18th birthday so I got 2 main new thing.I got a new 20.1" Widescreen LCD and it is NICE! It works perfectly and looks amazing. The first 3 games (Sauerbraten, Warzone 2100, and Darwinia) I tried all supported its recommended widescreen resolution -- 1680x1050, but some of the others I haven't had much luck

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My friend's computer was filled with spyware and trojans and it is pretty crappy (really old laptop and missing some keyboard keys), it barely ran at all. So he paid for some new parts and I pieced together my old computer using some new parts. Well that's what I have been doing for the past month and I ran into some trouble. First I got everything all setup and then I find out the motherboard

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