http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/31/monday-morning-links-serving-the-august-31st-edition/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/31/monday-morning-links-serving-the-august-31st-edition/#comment-186625 Chip Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=17003#comment-186625 The first of the 18 "cool" Windows features had me rofling. Shake a window to shed the others -- that's just about the definition of visual stupid. The first of the 18 "cool" Windows features had me rofling. Shake a window to shed the others — that's just about the definition of visual stupid.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/31/monday-morning-links-serving-the-august-31st-edition/#comment-272866 Chip Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=17003#comment-272866 The first of the 18 "cool" Windows features had me rofling. Shake a window to shed the others -- that's just about the definition of visual stupid. The first of the 18 “cool” Windows features had me rofling. Shake a window to shed the others — that’s just about the definition of visual stupid.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/31/monday-morning-links-serving-the-august-31st-edition/#comment-186282 Mackenzie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=17003#comment-186282 Eek! The first Linux mistake listed <i>isn't a mistake</i>. The reasoning the person gives is total bunk. Checkinstall won't get updates for that version of the software if you're installing software that's not in the repositories or is newer than the repository version (and if it's not, then why aren't you using the repositories???). People try to use the debs generated on other systems, and then things break because <i>checkinstall isn't the right way to make packages</i>. Eek! The first Linux mistake listed isn't a mistake. The reasoning the person gives is total bunk. Checkinstall won't get updates for that version of the software if you're installing software that's not in the repositories or is newer than the repository version (and if it's not, then why aren't you using the repositories???). People try to use the debs generated on other systems, and then things break because checkinstall isn't the right way to make packages.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/31/monday-morning-links-serving-the-august-31st-edition/#comment-272865 Mackenzie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=17003#comment-272865 Eek! The first Linux mistake listed <i>isn't a mistake</i>. The reasoning the person gives is total bunk. Checkinstall won't get updates for that version of the software if you're installing software that's not in the repositories or is newer than the repository version (and if it's not, then why aren't you using the repositories???). People try to use the debs generated on other systems, and then things break because <i>checkinstall isn't the right way to make packages</i>. Eek! The first Linux mistake listed isn’t a mistake. The reasoning the person gives is total bunk. Checkinstall won’t get updates for that version of the software if you’re installing software that’s not in the repositories or is newer than the repository version (and if it’s not, then why aren’t you using the repositories???). People try to use the debs generated on other systems, and then things break because checkinstall isn’t the right way to make packages.

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