New Linuxes including Fermi Linux 6.2 Yay!

Bought some Linuxes for Linux class (all x86-32) In North America, the Linux+ and all the classes at college are Fedora Linux. All of this bias is due to the CompTIA Linux+ certificate relationship with Red Hat. That's why I bought Red Hat distros. My first Linux class in 2002 was done in Red Hat Linux 7.3, 2nd WITC Linux course was using Debian based Knoppix 3.7, and my third Linux course was done on Fedora 10. The campus course is teaching this class with Fedora 17. I usually am on openSUSE Linux with Crossover Linux for KDE 4.7.4 or Ubuntu based Linux Mint. Ubuntu is easiest when you want to update the kernel and packages. If you plan to implement an high load, mostly static web server, you will probably want to go for the Ubuntu route. On the other hand, for a PostgreSQL database I would surely prefer a Red Hat system.




Knoppix 7.02 Live DVD
Debian-based
3.3.7 kernel
LibreOffice 3.5.3
Chromium 18.0.1025.168
KDE 4.7.4




Cent OS 6.2 install DVD and live-DVD
Based off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (with newer security patches and video codecs).
2.6.32-220.23.1 kernel.
Gnome 2.28.4
KDE 4.3.4
X-org server 1.10.4
Open Office 3.2.1
Firefox 3.6.24
MesaLib 7.11 (graphics driver)




Scientific Linux 6.2 install DVD with newer security patches, newer driver updates and video codecs. Based of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
kernel 2.6.32-220.4.1.el6
xorg 1.10.2
icewm 1.2.37
Gnome 2.28.2
openoffice.org-base-3.2.1
KDE 4.3.4
Firefox 3.6.26
Thunderbird 3.1.18
MesaLib 7.11 (graphics driver)



Fedora 17 DVD and Live DVD
3.3.2-8 kernel
Gnome 3.4
KDE 4.8
LibreOffice 3.5.4
Firefox 12.0
Gimp 2.8.0rc1
DHCP 4.2.4rc1
X-org 1.12.0
nautilus 3.4.2
Samba 3.6.5
MesaLib 8.02 (graphics driver)



SimplyMepis 11.0
KDE 4.5.3
Kernel 2.6.36.6
LibreOffice 3.3.2

2.6.36 KERNEL
KDE 4.5.3


Then My favorite distro from the bunch ~ Fermi Linux 6.2



Fermi Linux LTS (Long Term Support) is a site distribution based on Scientific Linux, which is in essence Red Hat Enterprise Linux, recompiled. It is Scientific Linux with Fermilab's security hardening and customised configurations to allow an administrator to install Fermi Linux and have the machine meet Fermilab's security requirements with little or no extra configuration. Since Fermi Linux LTS is based on Scientific Linux, it shares it's goal that if a program runs and is certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, then it will run on the corresponding Fermi Linux LTS release.

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kernel 2.6.32-220.4.1.el6
xorg 1.10.2
icewm 1.2.37
Gnome 2.28.2
openoffice.org-base-3.2.1
KDE 4.3.4
Firefox 3.6.26
Thunderbird 3.1.18
MesaLib 7.11 (graphics driver)


Update July 1, 2012





OpenIndiana (Solaris 11)

kernel 151a
Gnome 2.30.2
OpenOffice 3.2.1
Firefox 8.0
Adobe Flash

Barret County, WI trip

Barret County park beach for dog swim






Girl Scout camp ground near our camp site on Lake 26. I have seen a girl scout camp before and girl scouts use cabins.







The casino doesn't like cameras, but I chanced it and took this one. Flash risk getting caught. Played Vegas Strip Black Jack once. Most people in here were 60+.



















I don't like it as much as a subtropical trip like Perth, Australia, Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Mexico or Miami, Florida (been there), but it costs even less than Wisconsin Dells trips.

Electing Romney Just Became Imperative

The Supreme Court did not save us from ourselves, at least not entirely. That is still up to us, the people.

When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or not, constitutional or not, affordable or not, it didn't matter. They were going to pass it, and then the rest of us could find out what they put in it.

After the Democrats shoved the 2700 pages of ObamaCare down our throats -- and we did find out how expensive, controlling, and coercive the legislation was -- a majority of Americans wanted the Supreme Court to toss it aside as unconstitutional.

In a 5-4 decision, the Court did not deem it a legal overreach by the Democrats. While I would have agreed with the minority (Scalia, Alito, Thomas, Kennedy), I respect the decision.

For those of us who originally disagreed with ObamaCare and now disagree with the majority opinion of the SCOTUS, the challenge remains the same as it would have been had the Court ruled otherwise. We need to elect Mitt Romney and House and Senate majorities that will repeal ObamaCare and replace it with free-market, pro-liberty solutions.

In a very real way, the Court just put the responsibility back on the voters to re-establish government of, by, and for the people. In the end, we get the government – and policies that go with it – that we deserve. So, who will we elect as our representative leaders in November? The importance of this election – already historic – just grew even greater.

As the nation absorbs and deciphers the SCOTUS ruling on ObamaCare, we thought our readers would find the following excerpts from NRO's analysis insightful. Included is a link to the entire editorial.

Leaks: Xbox 720 has Radeon HD 7850

Leaks say that the Xbox 720 will have a HD 7850. The HD 7850 has better fan efficency than the HD 6870. GlobalFoundries who made the Xbox 360 makes the Xbox 720 more 3 rings of death. Radeon HD 7850 is $150 USD 860MHz Engine Clock 2GB GDDR5 Memory 1200MHz Memory Clock (4.8 Gbps GDDR5) 153.6GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum) 1.76 TFLOPS Single Precision compute power GCN Architecture 16 Compute Units (1024 Stream Processors) 64 Texture Units 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units 32 Color ROP Units Dual Geometry Engines Dual Asynchronous Compute Engines (ACE) http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/7000/7850/Pages/radeon-7850.aspx#3

Wii U broken, Xbox 720/ PS4 too late to market

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/22/are-the-next-gen-consoles-coming-too-late

ccording to 01Net's report, the hardware powering the Wii U simply isn't up to scratch to do what Nintendo needs it to: Namely, run not just the console, but beam data to its fancy touch-screen controller as well. Apparently developers working on the console are having to use "tethers" to ensure serviceable communication between the Wii U and its controller, but even then things still aren't working that well, and progress is reportedly halted daily with repeated software updates for the pad.

Xbox 720 and PS4 could be years too late on the market.

CNN news thought that Wii U is an accesesory for Wii.

Videogames look so much more interesting than Hollywood at this point. There isn't anything out that excites me. I end up buying some old 1950's "Twelve Angry Men" and John Wayne boxsets. New shows are complete trash.