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Endgame Viable 20 August, 2009 at 2:02 AM 0 words

4 entries. 1,194 words.

Linux Core Distribution. 2008-04-15 12:50 AM.
- Technology
- thomaskrehbiel.com
I got to wondering if there was a way to install just the Linux kernel on a computer without all the useless bells and whistles you usually get in the big Linux distros (which, as far as I can tell, only serve to clone the slow, bloated Windows OS that everyone in the Linux world hates so much – go figure). The closest thing I could find was the (unfortunately) defunct Linux Core distribution. 208 words.

Sun VirtualBox running Ubuntu. 2009-04-09 1:32 AM.
- Technology
- thomaskrehbiel.com
Some time ago I wrote about the merits of Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007. This time I’m going to write about Sun VirtualBox, which has an advantage over VPC: It can run Linux distros without crashing. 300 words.

Gave Up On Ubuntu. 2009-06-28 8:09 PM.
- Technology
- thomaskrehbiel.com
Recently I put an old 1.8GHz P4 computer in the living room to use as a dedicated media player for music, pictures and video. As an experiment, I first tried to install Ubuntu Linux as the operating system, thinking the Linux desktop had surely matured enough by now to perform this simple task. 320 words.

Technology Bits. 2009-08-20 2:02 AM.
- Technology
- thomaskrehbiel.com
Updating the status of technology in my life, in no particular order. 366 words.