CentOS is 100% binary compatible with a certain popular branded Enterprise Linux edition.
Category: Announcements
Amazon advertising is back!
Amazon has restored the affiliate advertising campaign for businesses in the state of California. If you appreciate this web site, please help out by purchasing items from Amazon.com through this site. It’s a convenient way to help out. Thanks, Jeffrey R. Evans Founder Evans Computers
Fedora 17 Goes LIVE!
Fedora 17 recieved GOLD status last week. I have been running it through it’s paces ever since. So far, I am quite pleased with Fedora 17. I have always felt a bit, uneasy with Fedora 16. Fedora 17 feels very solid. I have not had a single point of failure with Fedora 17 so far.
Why faxes are utterly obsolete
Faxes are obsolete for a variety of reasons. The time it takes to send a fax, the various results of sending a fax and so forth all contribute. I will focus on the legal perspective of why email obsoletes fax. When you send an email to another person with “Return receipt requested” upon sending that… Continue reading Why faxes are utterly obsolete
Protect the Internet
Protect the Internet Help us stop Internet censorship legislation Today Evans Computers joins with other sites in a virtual strike to protest two proposed laws in the United States, called SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act. On January 24th, the U.S. Senate will vote on the PROTECT IP Act to censor the Internet, despite opposition… Continue reading Protect the Internet
Fedora 16 – Pager not on taskbar
Steps to correct 1) Launcher 2) System Settings 3) Workspace behaviour 4) Change the number of Virtual Desktops to desired amount
Fedora 16 released on 08NOV11
Fedora 16 is available but has a few quirks as of yet. Be sure to read the release notes before you install or upgrade to this release.
Intel’s latest SSDs problematic.
You may have read about the Intel SSD 310 8M bug. Finally there is a fix. Have you experienced the Intel 510 SSD bug? If you power down your system for more than 35 hours, then get boot sector errors when starting, you too are being impacted. More to come when conclusive testing provides a… Continue reading Intel’s latest SSDs problematic.
Awstats Error – You don’t have permission to access /awstats/awstats.pl on this server.
Easy Fix edit the /etc/httpd/conf.d/awstats.conf Find the following section: Allow from 127.0.0.1 Change to: Allow from all
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is released!
Ubuntu 11.10 is now available at a mirror near you. I love the changes in Kubuntu. I hope you will as well.