Monthly Archives: February 2008

Fedora, Getting Involved Guide (GIG)

Posted on February 28, 2008 by herlo

Recently, I’ve been very interested in getting involved more and more with the Fedora Project.  In fact, the latest project in which I’m involved, the Getting Involved Guide (GIG). I started with this guide because my so-called friend Jared Smith … Continue reading →

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POW: Gobby, the little engine that could! (collaborate)

Posted on February 28, 2008 by herlo

Its been a very long time since I’ve done the Product of the Week, so I am going to change the name to Product of Whenever. This suits me better. In July of 2001, I was introduced to a little … Continue reading →

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RE: Applebee’s meetings should never be this fun!

Posted on February 27, 2008 by herlo

All I’ve got to say is “I had nothing to do with starting it, but it happened anyway.  And I had fun!” Cheers, Herlo PS – I’m awaiting myspace friend approval for those in the know.

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Being “off-the-road” has its challenges

Posted on February 22, 2008 by herlo

I will be home for the entire week next week, which is the first time that’s happened this month. Not that I am complaining, but once I get home I have a very long laundry list of items to complete … Continue reading →

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SCaLE 6x: I’m Here – Saturday in Review

Posted on February 10, 2008 by herlo

Just left Jono Bacon’s presentation on “The future of the Linux Desktop”. He’s quite an awesome presenter. Afterward, I went down to the exhibit floor and got to say hi to Tom Callaway and actually met Thomas Chung from the … Continue reading →

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Fedora 9 Alpha Released

Posted on February 7, 2008 by herlo

The latest and greatest Rawhide of Fedora has been put into an Alpha Release.  I downloaded both the LiveCD and the DVD isos yesterday, which took 15+ hours. Just a reminder that Alpha means its not ready for your production … Continue reading →

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Yum Update: 482:07

Posted on February 4, 2008 by herlo

As I usually do while teaching class, I installed a Fedora 8 machine, and ran yum update.  Today I noticed a strange amount of time for one particular download: While this is hilarious, its shouldn’t happen.  Any ideas?  I know … Continue reading →

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UTOSF HackNight: Part Deux – Tonight

Posted on February 1, 2008 by herlo

Well, right on the heels of last weekends uber successful HackNight, it looks like the snow may keep some people from coming up, but we’re still planning on having a mostly ad-hoc HackNight tonight.  The project again will be ConMan. … Continue reading →

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