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doug4hn

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About doug4hn

Largely interested in open-source, Linux, and UNIX with emphasis on systems administration, virtualization, and infrastructure.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #6034875

    I and my wife posted comments to the author's blog and the comments were deleted.

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    Comment #6034429

    Didn't Apple's Tim Cook say/recommend (to Duke MBAs) to "break the rules"?

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    Comment #6019937

    The server for http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en took too long to respond. It may be overloaded. Error code: 504

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    Comment #5789800

    I found out about Yerba mate when looking for alternatives for coffee. BTW, I'm in the Southern US near Atlanta.

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    Comment #5789282

    I've had some creative sessions w/ moderate Yerba mate consumption and haven't experienced the health issues some say it has.

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    Comment #5789145

    Surprised I haven't seen it announced on Distrowatch or OSNews yet. Also have to admit I miss Live-CD images and minimal/network install images.

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    Comment #5573014

    I downloaded a "pre-release" or beta of this recently and it was absolutely wonderful installing it compared to other recent Linux distros, including Fedora 18 (anaconda problems) …

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    Comment #5572977

    It pays to have experience with hostile work environments where harassment and threats is an issue before you start work. If you get stuck in one of these, try to learn from it and…

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    Comment #5567170

    There's still some write-ups out there on the ultra low voltage unit and optional extended life battery that I bought with it.

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    Comment #5564338

    Yeah, don't plan on upgrading. Really little more than a "glorified typewriter", but still very cute & light.

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    Comment #5564084

    I've kept every single computer I've owned. Still thrilled with how well my Zeos 386 notebook (from the early 90's) works w/ Linux and that ultra thin Sharp PC-UM10 (from '01) that…

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    Comment #5560264

    When I was a kid, I experienced the explosion at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Definitely changed my life. Did anyone else here go thru that?

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    Comment #5531563

    LXDE & Enlightenment work well for me, even inside a virtual machine.

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    Comment #5491415

    Some are just stuck because they can't go elsewhere because of traffic jams and they don't want to go inside because it's too crowded or too many people waiting in line for coffee …

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    Comment #5491134

    I find that more people aren't even going into the coffee shop. They just park outside close enough to get a good wifi signal and relax in their car or van for hours on end.

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    Comment #5416366

    Maybe these need to be updated? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_window_managers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_Window_System_d...

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    Comment #4944763

    A quick search of Dice dot com reveals the following: Red Hat - 991 RedHat - 769 CentOS - 383 RHEL - 350 Ubuntu - 250 Debian - 125 I love Ubuntu on my personal laptop, but RHEL, Ce…

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    Comment #4711928

    I recently moved from a metro area to the rural countryside and I really hate it. Miss those conveniences, nearby places to go hang out, social interaction, user group meetings/mee…