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Building an OpenServer 5.0.7 System on New Hardware in 2013

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Apr 24, 2013 5:44 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: SCO
Yeah, I know. OpenServer is not Linux by any means. But some of you may know someone who may need to read this article. Pass it on.

FOSS: Breaking the Chains of Apple and Microsoft

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Apr 20, 2013 6:22 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Linux
A recent event with a local client has started me thinking, again, about Microsoft, Apple, FOSS and vendor lock-in. I am not a proponent of vendor lock-in. ...

Replace Strings In Text Files

  • ERA Computers & Consulting; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Mar 7, 2013 3:15 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
... I have dozens of scripts on our support system here that had the old dyn.com domains in them for connection to the client sites when providing service each month. ...

FOSS+CSS: Closed Source DOS Accounting Meets Linux and DOSEMU

... Two of the other locations run DOS based Advantage Accounting Point of Sale on stand-alone DOS boxes. One of these boxes I had built them about 10 years ago finally gave out. ...

FOSS: A Linux Conversion

... Jerry is on a fixed income and cannot afford to replace the PC with a new one running “Microsoft Latest OS!” at this time. I talked with Jerry about his options, and he decided to give Linux a shot on this old Dell.

Open Source: Oooo that rackin’ frackin’ … e-mail!

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Jun 5, 2012 3:22 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Recently I have been emulating Yosemite Sam, but with less creative verbiage. “Why?”, you may ask. Well, it is due to the “new and improved” Evolution 3.4.1 in my shiny Mageia 2 upgrade on my daily use tower PC.

Open Source: Mageia 1 to Mageia 2 Upgrade

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on May 22, 2012 5:20 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
I am jumping the gun a bit and upgrading my Mageia 1 installation on my personal / business SOHO desktop PC tonight, May 21st, to Mageia 2. ... This upgrade is being done over the Internet using the new Mageia 2 media sources with ‘urpmi –auto-update -v’ from a command line login as root on console #1.

Open Source: Homeschool Computing

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Apr 30, 2012 2:54 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
... As a homeschool parent once told me, she would never allow her children on the Internet without her or her husband present. ... I think I might have an answer for that homeschool mother and other homeschooling parents in a similar situation. The answer, of course, involves Linux and FOSS.

Open Source: Mageia 2 (Cauldron) Looking Good

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Apr 18, 2012 6:37 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
If you have not been following the saga of the Mageia Linux distribution then you are unaware that Mageia 2 is slated to be released on May 15th. At this point the distribution is in Beta 3 testing and then will have a Release Candidate out right around May 2nd.

Open Source: Using Mageia 1 for Six Months Now

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Mar 22, 2012 11:33 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Mandriva; Story Type: News Story
Back in the Fall of 2011, September 4th to be exact, I decided it was time to migrate from the sinking ship of Mandriva to the new Mageia distribution which is based on the best of Mandriva while leaving the chaff of Mandriva behind. It is now six months later and I am ready to report on my experience so far. To sum up this article in a sentence, “Mageia works and works well.” If you just want the summary, that is it, you can stop reading here. If you want more, read on. I will start with what I haven’t liked since that is my shorter list.

Linux XFS Defragmentation

  • ERA Computers & Consulting; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Dec 15, 2011 4:52 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
There is a lot of debate over whether or not one should defragment file systems on Linux. Frankly, in most cases fragmentation of Linux file systems is probably not a problem. However, in a very few cases fragmentation might be a problem.

Open Source: A GUI Minimalist Tries e17

… and likes it … well, mostly. Hopefully this article will help you if you are searching for that “just right for me” GUI on your Unix/Linux system. But be sure to give e17 a try yourself, do not just pass it over because of anything you may read on the web.

Security: Linux, OS X, Unix and Malware (Viruses)

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Dec 1, 2011 9:51 AM EDT)
  • Story Type:
I recently had the opportunity to look into the anti-malware world of Apple OS X. One of our clients moved to a new office in late October 2011. As part of this move they also moved from Microsoft operating systems and software to Apple OS X systems and software, making a clean break from all things Microsoft. While researching their question about anti-malware for OS X I found that the world of anti-malware for OS X is just as fraught with information and disinformation from Apple fans, Apple opponents and anti-malware vendors as the world of Linux seems to be at times with its fans and detractors. I came to the following conclusion which is paraphrased and expanded from the e-mail I sent our client.

Open Source: When Updates are NOT the Problem

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Nov 24, 2011 1:13 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Kernel, Linux; Story Type: News Story
I recently had a fun experience. My Mageia 1 Linux system seemed to be experiencing hard lockups requiring a push of the reset button to “resolve”. By “hard”, I mean no keyboard input, no program updates showing in X and sometimes no ping response from another PC on the LAN. I had run some updates, including a new kernel update, and these lockups appeared after running the updates. Cause and effect. Yes? Well, no. It turned out I was having a hardware problem. Here is how I figured that out.

Open Source: Why Military Forces Should Use Linux

Why? Because the level of skill required to crack a Unix-like OS is much higher than that needed for a Microsoft OS. Further, properly configured Unix-like systems are much more robust than Microsoft systems. Were Military forces using properly configured and properly secured Unix or Linux systems we would not see items like these below being reported.

Open Source: Niche Markets, Linux and Microsoft

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Oct 3, 2011 11:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
If you are a Linux protagonist who has been around as long, or longer, that I have, you have seen responses like these over and over as to why Linux distributions will never go mainstream on the PC desktop:

Custom Weekly Backup with tar

  • ERA Computers & Consulting; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Sep 26, 2011 1:01 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
This page describes one method of backing up data from one's Linux or Unix based system to an external medium using a bash script and tar. Here is the script for the impatient ones who "Just want some code!"

Open Source: Live Migration of Mandriva to Mageia

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Sep 5, 2011 12:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
I took the plunge to migrate my personal / business desktop PC from Mandriva 2010.2 to Mageia 1 today (Sunday, 4 September 2011). I used the instructions from this page: Migrate from Mandriva Linux. ...

Open Source: Mandriva 2011 vs Mageia 1

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Sep 4, 2011 1:04 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Linux
As of today I find myself in the position of deciding whether or not to stick with my previously preferred distribution, Mandriva Linux. This is a bittersweet realization for me.

Open Source Horror Story – A Linux Recovery Tale

  • The ERACC Web Log; By Gene Alexander (Posted by eracc on Sep 2, 2011 8:45 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Hi children! I know it is a bit early for scary tales, we usually get to those in October. But I have one for you that you just might want to hear now. So. Get your hot cocoa, your S’mores and your sleeping bag and come over here by the fire. I have a tale of chills and thrills to tell you young’uns. There now. Are you all snuggled in and ready for a scary tale? Good. Here goes …

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