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kennywest: The story of the Cobalt Qube
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. The story of the Cobalt Qube. The other week, a friendly colleague of mine brought me a small present. He gave me one of his Cobalt Qube. Which was collecting dust at his home. He was certain that I could give it a better use. I think I can still remember the days these things hit the market (somewhere in the late 90's). This was a home / office server appliance way before the people of Microsoft thought up their Windows Home Server. Getting the serial connection to work. While...
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kennywest: openSuSE 12.1
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Monday, November 21, 2011. I've been using Ubuntu for quite some time now. Ever since the issues I've encountered while upgrading from Hoary, to Breezy, to Dapper, I decided to stick with LTS (or Long Term Support) releases. I don't care about using bleeding edge technology, I just want a PC that works. Being a first hour kubuntu with KDE4. User, I was a little bit displeased with the latest. Is very KDE oriented, I decided to give openSuSE 12.1. Using the proprietary nvidia drivers is a manual.
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kennywest: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012. I've been using f-spot. For quite some time now to manage my photo collection. When looking at their. Homepage, I noticed the last version was released somewhere in 2010 (? In software terms, this makes f-spot ancient technology :) so I started to wonder. Browsing through their mailinglist, I came across this. The f-spot database to digikam. Maybe I should give this a try . I'll keep you posted. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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kennywest: Easy backups on Linux
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Easy backups on Linux. Anyway if your install is broken after a dist-upgrade (or any upgrade) it's always nice to have a backup at hand. In search of the ideal, most flexible, backup tool out there I found mondo. So, people, stop asking for a backup tool for Linux on forums, this one will suite your needs. Unlike some other tools, mondo. Comes with an ncurses. Based UI to help you easily create backups. I still like the command line version though, so here's my script:.
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kennywest: December 2013
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Thursday, December 26, 2013. Creating backups of your home folder. I don't think I have to tell you that creating backups is necessary. You never know how and when disaster will strike. To prevent loss of data I have been using the following strategy for a while:. Create a backup on a weekly basis to 2 disks on-site. Switch one of the on-site disks with an off-site disk (stored in a safe in a bank). Author: Brice Burgess - bhb@iceburg.net. Multi backup.sh - backup to a local drive using rsync. The file s...
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kennywest: openSUSE 13.1
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Thursday, December 26, 2013. 2 years ago, I finally decided to ditch Ubuntu (kubuntu actually) and give openSUSE a try. Since that day, it has been running fine and stable without any problems. 12.1 was getting old, however, and I thought the other weekend was the perfect timing to re-install my main computer with the latest-and-greatest openSUSE 13.1. Impossible. I have found a thread. I guess this will be solved in a more recent version of the driver. Nvidia-settings - assign CurrentMetaMode="DFP-0: 19...
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kennywest: Creating backups of your home folder
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Thursday, December 26, 2013. Creating backups of your home folder. I don't think I have to tell you that creating backups is necessary. You never know how and when disaster will strike. To prevent loss of data I have been using the following strategy for a while:. Create a backup on a weekly basis to 2 disks on-site. Switch one of the on-site disks with an off-site disk (stored in a safe in a bank). Author: Brice Burgess - bhb@iceburg.net. Multi backup.sh - backup to a local drive using rsync. The file s...
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kennywest: Using the Qube as a NAS device 1
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Using the Qube as a NAS device 1. Some time ago I described. My adventures in installing Debian (Lenny at that time) on an old Qube 2. It was cool to install it, but I didn't find a proper use for it. So it has been gathering dust for a while, until I decided to use it as a backup server for my desktop and wyse. So, this weekend I decided to fire up my favorite mondo. Script and create a backup for the wyse (before dist-upgrading it to squeeze). The idea is simple:.
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kennywest: NK Concept Car, all pieces arrived ... finally
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Monday, September 19, 2011. NK Concept Car, all pieces arrived . finally. Today the final package containing 14 missing red lift arms. Arrived. I had to place 5 orders in 5 different stores, for a total of EUR 380 to get all the necessary parts for this car. Most parts (and the largest order) where found in Juergen's. Store I am still missing the wheel covers. These have become very rare and very expensive. Since I think these are ugly, I might not order these anyway. Pictures coming soon!
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kennywest: August 2011
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Alright, I'll admit it I am an Adult Fan of Lego (or AFOL). Maybe this doesn't make me a real adult, but you'd be surprised to see how many people my age are still buying sets or creating MOCs (My Own Creations). My love for Lego started many years ago with a Universal Building Set. After that, many sets followed, ranging from space ships. I have always been fond of the larger, more complicated Technic sets. I also remember being very fond of the Technic chassis series ( 853.
