So I discovered Dave’s Web Of Lies a while ago, and was at about the same time looking for random things I could code in Python to improve my skills…
Having now finished my job at the ADC, I’ve had time to put it together. I present my python Lie Generator. It’s not much, but [...]
This will only be of interest to geeky types…
Rickrolling a 1B lecture
You’ve installed something from package repositories, and, on invoking, it tells you to actually run a certain script first. The script fails because you’re behind a proxy server, but you don’t know where Aptitude put the script in order to edit it. You know it’s in your $PATH, but that’s a lot of [...]
So, turns out that the downloadable ISO from fluxbuntu.org is broken (MD5 matches, so the problem’s on their end), or else I have three broken CD-burning applications, or two broken CD-burning drives. Occam’s-razorize THAT one. It also turns out that my laptop’s optical drive (or possibly BIOS) is a little iffy – I [...]
I’ve just noticed that Fluxbuntu appears to be at a reasonably stable stage now. Methinks it’s time for a reinstall on my laptop…
(FYI, I’ve been running a heavily bastardised *buntu-based linux installation on my oldish Dell C640 for some time. I’ve messed around with the packaging way too much to call it Ubuntu [...]