by Dave | Mar 20, 2010 | Tinker Blog
Mac OS X uses the HFS+ filesystem. Most of the time I don’t think we notice or care what filesystem we use, but in some cases, the filesystem itself is an important feature and even a draw to a platform. The BeOS for example had the Be FileSystem (BFS), which...
by Dave | Mar 19, 2010 | Tinker Blog
I recently got a great refurbished HP workstation from geeks.com. It’s got dual Xeon processors and 4 GB of RAM and I’m having a blast. It’s been top notch. I was happy to find some notes on HP’s site on their Linux hardware support- thanks HP....
by Dave | Mar 16, 2010 | Tinker Blog
I spent a bit of time early this morning trying to get my scanner working. My previous instructions on getting it to work didn’t seem to be doing the trick. I played with a lot of settings in conf files all over the place before finding reference online to the...
by Dave | Mar 10, 2010 | Tinker Blog
Take a look at http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/4179 and give it a try. You may find that it’s right for you in providing a quick and easy way to access files. And I again, kudos to the KDE crowd that made even the scrollbar super slick here (do this with a...
by Dave | Mar 4, 2010 | Improving Apps
One of the design goals was when you saw it you wanted to lick it. When Mac OS X first came out, Steve Jobs bragged that they were making an interface so beautiful you just wanted to lick it. Now, I don’t know about that, but having a beautiful interface is...
