Mastodon Mastodon Mastodon Systeemkabouter blog

My last switch to Linux

Posted on ma 03 april 2006 in desktop • Tagged with debian

From now on I will only be installing Debian GNU/Linux on computer at home. I've 'switched' for a number of times in the past, but I always thought that there would be something better. When even Mac OS X could not satisfy me, there was only one option left …


Continue reading

So much for 'professional' DNS hosting ... sigh

Posted on ma 03 april 2006 in services • Tagged with rant

systeemkabouter@saga:~$ traceroute  ns2.eurodns.com
traceroute to ns2.eurodns.com (80.92.67.140), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1  saga.privatenet (192.168.111.1)  2.523 ms  0.649 ms  0.688 ms
2  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  1.717 ms  1 …

Continue reading

Switch update

Posted on ma 03 april 2006 in desktop • Tagged with debian

This week I was able to remove two things on my 'switching to linux on the desktop' tasklist:

Configure remote control / lirc on media system (Trinity)

I haven't actually used it yet, but keypresses on my remote control are visible within the operating system

Fix wireless driver iBook

I did …


Continue reading

Commercial software is so tempting

Posted on za 18 maart 2006 in desktop • Tagged with windows

I want to watch MPEGs on my TV. So I took an old computer, added a recent videocard and tried using Linux/MythTV. Sure, I got it working more or less, but the interface was just too slow ..

After that I downloaded an 'evaluation' copy of Microsoft Windows XP media …


Continue reading

May have to install Debian on my iBook

Posted on za 18 maart 2006 in desktop • Tagged with apple, debian

I've had my iBook for almost a year now and it does what it should do all the time. But the way windows and menus are handled do not stop to annoy me. Not that their way of doing things is inferior to Windows or KDE, but it is so …


Continue reading