Author: KenMcConnell

This Article from Wired about a guy who just wanted his cell phone for talking on – not internet access and listening to music with, started out promising enough, but then fell down.  It seems that the telco's want you…

The Geek Garage, a local Boise, ID website devoted to Open Source Programming, Linux and Ham Radio, will be sponsoring a table at the local Boise Hamfest this month. We’ll have a modest PC running Ubuntu to show off Linux…

Someone introduced me to Deviant Art a while back and now I have a gallery there –> http://kemcco.deviantart.com/ A few oil paintings I did a long time ago and some recent line art work of star ships that appear in…

I've yet to get this one into my thick skull, so here it is and now I can search for it again. tar -xjvf

10. Only seen when you update the kernel, not for your “Must Have” security updates. “You have successfully updated your computer, please reboot for the changes to take affect.” 9. The Shell. 8. Your application freezes X server, ctl-alt-f2 login…

Recently a good friend of mine has been toying with Linux. He’s come at it with a largely open mind and has wrestled with getting some pretty complicated features working on his laptop. He’s a long time Windows user and…