tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post6985576614069723277..comments2024-02-14T02:30:36.732-05:00Comments on The Blog of Helios: Relationship Stress Test...Here Honey, Try This...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-62782831878645257352010-08-14T05:55:29.422-05:002010-08-14T05:55:29.422-05:00Every OS uses context menus to create new folders,...Every OS uses context menus to create new folders, so i don't understand why she struggled with creating new ones in Windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-21966605285979405562010-08-06T09:33:21.642-05:002010-08-06T09:33:21.642-05:00Im happy for you that you have your Significant. M...Im happy for you that you have your Significant. My Significant still uses XP, but she is stubborn and knowledgeable enough to fix any problems on her own. She tried Linux Mint an was impressed with the speed, but couldn't use some programs she loves, as she declared. So, as I don't have to help, I figure she should use what she likes.<br /><br />Good Luck with your SO, and may the force be with you!<br /><br />Best regards,<br />JanBlogwarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06000151716079481720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-10549073805210962932010-07-29T11:45:45.335-05:002010-07-29T11:45:45.335-05:00My wife opted, when she got her new computer, to t...My wife opted, when she got her new computer, to take on Linux back when we were just dating back almost four years ago. Her take was, "it couldn't be all that hard" and since I was going to be the likely candidate for helping her sort out issues on it, it'd probably be better if it was what I was using. SHE was the one to suggest it- which was a surprise to me.<br /><br />She's not regretted it- though there've been times when she ran into issues with a stupid website or something she couldn't immediately correlate to Linux where she'd be grousing about that. Now my stepson's using it as well and he's seeing that MS has not been doing anyone any favors.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044880130114937498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-74119400733949530382010-07-27T16:06:22.297-05:002010-07-27T16:06:22.297-05:00November 19, 1999
Web posted at: 10:04 a.m. EST (1...November 19, 1999<br />Web posted at: 10:04 a.m. EST (1504 GMT)<br /><br />by Rebecca Sykes<br /><br />LAS VEGAS (IDG) -- This is surely the year of Linux, judging by Fall Comdex '99. The open-source operating system is all over the show this week, including at a keynote address, that great litmus test of buzz. Linux creator Linus Torvalds spoke to a packed ballroom Monday, and the head of application-maker Corel, among others, declared that Linux's time is now.<br /><br />"DOS had 10 years, Windows has had the last 10 years and now it's time for Linux," said Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-37196501191192476882010-07-26T07:58:02.265-05:002010-07-26T07:58:02.265-05:00"Clean your language up and you might get pub..."Clean your language up and you might get published here."<br /><br />Thank you Ken. My girls come here to read your blog from time to time. We appreciate that.<br /><br />ChelleMichelle Minkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-84223351890482311012010-07-25T20:22:21.357-05:002010-07-25T20:22:21.357-05:00@ WHAMburgler
In plain sight on the left column.
...@ WHAMburgler<br /><br />In plain sight on the left column.<br /><br /><b>Only one hard and fast rule here<br />Many of the kids we build computers for visit this blog. Please post anything you want but do it with the thought of an 11 year old child sitting next to you.</b><br /><br />Clean your language up and you might get published here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-46656504857840211212010-07-24T09:55:54.892-05:002010-07-24T09:55:54.892-05:00Some of the difficulties some people have with swi...Some of the difficulties some people have with switching to Linux have always perplexed me. Especially when Gnome is the desktop environment.<br /><br />I know Gnome has it's quirks. But Desktops just don't get any easier to use. Certainly the directory hierarchy is as plain and simple as it could be.<br /><br />I've also always been mystified as to how people can use computers for decades on end and still not be computer literate. Even in the basics of using a GUI environment like Gnome, KDE or even Windows Explorer. The basics are all the same.aikiwolfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257742942798609981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-86881188431212378322010-07-10T11:20:44.543-05:002010-07-10T11:20:44.543-05:00@ David...
Actually no. the socket 939 Opterons ...@ David...<br /><br />Actually no. the socket 939 Opterons are the same architecture as the Athlon 64's. they just run at a lower clock speed, thus the reduced heat and cycles plus it tends to be more stable at the lower speed. However, overclocking has produced a negligible heat increase. running 24/7 even at 2.5, we haven't come close to setting off the thermal alarms.<br /><br />hAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-46394474583540995332010-07-10T11:08:32.193-05:002010-07-10T11:08:32.193-05:00For reference, I am running our version of Linux M...<b>For reference, I am running our version of Linux Mint (HeliOS) with a dual core AMD Opteron 1.7 gig processor overclocked to 2.5, Nvidia Graphics with the 185 driver, the PAE version of the latest kernel with 4 gigs of ram.</b><br /><br />Holy Crap dude. Are you running projects for NASA? That's a sweet machine. The Opteron chip runs circles around the Xeon. At least AMD designed a separate architecture for their server chip instead of pumping steroids into their big desktop chip.<br /><br />You can safely overclock that chip just a bit more if you like. How is the heat output with it where it is now?<br /><br />DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-34807446677575632432010-07-09T11:58:31.014-05:002010-07-09T11:58:31.014-05:00I moved my wife to Linux several years ago,... wit...I moved my wife to Linux several years ago,... with the exception of the occasional upgrade I do without moving over all of her previous User data, she is pretty well adjusted to Linux. I even have my step-son brainwashed to be able to tell his future grade-school teachers that we are a non-M$ household (he starts kindergarten in the fall). <br /><br />The entire house is automated, complete with z-wave (via a Micasaverde Vera, running embeded Linux), complete with remotely controllable thermostat and locks and a security camera. We even have a web-cam robot (a WowWee Rovio, which runs eCOS, a GPL'd robotics package from RedHat).<br /><br />My wife still occasionally requests a Windoze machine in the house,... "just for the kids," but the ONLY reason I might even CONSIDER capitulating to that demand is if it is used exclusively to set up hardware than comes with Windoze-only setup applications... No Internet use!!! right now I am borrowing my father's XPee laptop to rip Magick Jack credentials off the unit for use with a Linksys SPA3102 VoIP to POTS bridge (telephony is a pain,... truly).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-16203128851713770182010-07-09T11:22:44.825-05:002010-07-09T11:22:44.825-05:00Windows 7's Libraries are probably the best th...Windows 7's Libraries are probably the best thing to ever happen to Linux adoption. It's so very easy to explain the concept of the home folder to someone when I say "It's kind of like Windows 7's Libraries, they're a poor knockoff of the way Linux has been doing things for years". Once new users get over the idea that they aren't always the administrator, and all they really need to care about for day to day tasks is their home folder and contents, they're fine with the file system.W: Homehttp://www.empowered-moms.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-9876503835073056012010-07-09T06:12:25.869-05:002010-07-09T06:12:25.869-05:00I must claim a win for my Significant Other, also ...I must claim a win for my Significant Other, also named Diane. But this was from OS X to Linux. After the Mac was needed by her daughter I suggested getting a cute little netbook. I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix, transferred her email from Hotmail to GMail and other Google goodness: reader, calendar, picasa. Finally I created a Skype account. I admit that more effort was put into managing her online world than was required to get familiar with Linux. At a recent get together with her girl friends the discussion turned to their numerous and various PC horror stories. She smiled to herself, realising that things are so smooth now, she had completely forgotten how difficult it once was ...Frank H Junghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750656181978117110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-77071951344033176732010-07-08T12:50:00.304-05:002010-07-08T12:50:00.304-05:00We have been Liberated for almost ten years.
Mrs. ...We have been Liberated for almost ten years.<br />Mrs. Panik is the CIO in this house.<br /><br />Spread the word: Liberation TechnologyColonel Paniknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-69302945020968154792010-07-08T10:34:33.310-05:002010-07-08T10:34:33.310-05:00Hi Ken,
Great to see Diane's happy in linux. ...Hi Ken,<br /><br />Great to see Diane's happy in linux. It was about six years ago when I went cold turkey over to linux. <br /><br />The relationship stress test with both of us not knowing linux (and my choosing gentoo back before it had an installer) was significant.<br /><br />These days though there's only one way for technology to stress our relationship, and this one would end it. Switch back to windows. Just now it's not because she doesn't know what's on the other side. It's because she does.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Alan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-7538159888449178782010-07-08T10:27:54.612-05:002010-07-08T10:27:54.612-05:00My Wife had used Windows till she married me(a Yea...My Wife had used Windows till she married me(a Year Ago). Like your experience moving her to Windows was not at all difficult. Now she is a full time Linux user. She is not tech-savvy. But her job gets done in Linux much easier and without me having to rip off my hair.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911641987658920629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-32252968939510615212010-07-08T09:27:41.233-05:002010-07-08T09:27:41.233-05:00First, congratulations to both of you and best wis...First, congratulations to both of you and best wishes!<br /><br />My daughter was introduced to Linux when we got tired of XP. The clincher was when XP refused to save half of her senior thesis. We recovered it and installed Ubuntu. She has moved to Apple now, mostly for aesthetic reasons, but enjoyed Linux and had absolutely no problem picking it up.<br /><br />She's now working in IT management at a museum in DC. :-)<br /><br />Again, best wishes to both of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-89713239465752891002010-07-08T09:17:23.731-05:002010-07-08T09:17:23.731-05:00My "significant" recently upgraded her L...My "significant" recently upgraded her Linux netbook - and sold off the old one. I set up a new user account for the new owner, and deleted her encrypted "home" folder.<br /><br />Then had a big argument because she couldn't believe that all her data had been erased. As a Windows user it seemed impossible to her that clearing her personal files and web cache could be that easy...Martin Eddingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-45748958268151752072010-07-08T09:06:42.484-05:002010-07-08T09:06:42.484-05:00I've been a reader of your blog for quite some...I've been a reader of your blog for quite some time now. I find your articles well written and insightful. A lot of the ideas, concepts, and problems you have detailed have given invaluable perspective on bringing new users to Linux. Having undergone several Relationship Stress Tests, how do you convey effectively the advantages of package management as apposed to the hunt and download world of Windows?Da Notorious Troshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673248959860719834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-37375454455374053732010-07-08T08:33:36.697-05:002010-07-08T08:33:36.697-05:00My wife needs to work with pictures from all kinds...My wife needs to work with pictures from all kinds of sources to put them on the website of the school where she is a teacher. All the pictures need to be resized to a single maximum width. I used a small inotify script and image magick to make a folder to which she only needs to copy incoming photos, and resizing is automatic. Try that with Windows. ;)Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-56339065695456882902010-07-08T08:16:15.171-05:002010-07-08T08:16:15.171-05:00Hello Bill Stanley ,
Thanks for that tip.Hello Bill Stanley ,<br /><br />Thanks for that tip.JBoydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169241941124338739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-16950286373520539212010-07-08T07:52:54.117-05:002010-07-08T07:52:54.117-05:00Hehehe I "Minted" my girlfriend (http://...Hehehe I "Minted" my girlfriend (http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2010/03/minting-girlfriend.html) a while back and things have still been going quite well. Other than having to use M$ Excel on occasion for school (which is up and running via Wine) she mostly use FOSS alternatives now as well :D<br /><br />~JeffAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-52175203031985943392010-07-07T20:09:51.776-05:002010-07-07T20:09:51.776-05:00My "SO", who is an ESL tutor & edito...My "SO", who is an ESL tutor & editor, has been using Kubuntu & OpenOffice on our netbook since her old WinXP laptop died. Also her sometimes assistant, whom is a junior in High School, also uses it. Only issues were "oh you do it that way in linux". They haven't asked me a question in months.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953613010055647793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-14903879696834631712010-07-07T17:15:46.328-05:002010-07-07T17:15:46.328-05:00The biggest challenge I see day to day is that you...The biggest challenge I see day to day is that you don't go to the store and buy a CD, or go to a website of some company you have never heard of and download an installer. you just pick it from the installer application, and it works, and is nicely vetted, and doesn't kill your machine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-25410500548513779952010-07-07T16:40:54.457-05:002010-07-07T16:40:54.457-05:00Windows 7's Libraries are probably the best th...Windows 7's Libraries are probably the best thing to ever happen to Linux adoption. It's so very easy to explain the concept of the home folder to someone when I say "It's kind of like Windows 7's Libraries, they're a poor knockoff of the way Linux has been doing things for years". Once new users get over the idea that they aren't always the administrator, and all they really need to care about for day to day tasks is their home folder and contents, they're fine with the file system.NoobixCubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150854195016438207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-87553777515847741652010-07-07T11:23:02.189-05:002010-07-07T11:23:02.189-05:00For even more productivity, have her press F3 in N...For even more productivity, have her press F3 in Nautilus to get a splt-screen window for easier dragging and dropping. Works great.Bill Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114565839913144467noreply@blogger.com