tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43847183404422745452010-01-07T17:56:04.404-08:00Linux, Open Source Software, Hardware, and much, much, more.natetenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04165754443121843028noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384718340442274545.post-59820476775255944712008-12-21T09:43:00.000-08:002008-12-21T09:45:15.964-08:00

To its now permanent home at http://www.hydronitrogen.com/ntenczar/

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Alright, Treyarch didn't totally butcher this game. There are; however, a handful of mistakes made in the creation of this game. Here are my top 3 problems with this game.1. Rifles sound like you're firing a BB gun.Probably the greatest pitfall keeping this game from greatness amongst Call of Duty 2 and Modern Warfare is the removal of the hard crack of an M1 Garand or the audible thump of a

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This is my first post out of blogging hiatus, so I'll make it a good one. Lately I've been getting through plenty of school work and other activities, but I still save a little time for gaming. Mass Effect was a safe respite from the outside world where I could enjoy a great game that has so much playability that even after beating it once, I still feel like I missed so very much of it. This is

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So you want to "back up" your movies? Turns out..its pretty easy. All you need are two easily accessible pieces of software that can be downloaded after a simple google search.Step 1. Download and install necessary software. --AutoGK --DVD DecrypterStep 2. Rip IFOs and VOB files with DVD Decrypter. --This is the most simple step of the entire process, and doesn't even

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Finding free wi-fi while on the go is one of the most annoying things that plagues us geeks today. No one wants to sign up for one of those damn T-Mobile Wireless Hotspot accounts or (my personal "favorite") Boingo hotspots found at airports, so here's a quick guide on where to find free Wi-Fi while on family vacation, traveling cross-country, etc.Rule #1: Avoid McDonalds if

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...although it won't be anytime soon, will most likely include an AMD board. With Rambus suing Nvidia's ass, with Nvidia's stock in a slide, and with the ATI Radeon 4870 stomping all over the new GeForce 280, there may be a new king in town. Apparently, over at AMD's HQ they decided maybe their old business model of competing with Intel and Nvidia's midrange chips only for a more suitable model

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If you have not played Oblivion before, it means one of three possible things. 1. You are trapped on a deserted island with no contact to human civilization (but, of course, you are reading my blog because its that awesome), 2. You never thought about it/didn't want to, or 3. Your old piece of shit computer couldn't play it and you became very, very angry (in this instance you may or may not have

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Well, if you've never heard of Fraps before, you sir, are missing out. Fraps does everything you always wished your video games did, and more. The application itself runs in the background (namely the system tray) and unless you play around with the Fraps control panel, you probably won't even notice it until you fire up a game. Even when the game is on the loading screen, you will notice an

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Hopefully, not many of you use iTunes. Quite frankly I think it is a bloated memory hog that is vastly overrated as a system of playing music and movies and downloading said media. This said, some of you may have ripped your tracks from CDs using iTunes, unaware of the evils that may ensue. Much to your dismay you then realized that iTunes had ripped them to a format that didn't work on

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After a two week family vacation, I'm back here blogging once more. Also, the podcast has also been missing in action. Unfortunately, its been very difficult to produce one because of internet screw ups and dropped calls (in fact we tried tonight). Skype simply doesn't work nicely anymore. Anyway, we're working on the technical difficulties and hopefully we'll be spitting out podcasts in the

natetenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04165754443121843028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384718340442274545.post-46637589485459397132008-06-16T19:29:00.000-07:002008-06-16T19:40:55.671-07:00

Well, its over. I've run out of the time to continue trying Slackware 12.0 as I have quite a bit to do for the rest of June. Anyway, here's my conclusion.Slack is very, very stable, and ran without any OS related issues. Some KDE software had problems later in my experience, but I usually fixed that with alternative software or bugging my friend for advice. I wish I had tried KDE 4, but there

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As aforementioned on one of my earlier posts, I have to cut short my 30 days of Slackware as I will be too busy to post or get at my computer in the coming weeks. Once again, no problems with Slackware. I'm beginning to like KDE, but I still favor Gnome over KDE. Gnome's interface is much nicer to look at right after install, and after customization looks great. I can't stand the look of KDE even

natetenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04165754443121843028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384718340442274545.post-71607057162935946552008-06-14T19:30:00.001-07:002008-06-14T19:32:08.882-07:00

This is a truly epic documentary about the humble beginnings of Linux, the GNU project, the Free Software movement, and the Open Source movement. I recommend anyone interested in Linux or a long time fan of the operating system to watch this movie (it is available for download from google video for ipod or PSP formats including .mp4).

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Sorry for not updating the Weekly Headshot Podcast in a long time. I have been busy the last couple weeks and have not had time to fully produce an episode. However Episode 6 will be back with a vengeance hopefully very late tonight or early tomorrow morning (we're recording within the hour).Also, I finally fixed my Windows install. There had been no need to fix it with Slack working so well for

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Slackware still running great, and with sound and video all working masterfully, I have had absolutely no reason to go to my Windows partition (except for the occasional video game). Also, I installed Unreal Tournament 2004 because I own the game and remembered it has a linux installer. Game worked with next to no configuration, and I updated in less than 10 minutes and was playing online games.

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I thought this was really funny, so I figured I'd share. (yes I made it)

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Ok, well this problem took me awhile, and there really wasn't much on google about this. The folks at LQ basically said use "alsaconf" and then mess around with "alsamixer", then save your alsamixer settings with "alsactl store". This; however, did not work for me. I did have to edit one thing on alsamixer; however, (I actually used "kmix" but they both work) by changing the Analogue/Digital

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Ok, loving my slackware install so far, however I have encountered a couple problems.1. I cannot get my sound to work. I'm using a Sound Blaster Audigy 4 and I also have Realtek onboard audio. I have tried "alsaconf" and "alsamixer (with alsactl store)." Any suggestions?2. I was using the gslapt package manager, but for some reason it will no longer open. I tried running it in the terminal to see

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Good news, the antenna works and connects to my home network on both Windows and my Slackware install. I decided, even after already installing Slackware, and having it sit on my hard drive without much use, to re-install. This way, I would be starting fresh so I could analyze every setting prompted so that this 30 day trial goes more smoothly. I'll update when I actually have some problems (that

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You'll have to excuse my french.Anyway, I cannot seem to get the wireless antenna to work properly even in Windoze...This will captivate my attention all night as I attempt to get it working. Once I have it working on my Windows install, I'll move over to Slack and get everything working together nicely.Once this damned thing starts working, I'll gladly begin my 30 days. Until then, I'll be using

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A few things annoy me about one of the most widely used operating systems available. First of all, why is it the most widely used OS? If people took the time to explore other possibilities rather than asking the neighborhood geek to expunge their computer of viruses then the world would be a better place (for geeks at least). People, instead, to flock to a deemed newbie Linux distribution, such

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I have the antenna, and I plan on installing the hardware and software (on slack) tonight. After that, I'll update and get any additional software I need. So I should be all set to begin my 30 day trial. Also, there won't be a podcast for awhile....there simply hasn't been time the last few weeks. But no worries, the podcast will be back the weekend after Memorial Day weekend.

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I got this from the LQ forums...thought it was hilariousEpic journey? Cue Gene Roddenberry: Quote: Slackware. The final frontier.These are the voyages of Nerdman978.His 30 day mission:To explore strange new interfaces.To seek out new applications and new utilities.To boldly go where no man has gone before...after this the original poster was kind enough to rip apart my idea...

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Wow maybe Vista will suck less now. SP1 has been out for about three weeks, and although I have not used it yet...hopefully they made some improvements to Vista that will make the lives of the poor people who bought computers that came bundled with Vista easier. Perhaps we could tell some of these people to drop their Windoze and convert to Linux...eh? Just keep spreading the Linux word all...its

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Is now available on iTunes (yuck!) or your favorite podcast aggregator.grab the feed here: http://www.switchpod.com/ users/natetenz978/feed.xmlIn this episode, we discuss Assassin's Creed "Director's Cut" release for the PC, the source engine dropping support for non-SSE processors, and my 30 day endeavor into Linux.

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