by Dave | May 10, 2002 | Tinker Blog
In an effort to make the site a little nicer, easier to read and visit, or at least make printing a little less ink intensive, we’ve totally overhauled the design of the site! Ok- not utterly overhauled, but we did quite a bit. In addition to a very abrupt...
by Dave | May 2, 2002 | Tinker Blog
If you’re getting an error that the drive cannot be mounted and it says that smbmount must be installed suid root to enable direct user mounts, this is the tip for you. What is happening is that you have correctly pointed Linux to what you want to mount and...
by Dave | Apr 24, 2002 | Improving Apps
Last time we talked about bizarre names in open source software. This time we’re going to address how to fix it. What constitutes a good name for software? Last time, we mentioned a trend to include within the app name a reference to the programming language...
by Dave | Apr 18, 2002 | Starting Out with Linux
The Linux Folder Structure is pretty different from that of Windows. If you’ve been a Mac user, it’s very similar to what you’ve been using, even if you didn’t know it. A “folder structure” is a collection of files and the folders...
by Dave | Apr 17, 2002 | Starting Out with Linux
root represents possibly the most important thing to understand about Linux that differs from Windows. You may have heard that Linux is more stable and secure than other operating systems, particularly Windows. The main reason that Windows is not stable or secure is...
