Nov
20
It doesn’t need to be emphasized more that to read http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ is a complete must for everyone who would like to experiment with updating the original Linksys firmware of a NSLU2 device. Especially, the community rules and and the (extensive) set of warnings should be read and understood before descending into countless Howto’s. I’m grateful […]
Nov
15
Fedora 8: select the repositories carefully
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A week ago, I installed Fedora 8, from scratch. The installation went fine, I customized the system to my liking, using the default GUI. After a week, however, I could not initialize an X session anymore. And the problem occurred straight after I downloaded the package updates as the system prompted me to do.
Jul
31
Fedora 7: Unresolveable requirement gecko-libs = 1.8.1.4 for epiphany
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When I started my trusty home PC to process some of my holiday photographs (that explains the silence on this web, I hope), Fedora 7 presented me with the list of 92 updates available for my system. I usually let the the pup (Package Updater) to update all packages and it usually works just fine. […]
Jun
3
Although “doing a clean installation and then restoring user data from backups is known to work better”, Fedora recommends to use CD/DVD installer to upgrade your Fedora Core installation to a higher version. I usually perform a clean install when updating Linux at home, this time however, I decided to let Anaconda (the Fedora installer) […]