Archives for the Month of May, 2009

Setting up NFS: FreeBSD server, Ubuntu client

I set up Samba a while back, and that turned out to be a great way to get stuff I used to keep on separate Windows computers all in one place on the FreeBSD box, as readily accessible as if they were still on the original local hard drives. Now I'd like to do the [...]

xkill it

I'm messing around with Ubuntu Hardy on a Dell Latitude D400 that got a new lease on life with a refurbished keyboard, battery, hard drive, an extra 1G of RAM and new rubber feet. Hey, the rubber feet are important. The times may be tough, and this little box may be old, but I won't [...]