Category Archives: Linux

How VI would look if Microsoft wrote it

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

An awesome blog post and animated image: http://blogs.sun.com/marigan/entry/how_the_vi_editor_would

Posted in Linux, Microsoft, Tech | 1 Comment

Vista morning ponderings

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

I’ve tried to post this message 3 times this morning and three times I’ve lost the post. First it was IE7 sucking and then it was my hosting company sucking worse and finally I’m starting over again. This time I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Tech, Ubuntu, Vista | 3 Comments

The 8 fallacies of distributed computing correction

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

I have a correction for the 8 fallacies of distributed computing that I think is relevant and as far as I can tell it has not been widely discussed. 3. Bandwidth is infinite I think it is more appropriate that … Continue reading →

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External monitor (VGA output) on my Dell 700m with Ubuntu

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

I can’t recall if I already posted this, but I did manage to get the VGA output working in order to use a external monitor or projector for my Dell 700m on Ubuntu. For this laptop the Fn-F8 key doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Tech, Ubuntu | 25 Comments

Setting a root password in Ubuntu

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

This is a response to a comment about Ubuntu that is on this blog entry. The person was having trouble setting a root password. This is really simple, but not really needed for almost everything since Ubuntu gives your user … Continue reading →

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