Website RSS and Atom Feeds Fixed
Last week I discovered that one the RSS/Atom feed methods on this site had been broke the last few months. I’ve taken steps to get both of them working again for the few subscribers (including myself). Most of you are using RSS, not Atom. RSS is my preference too.
Anyway, if you haven’t seen anything new in the feed recently, please update the feeds.
Sorry it took so long to notice. I’ve been migrating lots of hardware around and still working with insurance to get the laptop fixed.
Why Grandma Should be Using Linux 1
Maintaining a computer with all the patching and updating required these days is tough. It is almost impossible to keep everything patched on the most popular OS out there, even for nerds like us. For non-computer people, it is impossible. Often, software updates have costs to get the new version too. That’s just another barrier for Grandma.
Which Programs does Grandma Use?
First, we’ll create a list of the computer tools our fictitious Grandma probably uses today.
Quicken On WINE under Ubuntu 9.10 Working?
According to WINE, Quicken 2008 works under WINE – Wine Is Not an Emulator.
WINE Report on Quicken 2008
This means that many people running Windows who would like to run Linux have one less application holding them back. I’m not in a position to try this myself for a week or so, but I definitely will try it. According to the install hints, you just need a few Windows DLLs (from those old licenses you aren’t using) preconfigured in WINE to get it working. Only sound doesn’t work, which I see as a plus.
Watch the comments for my results. Cross your fingers.
Best Articles Here on Technology, Finance, Investing
Over the years, I’ve been using this blog to help myself remember how to do things and to share some great tools and techniques with you. I figure it is time to recap some of those articles whether they are computer, financial/retirement, or just interesting things.
Oops - Bad DNS Update
Today I was migrating a few core services from one server to another as part of the new server build project. Basically, I need to wipe the 1st physical server and reload it with a new, different OS as part of this project. Before that can be accomplished, there are a number of services that I need to migrate to a new VM running on a different server.