Thursday, January 27, 2005

Terminal Emulator Settings. To really take advantage of the best tools in computing requires that you become quite comfortable with using the command line interface (CLI). In general, nearly every task -- aside from graphical work itself -- can be accomplished from the CLI. Once the user becomes more adept at CLI work, these non-graphical tasks can be done more quickly, with more fine-grained control, and with less demand on computer resources. Find out more, in Ed Hurst's article. [OSNews] 3:20:30 PM    comment []

Microsoft Axing Windows 2000 Security Updates. Microsoft has confirmed that they will no longer issue security updates for Windows 2000. In addition, standard support for Windows 2000 is currently scheduled to end in June. [OSNews] 3:19:49 PM    comment []

Open for business. I have just submitted my final copy of my book "The Art of System Modeling" to O'Reilly for a tentative July publication. I have therefore set up this weblog to offer folks the chance to chat with me about the book, and any other topic that seems to be useful. I look forward to reading the various comments of the O'Reilly audience. Thanks! [O'Reilly Weblogs] 12:35:41 PM    comment []

Microsoft to require Windows piracy check. Microsoft by midyear will put a lock on two of its download Web sites, requiring all Windows XP and Windows 2000 users to validate their copy of Windows as genuine before downloading updates. [Computerworld News] 8:47:10 AM    comment []

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