http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com Technical discussion and more Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:08:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, I'm a geek and I freely admit it, but there's something very pleasant about finding replacements for some of those applications that are commonly used in Windows with an open source alternative. Back in the earliest days of my PC experience, I had very little money to spend on ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=34 Since the install of Mandriva 2010 went so well on the laptop, I've now changed over this desktop as well. I had originally thought about keeping the Fedora install, but decided to migrate the data off the drive and remove Fedora entirely. Though Fedora always behaved fairly well, there were ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=33 I'm in the process of installing the latest version of Mandriva to my HP laptop as a dual boot with Vista, so this should be interesting. If all goes well, I may install it as a secondary distro on this workstation as well (which currently has Fedora 11 running). So ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=32 This is actually a re-working of an old site design I did several years, updated to take advantage of new technology. Though I am still working on the DevTime site, feel free to drop in and browse around. On of the goals of the site is to show that content-managed ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=30 I've been taking the time this week to work on some new Xoops themes. Here's my new favorite: The theme below was done earlier in the week. I have no idea what it might be used for but I learned a lot about opacity in the process of building it. http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=26 Since I had a nice experience with putting Fedora 10 on the two old HP laptops, I decided to bite the bullet and replace Mandriva on my desktop with Fedora. I migrated all my important files over to my WD external drive and let the live install take over. Having ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=25 You know the ones - those squirrelly old laptops that are hopelessly out of date and will never ever be capable of running Vista (just in case you really wanted to). I happen to have several of these mini-boxen lying around, including a trio of HP Ombibooks. They were capable ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=24 A recent development in my husband's business has necessitated our investing in another new computer to handle his company's files, and, of course, that meant the new box came pre-loaded with Vista Home premium SP1. Largely because of the way his company operates, a relatively robust accounting package was needed, ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=23 PHP4 is on its last legs when it comes to support and is slated to be sundowned next month. For those of those who build sites, as I do, on content management systems that rely heavily on PHP, this is a potential issue that needs to be addressed. In my ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=22 A few years ago, the Howard County Library decided to do something different - they installed a Linux distribution on their computers rather than Windows and they have no regrets. Part of the reason for the change-over was the cost savings resulting from not having to spend nearly as much ... http://techtalk.techcraftersllc.com/?p=21