Monthly Archives: January 2005

Beagle…

Posted on January 29, 2005 by kenvandine

Got Beagle cooked up yesterday in my repository… and it is cool.. Still have some issues to work out, but I think they are related to the inotify patch to the kernel. I need to figure out how to how … Continue reading →

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GNOME based distro using Conary

Posted on January 27, 2005 by kenvandine

Thanks to the fine developers over at Specifix, shadows are available! So, I have created a shadow of their main distro using the conary label conary.vandine.org@ken:desktop (this namespace will change when we think of a cool name). This shadow will … Continue reading →

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PowerPC Meet Conary!

Posted on January 25, 2005 by kenvandine

Well, I have made progress towards my goal of porting Specifix Linux to PPC. I now have Ubuntu installed on my ibook with Conary installed and working. Yes, on my iBook. For anyone that has been reading this blog, I … Continue reading →

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Fedex Woes

Posted on January 22, 2005 by kenvandine

Well, i pre-ordered a copy of iLife ’05 to help with my home video project. It was to be delivered by the 22nd. Well, Fedex says they delivered it yesterday… but to the wrong address. Funny thing, they have 2 … Continue reading →

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Sushi… Yum!

Posted on January 22, 2005 by kenvandine

Tonight we had sushi, nothing fancy… but we pickup some various rolls at Harris Teeter. It was soooo good. I have never bought sushi @ the grocery store before, and I was pleased. Perhaps you really can get edible sushi … Continue reading →

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GNOME-Blog, no excuses anymore…

Posted on January 12, 2005 by kenvandine

Well, today I packaged up gnome-blog for Specifix Linux. It is a very simple applet that allows you to post to most popular blogging systems. It is very simple, and easy to use… so now I have no excuse not … Continue reading →

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Can’t waste 123GB

Posted on January 12, 2005 by kenvandine

So the G4 I bought off Ebay works great! One problem, the ATA interface on the Sawtooth doesn’t see more that 127GB of my 250GB drive I added. So I had to buy a Sonnet Tempo ATA133 PCI card. Now … Continue reading →

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Linksys wireless game adapter…

Posted on January 7, 2005 by kenvandine

Don’t buy one! I picked one up early this year, figured it would be handy to have on hand for when I needed to get a box without functioning wireless on my wireless network. Sounds simple, it is a bridge … Continue reading →

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So much todo…

Posted on January 5, 2005 by kenvandine

I am finally settled into the new house and it is time to get back to my projects. Here is a list of what I am working on: I have promised Laurie I would get all of our videos of … Continue reading →

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Conary meet PowerPC

Posted on January 2, 2005 by kenvandine

Just picked up an old Mac on eBay, Dual processor G4 450Mhz. Good machine, I hope to get it in a week or so. First order of business is to cook up a Conary based distro for PPC The primary … Continue reading →

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