http://www.mjmwired.net/linux another linux website... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:34:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am currently running the latest version of Firefox (8.0) and Google Chrome (15.0.874.121) in CentOS 6 64-bit using the Gnome 2.28 desktop. Both work fine, however Firefox renders fonts significantly better than Chrome. The Fix: The following steps fix the problem. 1. Open the file .fonts.conf in your home directory, if it ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2011/12/06/improve-fonts-in-chrome-in-centos-6/ I’m migrating away from Fedora as my desktop operating system. I’ve been testing CentOS 6 which was released recently and I feel I would be much more efficient using it instead of Fedora. I still have quite a few quirks to resolve, but I have no doubt I’ll find the solutions. I ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2011/10/05/centos-desktop/ Wow! That’s a lot of F’s! Courtesy of Tom ’spot’ Calloway, install Firefox 4 on Fedora 14 (or Fedora 13): # su -c 'wget -P /etc/yum.repos.d/ http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-firefox4.repo' # su -c 'yum install firefox4' To run: # firefox4 & In Gnome: System > Preferences > Preferred Applications Change ‘Web Browser’ to Custom, and for Command: firefox4 %s To ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2011/04/02/firefox-4-for-fedora-14/ Legacy Man by Mauriat Miranda (with apologies to Billy Joel) It’s nine o’clock on a Wednesday The regular files are looking neat There’s an old dev sitting next to me Trackin’ bugs in his Excel spreadsheet He says, “Son, can you debug this memory I’m not really sure how it works But it’s bad and discrete and I knew ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2011/03/04/legacy-man/ I’ve been doing some development for some embedded Linux devices which only support ftp and telnet. In order to automate transfer of binaries from my Fedora development host to the target embedded device I’m using this handy ftp script: pushftp.sh #!/bin/bash # arg1 = dest hostname # arg2 = local file # arg3 ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2010/10/11/automated-ftp-script/ (Note: For the purpose of this post CentOS is equivalent to RHEL) It has been about 2 and 1/2 years since I built a dedicated server and chose CentOS instead of Fedora. Since I installed CentOS 5.1 I have used the upgrade process 4 times with no problems bringing me ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2010/08/28/downside-to-enterprise-linux/ I have read the most serious complaints about the HTC EVO 4G have been over battery life. I would like to offer my observations. I got my EVO on May 19 with 1 free month of service till June 20. During that time I didn’t use the phone much. ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2010/07/16/htc-evo-4g-battery-life/ Paul W. Frields announced the release of Fedora 13. The email there is quite comprehensive, so please take a look at it. Otherwise you can read the release notes in 1 page. I have not had much time to spend with F13 in the beta period, but from what I have ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2010/05/25/fedora-13-released/ The CentOS team just announced the release of CentOS 5.5. The wiki has the Release Notes. Most major changes can be found in the RHEL 5.5 release information (which CentOS is based). Running yum update should update your system. Keep in mind the recent post-release updates should be syncing with the CentOS ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2010/05/14/centos-55-released/ I have been on a 3 year quest to dump my old Sony CRT monitor and replace it with an LCD monitor, but I keep getting sidetracked. I am looking for suggestions (recommendations really) for a high end/quality LCD monitor. Resolution must be 1920×1200 or higher (NOT 1080), and most likely 24in ... http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2010/04/05/lcd-monitor-recommendation/