Arduino + Ethernet Sheild + Linux 64 Bit = Headache
I have been trying for the past few hours to get the simple web server sketch working with an arduino board and my recently acquired ethernet shield. All seemed to be going well the sketches were...
View ArticleFedora 15 – Initial Thoughts
I took the plunge a few days ago and updated my machines to Fedora 15. The results have been mixed. My netbook and laptop were the first to be upgrades with Intel and Nvidia graphics respectively. Both...
View ArticleFixed: Fedora 16 Printing
During my upgrade from Fedora 15 to 16 several things broke, this is nothing new there were alot of major graphical components updated. Those issues were resolved in the week following the F16 release....
View ArticleMy Raspberry Pi Is Almost Here
I have had an email today informing me that my Raspberry Pi has been dispatched. Hopefully it will be in my hands within the week.
View ArticleFedora 17 – Sluggish Firefox
The upgrade to Fedora 17 on my main system had gone well with no significant issues aside from one. When trying to start Firefox with multiple tabs loading it would hang locking the browser up. After...
View ArticleGoing Gecko
Using Linux has always presented me with a lot of choice as to how I want to use it and how it can work for me. I started my Linux journey with Gentoo and stayed with it for many years. But over time I...
View ArticleKeeping My Hat On
In my previous post I outlined my thinking about moving from Fedora to OpenSuse. I installed OpenSuse 12.3 onto mylaptop and had a play about. The installer was clean and easy to use and everything was...
View ArticleFedora 19 – Initial Impressions
I have just upgraded both my laptop and desktop machines to Fedora 19. Having had a few issues with the past couple of releases this upgrade has been almost flawless. The only issue I have noticed so...
View ArticleTmux – Solving The Problem Of Window Names
I was lucky enough to get a book on using tmux for Christmas. Following through the examples I noticed that I was not getting the expected behaviour when attempting to set window names. Commandline 1$...
View ArticleCooling Things Down
Summer is approaching and the weather is getting slowly warmer. This brings with it the annual problem of having a computer in the bedroom kicking out heat and making it too warm. Another issue that...
View ArticleBash Exploit
Bash Code Injection Vulnerability via Specially Crafted Environment Variables (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169) https://access.redhat.com/node/1200223 Well I read this article whilst I was at work. Upon...
View ArticleKeeping My Hat On
In my previous post I outlined my thinking about moving from Fedora to OpenSuse. I installed OpenSuse 12.3 onto mylaptop and had a play about. The installer was clean and easy to use and everything was...
View ArticleFedora 19 – Initial Impressions
I have just upgraded both my laptop and desktop machines to Fedora 19. Having had a few issues with the past couple of releases this upgrade has been almost flawless. The only issue I have noticed so...
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