As an old gentoo user, installing a new machine isn’t really a thing to worry about. But as I am using many ssh sessions at once the problem is set up. What host am I using right now? A solution would be naming the konsole sessions (assumed you are using KDE)
Month: February 2007
Graphical Overkill
I do not want to beat around the bushes; instead I just kickstart the topic: Graphical Userinterfaces. Today you just get eyecandy. OpenGL on the desktop, transparency, everything is shiny and blinks. But why? Do we really need that?
Vista – What now?
Curse or cure? New or recycled? Who really knows… Anyways – I have checked the actual pricing for Vista. For my taste it is too expensive and I do not see any use for it by now – or is there a good reason for an upgrade?
The new firewall
Sunday, February 4th I switched firewalls. The old Shorewall box with its features now belongs to the past. pfSense is my new way to go. You might ask, why I decided to do so. It’s a lesson learned in time by now. Building everything from scratch is nice, cool and gives unique features that no other product offer […]
Goodbye to my guild – and now?
The guild I was a member of is currently more dead than alive. And it was always me helping others out, no matter what I was about to do. But if it was me, needing some help nobody had time or was willing to help. – So I decided to leave. Hard times started. By now if I […]
A new line
Today I got great news: My new quarter goes online. Well – that’s the plan so far. The technical staff of the Telekom Austria was already there setting up the wires. Now I am waiting for my ISP to receive the modem. Tomorrow I will test the new line and get things done for Sunday to move the […]