Virtual Box 5.0 in Portage!

Posted on: July 14, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, Open Watcom, Virtual Box
Tags: gentoo, virtual box

I guess just in time for Windows 10??? emerge –unmerge -p virtualbox Same old catch if you want the BIOS compiled then Open Watcom is needed.  To be specific, I […]

Race into Space – Retro game!

Posted on: July 2, 2015 by Mike
Categories: game, Linux
Tags: game, linux, race into space

I was reading today and had one of those remember that game moments, so I hit Google for a search of Race Into Space.  I played this one for hours!  I […]

Gnome 3.16

Posted on: June 28, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, Gnome, Uncategorized
Tags: gentoo, gnome

Classes are finally out for summer and it is time for catch up.  Still, I had time to cause undue stress in my life.  I decided to do what I […]

The Dreaded Gentoo emerge -e @world

Posted on: March 31, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, portage
Tags: gentoo, portage

Not something I take lightly, nor is it something I look forward to doing.  In Gentoo the emerge “-e” means rebuild all packages installed on the system that portage has […]

Gnome 3.14

Posted on: March 15, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gnome
Tags: gnome, upgrade

This has to have been the easiest Gnome upgrade ever as far as the Gnome 3 versions go.

Gnome OCR and Other Stuff

Posted on: March 1, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, Gnome
Tags: gentoo, gnome, ocr

I was looking for an OCR app to use with Gnome/Gentoo and decided to give OCRFeeder a try.  It is available in the an overlay which makes it easier to […]

More Snow …

Posted on: February 26, 2015 by Mike
Categories: snow, suffolk, virginia, weather
Tags: snow, suffolk, virginia, weather

Third time in a couple weeks, it melts, it snows.  Blah.    

Snow Day!

Posted on: February 17, 2015 by Mike
Categories: suffolk, virginia, weather
Tags: snow, suffolk, virginia, weather

Only 3 inches.

Snow!

Posted on: February 16, 2015 by Mike
Categories: snow, suffolk, virginia, weather
Tags: snow, suffolk, virginia, weather

I thought we would make it the entire winter without a big snow, but I was wrong and it just started.  

Tracker Thrashing at Gnome Boot

Posted on: February 16, 2015 by Mike
Categories: Gentoo, Gnome, tracker
Tags: gentoo, gnome, tracker

Use Gnome?  What is Tracker?  Well, here is the official description: Tracker is a search engine, search tool and metadata storage system. It allows you to find the proverbial needle […]