I had been a ruthless accumulator of things. Everything was piling up, especially books. Though our apartment is fairly well organized and generally clean, I couldn’t help but notice a kind of burden my pack-rat lifestyle was reeking on my mind. I also wondered if there were other unforeseen benefits that might occur if I […]
Way back I wrote about how my disgust for Windows XP’s language region lock down, caused me to shun proprietary software, embrace GNU/Linux, and extend the life and capabilities of my low spec Toshiba netbook. This in turn got be further entrenched in the open source world, where I found the Raspberry Pi. My first […]
Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection by Jacob Silverman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Having recently decided as a New Year’s resolution to actually increase my social media presence in the coming year, this book was a particularly frightening depiction of our current enslavement to these powers and the […]
I didn’t want to do this. A few years ago I consciously uncoupled myself from Facebook, leaving me with just my Google+ account to get all my nerdy Linux/open source tidbits. This worked for me. Google+ reliabley fed me the news I needed without bogging me down with friend requests and 4 year old ballet […]
I’ve been using Linux on my Toshiba NB205-N210 netbook for about 3 years. It seems much longer because of the sheer amount of information I have absorbed about Linux, open source, and operating systems in general in that time. Most of the people I know have very little experience with Linux. Many wonder why I […]
LPI Linux Essentials Certification All-in-One Exam Guide by Robb Tracy My rating: 1 of 5 stars Where to begin with this train wreck. I understand that providing accurate and up to date guides for tests like the LPIC can be a difficult task, but this particular book is riddled with too many errors to simply […]
LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell by Adam Haeder My rating: 3 of 5 stars A compehensive look at all the objectives on the LPIC1, though slightly dated in its lack of GRUB2, systemd and udev coverage. The first half, focusing on the 101 exam, does a decent job of bringing the reader along with […]