Well OK, it’s not a movie. But with all the excitement we’ve had lately about Mono I decided to do some research. to find out how it all started. Many links later, I think I’ve located the start of the current controversy, and a bit better understanding of it. This set of links is not […]
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Monotremes and Monotrolls
Yep. Monotremes and Monotrolls. Monotremes, because they lay eggs. Monotrolls, because in their efforts to get Mono more widely accepted, it appears that they’ve had the opposite effect. There have been so many articles and posts in the last several weeks, that it’s difficult to properly cover them all. But it’s worth trying. Exactly when […]
Linux on an Acer 5100
I was running Moon OS 2.0 on the Acer laptop, but when the left button on the track pad died, I started having problems. And, yes, before you say it I know I can plug an optical mouse into one of the USB ports. I ask you to consider what I’m going to use as […]
A Thin Line
I went to Best Buy today, to look for a Track Pad (the track pad on my laptop is acting up). Of course they tried to sell me a mouse, even though I explained that I usually sit on the couch when using the computer. Heck that’s why I’ve got a laptop. I was looking […]
Messing around with Jaunty
We have a lot of equipment around here, so finding a computer to play with isn’t a problem. It’s finding a place where there isn’t a computer that’s a problem . So I installed Jaunty on a 2007 Gateway MX6446 Laptop. It says it’s Vista In-Capable. It came with XP, and ran XP for the […]