SSH Tunneling
Long ago, in the before time, when I was using Windows I would occasionally tunnel an SSH connection through PuTTY to do VNC / remoting into my work computer. At an AWS workshop I recently learned how to do this … Continued
Making the Switch
Since January of this year (2010), I have helped 3 separate people make the switch over to Linux from Windows. Last year I helped two people do it, and I am currently in the process of converting our desktop (used … Continued
Quake-style terminal window
Updated: Aug 28 2012 Long ago (mid-90’s), there was a revolutionary 3-d first-person-shooter game called “Quake”, made by id Software, the same people that made DooM a few years before. Quake had this really cool feature where you could press … Continued
Switching to Linux: First Month Retrospective
Well, it’s been one month. I figured since I had blogged obsessively for the first week, it seemed only fair to see how things stand after the initial test-period. Before I get to the details, the general opinion I have … Continued
Linux & Biking
A while back, I wrote a post about biking to work, which still stands. Having biked to work the past two days, I still agree with everything I said back then. The main difference is that now I am wearing … Continued
Switching to Linux Day 4: Syncing Outlook to gCalendar
Back to work today. Over the past 2 days, I’ve established this laptop’s pwnage as a gaming machine (it pwns). But how does it, and more importantly, how does Linux hold up in an environment that has been more or … Continued
Switching to Linux Day 3: Gaming
This morning I played a full game (one-on-one, vs. AI) of Civilization IV. It ran awesomely. The graphics and sound both looked/sounded terrific. There was a small glitch with one of my save files (WINe claimed responsibility), but I didn’t … Continued
Switching to Linux Day 2: Remnants of Windows
So lots more win since yesterday. Pictured here, in a screen cap of my Desktop, you can see VirtualBox OSE, running a legit copy of Win XP. In the lower-left is a network share from my desktop computer across the … Continued
Switching to Linux Day 1: Initial Thoughts
It’s glorious. 😀 (Coke can for scale) Ok — so anyone that’s been following me on Twitter or Facebook has probably seen me in a near-apopleptic frenzy waiting for my laptop. It was actually not scheduled to arrive until Monday, … Continued