John Eddie Kerr's blog
In the the movie "Blood Work" there is a scene where actor Clint Eastwood is interviewing a witness to a murder.
There could be lots of reasons for this to happen. I guess it takes a librarian type like myself to be reading the titles on the bookshelf in a movie in the first place -- I asked a librarian friend if he does it and he does so this could be a common disease. But I supposed it would take a Linuxy geek to notice and get somewhat excited about a row of Linux books in a movie. So far the only other person to comment on this particular siting can be located here: br-linux.org/noticias/000314.html
Question: Did anyone else notice this? Anyway, seeing a Linux manual prominently displayed in a movie "Made My Day". |
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On the day that Lucid Lynx was released I threw caution to the wind and upgraded my main computer. It was running Karmic Koala at the time and I thought that the upgrade should be painless, even though conventional wisdom dictates to wait a bit after a new release. But I have heard so many good things about Lucid Lynx, and a fresh install of the beta version on an old computer I had at work was very impressive. I am happy to report that the upgrade went very well, I am pleased. The computer runs faster under Lucid Lynx than it did under Karmic Koala. This is a bonus as Karmic gave me an increase in speed as well. Except one thing. My printer was not recognised at all. To make matters worse the printing utility did not work either. Perhaps I should say except for three things because my wife was waiting anxiously for me to print something for her. To make a long story short, the usual great aid that the Linux community provides had the answer. I just had to re-install CUPS. So If you are having this problem too, just go to Synaptic Package Manager, find the package named Cups and click on it to re-install. While you are at it, if you have not done so already, try this on the command line: sudo apt-get install cups-pdf that will install the driver that permits you to print to a PDF file. It is great for saving (and then printing later if you must) a webpage like this one. Despite being very happy with Lucid Lynx, I am going to miss the Koala Bear that I had on my desktop. Update For thaose of you who are having problems with wicd in Kubuntu or if you would like to read about the Kubuntu release try this link: baheyeldin.com/technology/linux/upgrade-kubuntu-lucid-lynx-1004-lts.html
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Hi My entries will now be in the form of a "story" and can be found here dispersed on the home page of Cooking With Linux site -- Just one click away Cheers!! John |
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[Update November 27, 2008. -- Linux Magazine has stopped producing a print version as well: http://www.linux-mag.com/magazine.] The last print edition of PC Magazine will be the January 2009 edition : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335009,00.asp . I am not surprised as we have seen the magazine get thiner over the years. I wonder if this is a taste of what is to come for other publications? It is more than just economic factors. Sure prices of magazines could be relative in price to what they were twenty years ago. But at $7.00 plus for almost any magazine today, that is hovering around the $100.00 mark per publication per year. That can be a day's pay for many of us. Then there is the environmental issue. |
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A title like that is bound to get your attention, now that I have it, I would like to say something to all of the Linux enthusiasts out there. Now I ask you, how many times have you talked to a Windows user about Linux this year? Was there any result from your enthusiastic pitch: i.e. did anyone install Linux? Often we don't know. The problem is, without giving someone a tangible item to remember your conversation and or to take action with, we may have wasted time and energy. |
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(The answer is yes, see below) Wow, we crashed the servers at OpenOffice. Well that may not be a good thing, but it shows just how popular the alternative to that other office suite is. I hope that someone at OpenOffice.org can find a way to count how many downloads of the Linux versions are made. That would give us a very good estimate as to the number of Linux users there are. I did my part, I have the deb.tar.gz on my desktop now. |
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First we have the Free Software and Open Source Symposium in Toronto, Oct 23/24. http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/ A list of the presentations are here: http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/?q=node/14 Then there is the Ontario Linux Fest on October 25. |
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Toronto has a lot going on, especially if you are into Linux. For those in your family who are not into Linux there is lots to do for them as well.
Unlike our host, I am not an expert on fine wine. However, I do like good wine, and I do believe that good wine can come from anyplace that has the right climate, the right soil and of course a talented vinter. I am a "if it tastes good, who cares where it came from?" kind of guy. Mind you some Ontario wines are, well, lets say they might make good anti-freeze This summer Mary and I went on a local holiday. We went to a small town on the north shore of Lake Erie called Port Stanley. Excellent place to get away from it all. Just north of Port Stanley we found a wonderful winery called Qaui du Vin. |
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Hello everyone
I never had much of a need for a webcam. Over a year ago I found one at a cheap price and without checking for Linux compatibility I bought the thing, but it had a spotty record for working with Linux so it sat on the shelf collecting dust until today. Ubuntu forums said it works out of the box now. It being a EZcam III. So I plugged it in, turned on my computer -- nothing. I got it working, thanks to Shantanu Goel who wrote at Ubuntu Geek: Tip: Getting Your Webcam To Work In Ubuntu Here are the steps that I took: |
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Tonight, on the WFTL Linux Show http://flash9.ustream.tv:18881/broadcast/247959/247959_1220427291891.flv
Marcel and I were talking about the number of Linux users that were out there. A prediction of 20% for Linux in 2008 was a bit high in my estimation because I saw another website that placed us around 2% http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php.
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