Kevin O'Brien
Author's posts
Mar 26
The Perfect Apple Analogy
Feb 10
GIMP Links added
I am not an expert on the GIMP by any means, but I always like to improve. I have a digital camera now, and I want to get started taking pictures and doing things to them. We have a local camera club, and I have some friends there who are helping me to get started. …
Jan 03
NAS, Raid, and Unraid
These days many of us have home networks with multiple computers with growing collections of media files. And with that comes the idea of adding storage. Of course, you can add larger hard drives to your computers, but there are advantages to having Network-Attached Storage (NAS). One advantage is that it lets you make use …
Jan 02
Freedom and Responsibility
Linux is an example of what is called Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), but the word free may require just a little unpacking to get at what is meant here. Free can mean “does not require the payment of money”, and to Linux users this is often stated as “Free as in beer.” This …
Dec 31
Project Timelord, or How Not To Build A Project
As the latest versions of the Ubuntu family came out at the end of October, you could hear certain grumblings, particularly as regards the KDE version, Kubuntu. This was not a new issue, really. For the last few years there has been controversy and accusations about how Canonical has supported Kubuntu. For instance, Aaron Seigo …
Dec 30
Linux Training Resources from IBM
A great resource for anyone who is interested in advancing a career in Linux is the IBM web site at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux. This site has a lot of useful information, including some structured tutorials for LPI certification. To see the LPI tutorials, go to the Training link on the left (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/libraryview.jsp?type_by=Tutorials), and look for the “LPI …
Dec 26
Welcome To Zwilnik.com
Welcome to my site, I hope you will find it useful. This is a site devoted to my explorations of Linux, the free, open-source operating system. Free is a word with various meanings in English. One meaning is free as in freedom. Software is “free” if you have the freedom to use it as you …
