Recently I’ve had to do some work for what _has_ to be the last company on the face of the planet still using Windows for anything. Since I did not wish to install that virus on any machine I had I purchased a refurbished I-7 HP Slimline quad core. I loaded it up with 16Gig of RAM, a 6Gig/second 1TB SATA drive and some NVidia card with 384 CUDA core. Far from the best machine … Have You Ever Noticed How Windows Fonts SUCK?Read more
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Scite Properties
This post is more for me than anyone else. It’s a Scite properties file I keep around to configure the editor. From time to time I load the Scite text editor when working at client sites. I load it a lot less now since it has developed more oddities than I care to put up with, but I recently loaded it on Ubuntu 14.04 at a client site and was once again faced with the … Scite PropertiesRead more
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Qt 5.4 and MP4
This question keeps coming up. There are many “half answers” posted on-line. I call them “half answers” because they ass-u-me you have already built Qt from source or have some other expert level knowledge. Here are the instructions for the hapless schmoe. First you have to “find” the source. This isn’t quite as easy as it sounds. You need to visit the official releases site for Qt. Then you need to select the version you … Qt 5.4 and MP4Read more
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Was Leaving LinkedIn Your New Years Eve Resolution?
It was mine. Thousands of others didn’t bother to wait and more thousands will be leaving this year. This is a site which one time had a purpose but is now less relevant than MySpace (remember MySpace?). In management’s misguided effort to chase FaceBook and Twitter customer bases they have made changes to the site which make it less than useless for professional groups. Wasn’t the entire point of LinkedIn professional groups? The site has … Was Leaving LinkedIn Your New Years Eve Resolution?Read more
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Debian on Nextbook Flexx
Ah, the continuing saga of trying to get Linux on Nextbook devices. Much additional research turned up Debian having a multi-arch distro. I downloaded the nearly 4 Gig file and followed procedures listed in my earlier post. I was quite pleased to see the thumb drive needed no modifications for Debian installer to boot, however, my pleasure was short lived. Debian has no driver for RTL8723BS SDIO wifi devices. Adding insult to injury, it would … Debian on Nextbook FlexxRead more