Monthly Archives: January 2005
Beagle…
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
GNOME based distro using Conary
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
PowerPC Meet Conary!
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
Fedex Woes
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
Sushi… Yum!
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
GNOME-Blog, no excuses anymore…
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
Can’t waste 123GB
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
Linksys wireless game adapter…
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
So much todo…
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
Conary meet PowerPC
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 … Continue reading