GNU/Linux equivalents to popular fonts
GNU/Linux equivalents to popular fonts While the article is an interesting read, scroll down to the tables of equivalents. It looks like most of these are installed by default on Debian Wheezy. I know...
View ArticleA warning to new XFCE users accustomed to Ubuntu et. al.
Be safe this holiday season; keep your operating system up to date with all of the latest security patches! Just a word to new Debian XFCE users — refugees of the Great GNOME War — unlike both Ubuntu...
View ArticleLiving in the future with Debian
Setting up a new Debian system is incredibly easy! Download & burn/dd to a usb key the netinst (network install) image, forgetting to add XFCE to the boot line. Install an initially text-only...
View ArticleFullscreen GNU Emacs
Emacs has come a long way since I looked it last. Fullscreen support is now built-in and painless. Emacs fullscreen on launch To launch Emacs fullscreen: emacs -fs Emacs fullscreen via elisp Or to...
View ArticleTurning off Recommended Content on your Kindle Paperwhite to reclaim half of...
Along with turning off Special Offers (Advertisements) on Kindle Paperwhite, the other thing you might want to do with your new Kindle Paperwhite is to reclaim the lower half of your homescreen and...
View ArticleHow to fix Linux automatic screen brightness adjustment
I’ve had this happen on a couple of my laptops now: you switch windows from a window containing a lot of text to, say, a browser window with images and you screen suddenly darkens or lightens, all of...
View ArticleAmazon MP3s not returnable for refund
The title says it all. Today I learned that Amazon MP3s not returnable for refund. Other than that, I love Amazon MP3. It’s reasonably cross-platform (for a GNU/Linux user like myself) and too easy to...
View ArticleJCPenny has amazing WiFi
Now you can not only buy 100 percent cotton shower curtains, but you can also download your entire Android firmware update (~500 MB or half a gig) at the same time! Hopefully this plays out other...
View ArticleDebian Wheezy release date: slowly approaching!
At this point in time, there are 109 release-critical bugs (green line) standing between us and the release of Wheezy as stable. For a more detailed breakdown (and weekly updates) of the bugs, refer to...
View ArticleNew Chromebook feature: three-finger trackpad scrub moves between tabs!
I was browsing the Chrome Releases blog today, at the intersection between Chrome OS and Stable Updates and noticed an interesting new feature in the 27.0.1453.103 version release: Horizontal three...
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