Tag Archives: Fedora

Command of the Day

July 20, 2008 – 1:09 pm

One of my Fedora feeds had an announcement of the Rawhide version of a nifty little utility called rpl. Here’s its help screen:
Usage: rpl [options] old_string new_string target_file(s)
Options:
–version show program’s version number and exit
-h, –help show this [...]

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New Fedora Project Member

June 7, 2008 – 2:11 pm

I’ve done something about getting involved in the Fedora Project. Step one was to create an account, and sign the legalese otherwise known as the Contributor License Agreement(CLA).
I’ve also registered a nick with IRC, generated all the ssh and gpg keys necessary, and uploaded them to my Fedora account.
Now, there’s tons of reading to do, [...]

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And the Badge is Updated

May 13, 2008 – 8:14 pm

The Fedora 9 Sulfur badge in the right sidebar has lost its “days until” verbiage, meaning that it’s released. I found a decently fast mirror, and am downloading the install DVD iso as I type this.
I also made another decision; some way, somehow, I want to be involved with the Fedora Project. [...]

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The Wireless Broadband lives, too

November 25, 2007 – 3:34 pm

And my Sprint wireless broadband card is functioning OK under Fedora 8, too.  Providing this post shows up, that is.
-k-tbbs tags: Geek, Fedora

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From the Laptop

November 25, 2007 – 3:14 pm

OK,  upgrade done, wi-fi drivers recompiled and reinstalled, and alls good in Geeksville.
-k-’tbbs tags: Geek, Fedora

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Busman’s Holiday

November 25, 2007 – 1:41 pm

Enough turkey, Shiners and football for a bit. I’m flipping back and forth from QVC to the Washington Redskins game, whilst upgrading the Toshiba laptop to Fedora 8.
I normally do fresh installs; this time I’m doing an upgrade. This all in spite my carefully making backups of valuable files, in preparations for a [...]

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