@pjain – My Ramblings on Tech, Startups, Economics, Crypto, Investing and more
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So many repositories, so little time …
The number of YUM repositories for Fedora is growing larger and larger. I’ve been playing with YAM to try and build a local yum mirror of many of these repositories so I can keep multiple machines current but it’s getting harder and harder to keep up wiht all the repos…
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Apple’s Move to Intel
Apple’s recent announcement to move to Intel chips isn’t very surprising. However, it will create significant challenges for Linux companies like Novell and RedHat. As Apple makes the transition, more and more Linux users and more and more Windows users will be likely to pick up a $499 Mac Mini than they will be to…
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Fedora Core 4
Fedora Core 4 was released in the middle of June with some interesting enhancements/additions. Click here to download it. So far, FC4 is the most stable and simplest Fedora release that I’ve run. I was able to install it on my Thinkpad T40 and have everything up and running in less than 45 minutes with…
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The Mac Saga Continues …
I’ve been using the Mac for roughly a month now and I love the machine but I just finished ordering a 1GB memory upgrae for the Mini. OSX desperately needs more memory. I’ve used Fink to install Gnome on OSX, not because I think it’s better or worse than Aqua, but more to see if…
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The Mac Mini II
Well, I’ve been playing with the Mini for just over a week now. Everything’s been pretty smooth other than needing lots of memory and being close to filling up the hard drive. Now, the fun part has been ssh’ing to my Linux box and trying to run Novell Evolution. So far, I’ve had no luck…
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