Gecko Linux is a wee bit different than my original article on this topic. Still, you can kind of muddle your way through using that Debian based article. Gecko is Open SuSE based, therefore uses RPMs and has different package names. Ahhhh, the blissful anarchy of Linux . . . and people wonder why it isn’t more widely adopted! I will assume you did the first part of the previous article and already have your … TerraMaster F4-210 and Gecko LinuxRead more
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Too Big to AGILE
You won’t find a professional willing to touch AGILE with a hundred mile pole. No, getting paid to write software doesn’t make you a professional anymore than winning $20 shooting hoops at the park makes you a professional basketball player. There is a quality of skill and technique one must have. If you are “doing AGILE” you have proven to the world you don’t have it. Roland Hughes I have had to utter that quote … Too Big to AGILERead more
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Windows 10 – No Video Display After Update
No video display after update will be a relentless theme over the next few months. You have already seen my post about Manjaro breaking with updates. Yes, had I paid attention, I could have “fixed” that from a terminal by un-installing the NVidia drivers. At least Linux has a generic driver that will let you use it as a video card. You just cannot use the GPU for things like BOINC. This is why you … Windows 10 – No Video Display After UpdateRead more
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RedDiamond AppImage
It has been a while since I posted about RedDiamond, the editor with EDT keypad navigation, but there is finally an AppImage of it. Granted the New World Order wants Flatpaks of everything, but this is one small step. Those of you who are interested can follow the journey forward from its first post starting here. Given Qt Company has gotten Qt run out of much of the IT industry on a rail. Yes, with … RedDiamond AppImageRead more
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So, Did Manjaro Quit Working for You Today?
Manjaro quit working today, but it is Friday. Did I deploy my tried and true embedded systems root cause analysis skills? Hell no! It’s Friday and it was working before I turned it off to connect it to a KVM. All I was doing was bringing one other machine back on-line because that client had more work for me. I dutifully powered off the 6-core AMD and cabled everything up through the dual monitor KVM. … So, Did Manjaro Quit Working for You Today?Read more