Recent content by kenJackson

I just got a phone call from someone claiming to be from Windows Tech Support. He said my computer sent them some error signals. If it wasn't obvious this is a scammer out to do harm, the fact that I don't have a WIndows PC would have tipped me off. So I strung him along. The more time they...

The Firefox default is Deja Vu Serif. I've never had a problem reading it. The white between the dot and the 'i' is indeed tiny, but it's apparently enough. Some websites specify a tiny font size, which I immediately rectify by pounding on CTRL-+ until it's large enough to read comfortably.

From man sshd_config, "For each keyword, the first obtained value will be used." So the vendor is correct. Only the first line is valid. I don't know if there's a way to do a static test, but just now as a test, I added a junk entry in my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and ran "systemctl restart...

Fallout 4 seems to be a commercial product. In fact, it seems to have been replaced by Fallout 76. I was hoping there might be something I can download for free that you can't run in VMWare which I could try to run.

Is there a particular game that runs on hardware but not in VMWare that I can download and try in QEMU/KVM to see?

When I touch-type on a laptop with a mousepad, I always end up dragging my right thumb across it accidentally. This sends the mouse off in wild directions where it selects some other app. Then, without realizing it, I'm typing into something else. That's extremely annoying, so I disable the...

You didn't mention QEMU/KVM! That's my choice, though I haven't used VirtualBox in years, so maybe would be similar. You can use KVM directly, but the libvirt packages have better documentation. They form a consistent front end for KVM or Xen or others. You have to install several packages...

I've seen countless movies where the spy slips into someone's office, inserts a thumb drive and starts copying all the secret data to it. The little progress dialog pops up and we watch the sweat build on the spy's face while he/she hears voices down the corridor wondering if there'll be enough...

You just nailed Microsoft's modus operandi. I first noticed it way back when Windows95 came out. I saw a lot of people who were quite content with their computer's performance under Windows for Workgroups 3.1 suddenly decide that their computer was "old and slow" after upgrading to '95. "I...

I really don't like Windows. It's frustrating to use. Up until Windows2000, Windows stability was absolutely terrible. I continued to use Windows98 at work and at home until early 2002 when I switched to GNU/Linux. I found it necessary to reboot my Windows98 systems every day. I did it at...

Monday evening I suddenly couldn't access my upstairs PC from downstairs. This seems to happen every month or so. So I ran upstairs and unplugged the ethernet cable and plugged it back in. That's what I do to fix it. I haven't been able to figure out what's happening or why, but I isolated...

It is. Then what's the point of singling out Russian distros? How would Russian distros be any different than any others, except that they presumably are compiled and controlled within the country known for lack of freedom and which therefore presumably might be tempted to abuse a Linux distro...

Has there ever been a real Communist government anywhere? Your Wikipedia article surprised me. It sounds brutally honest. In this thread there seems to be fear of politicizing things. But isn't the very nature of a question about "Russian distributions" political? But fear not, I doubt...

This is a good point. But regularly, even daily, Linux user the world over enter their root password (or their user password to allow root access through sudo) to turn over control to the distro's update software to make changes as needed. How difficult would it be to hide a secret, non-open...

I haven't tried any Russian distro. If all other things were equal, I would choose the non-Russian distro out of distrust for the Russian government. I would be slightly leery that they might mandate that Linux distros serve the state. (In a communist state, you can't just say no.) OTOH, I...