I just realized that IceWM supports both a startup script, and just as cool, a shutdown script. When you select “Logout” from the IceWM menu, IceWM checks the /home/username/.icewm directory for a shutdown file. After tinkering with /etc/sudoers to give my mother the proper sudo privileges I added this .icewm/shutdown script: #!/bin/shsudo /sbin/halt Now when my mother […]
Unixtools for Windows: Create an iso of a cd/dvd rom with dd
I was trying to create an iso using Windows 7. Why didn’t I just use Linux? Both of my DVD drives are in this PC (I know bad planning on my part). I’ll make sure to rectify this very soon though! I didn’t have any CDR software or other tools installed on Windows 7, […]
Damn Small Linux (DSL)
I just installed DSL on a Gateway 2500: P2 366MHz with 128 Megs of RAM and it runs like a champ. Now I have another laptop for around the house use. To bad that it feels like it must weigh 300lbs!
Linux on a Dell Latitude CPx (650MHz) with 184Megs of RAM
A few weeks ago my mother managed to utterly destroy her Gateway laptop. It was 1.5GHz and had 1GB or RAM. When I say “destroyed”, I don’t mean she crushed it, it just was dead as a door nail. Nothing worked…. except the HD (once removed from the dead laptop). My poor mother needs to […]