The other day, I downloaded the current Debian Squeeze (Stable) 6.0.2.1 Xfce+LXDE installation CD and installed its default Xfce choice from scratch onto a brand new ext4 hard drive partition of my existing Debian Wheezy PC.

Afterward, I added a few additional packages from the Debian Squeze repositories, including the Synapic GUI package manager and DesktopNova, my favorite automatic desktop wallpaper changer.

Then, in DesktopNova’s settings, I [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that Linux replaced Windows on my PCs in July of 2006.

As the Distrowatch Web site illustrates, there are hundreds of different Linux distros (flavors, models). Some are designed to be easy for beginners while others are designed for experienced users. Many are are designed for general use at home or in corporate settings, while others are designed for [more...]

In my home office, 2 of my 3 PCs have 32-bit CPUs, so I run a 32-bit version of Debian Linux on them.

But my newest PC has a 64-bit CPU.

So I run a 32-bit version of Debian Linux on it. [more...]

As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’ve been using Linux full-time instead of Windows since July of 2006.

Since Linux-based operating systems are basically open-source versions of the proprietary Unix operating system, many things [more...]

Two days ago, I installed Debian Squeeze onto my new 64-bit PC, using ext4 partitions, KDE4 and grub2.

Two nights ago, I was up until 3:00 AM, thanks to Debian Squeeze’s version of KDE4.

My experience may surprise you. It certainly surprised me. [more...]

This short announcement is to let you know that I plan to replace this announcement with today’s Journal post some time this evening, after I’ve taken a little nap.

Yesterday, I installed Debian Squeeze onto my new PC, using ext4 partitions, KDE4 and grub2.

Last night, I was up until 3:00 AM, thanks to [more...]

If you’ve been checking this site during the day today, wondering why I hadn’t posted anything yet, this post will explain why.

Regular readers of this Journal who are interested in techie stuff already know that it took me a long time to do it, but I got Network File System (NFS) working between my two computers about 2 weeks ago. [more...]

MY MAIN PC (debian1)               MY SECOND PC (debian2)
  AMD Athlon XP 2400+                Intel Pentium 4 (2 GHz)
  nVidia GeForce 6200 video card     nVidia GeForce 6200 video card
  22″ wide-screen LCD monitor        19″ normal-aspect LCD monitor
  1680 x 1050 resolution             1280 x 1024 resolution
  Debian Squeeze w/KDE 3.5.10        Puppy Linux (on a Live CD)

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