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Moving to Linux, Part 2

Posted on January 4, 2010 by brousch

Perhaps the hardest part about moving to Linux from Apple will be losing iMovie for video editing. iMovie is incredibly simple to use and has a ton of good-looking, built-in themes, title scenes, and transitions. I tried many, many Linux … Continue reading →

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Moving to Linux, Part 1

Posted on January 3, 2010 by brousch

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to do away with Apple and move myself to Linux for my home computing needs. I have now copied my audio files (~7000 mp3s and Flacs, ~45GB) to Ubuntu and am using Rhythmbox … Continue reading →

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2010 Resolutions

Posted on January 2, 2010 by brousch

So it’s a new year, and I have a few resolutions. Our health trainer at work gave us some S.M.A.R.T. guidelines to help us succeed with this sort of thing. Specific – “I will exercise for 3 hours/wk” as opposed … Continue reading →

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Removing a Swap Partition

Posted on December 15, 2009 by brousch

My EeePC 901 has a 4GB soldered-on SSD and a 32GB removable SSD. It also has 2GB of RAM. When I installed Ubuntu on it, I used 3GB of the fixed SSD for / and 1GB for swap, and my … Continue reading →

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Cyber Security and Digital Threats

Posted on December 14, 2009 by brousch

Network security is the practices and technology a business puts in place to protect its IT infrastructure, including hardware, databases, and software, from security vulnerabilities and the attacks they might represent. It’s also the number one threat in businesses today. … Continue reading →

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