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...]

A couple of months ago, I ordered a new Western Digital 500GB SATA hard drive from Walmart.com.

I was planning to reinstall Debian Linux on it from scratch, using ext4 partitions, while still keeping my older SATA hard drive, so that I could boot it up and use it until my new Linux setup was completely configured and ready to hit the ground running.

Several days later, [more...]

Many years ago, Web pages were static.

Words and images.

And hyperlinks.

Simple displays of information.

Then someone thought, [more...]

If you’re a Windows user, have you gotten sick of having to worry about your computer’s security?

Or having to spend your time or pay someone else to repeatedly disinfect if from all of the bad stuff that keeps infecting it?

Windows’ swiss cheese-like security was one of the main reasons that I started looking for an alternative about 11 years ago, and [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...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that I became a full-time Linux user (instead of Windows) on my home-office computers back in July of 2006.

In the past 5 years, my Linux computers have all been completely virus, spyware and malware-free, despite the tact that none of them run any antivirus, malware, spyware or firewall software.

In fact, I’ve rarely ever had to do any [more...]

I’ve been a Mac person.

And I’ve been a PC person.

For awhile, I was both at the same time.

But, for the past 5 years, I’ve been [more...]

If you’re using Microsoft Windows, then it’s only a matter of time before your computer becomes infected with some sort of virus, trojan, or other type of malware.

That is, if it isn’t already infected right now.

That’s just the way it is.

If you’re using Mac OS or Linux, [more...]