Sorry it took so long, but there are new chromium packages available now. You may notice some key differences ( Read more... )

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An Unprivileged Linux User Must Not Be Able to ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, I am taking my the longest plane ride ever: I'm going to Brisbane, Australia for a week ( Read more... )

Thanks to the work of Craig Schlenter, Evan Martin, and Joel Stan, there is now a workaround patch (albeit, a hack) for the chromium issue where certain websites wouldn't load. New chromium packages with this patch applied are rsync'ed to the main repository now, so you should be able to get an update by running: yum update chromium v8

You may have noticed that the chromium packages haven't updated in a while. There is a reason for this ( Read more... )

I need to make the time to write here more. I enjoy having an outlet to write, where I can muse, tell stories, and generally, express myself. Too often, it gets dropped down underneath other items on my todo list and never happens. I need to correct that ( Read more... )

Flying back home from Atlanta Linux Fest today. I enjoyed the show, and I thought my presentation was well received by the 15 people who attended it. Unfortunately, I did not get the opportunity to hear any other sessions, aside from the closing remarks. I spent most of the day on my feet, talking to folks about Fedora at our table. I did enjoy the ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, my new Thinkpad T500 managed to get water spilled on it. It promptly powered down and steadfastly refused to power up. I dried it off, inside and out, then tented it in front of a box fan for a few hours, but it still refused to turn on ( Read more... )