September 2008

On an RPM-based system, yum-utils provides a utility called ‘package-cleanup’. It has two useful options: –orphans shows RPM packages that do not belong to any… Read More »Package Cleanup – Leaves and Orphans

Folks running their own local yum repositories using cobbler will have to add new repos to get continued updates, the ones signed with the new… Read More »Fedora, Cobbler & Newkey

Fraser Speirs, former iPhone developer, had his application rejected by Apple on grounds that it might compete with iTunes. Unfortunately for Speirs and every other… Read More »iPhone: Developers Burned, Investors Leery

Some e-mail systems, notably Earthlink, employ a challenge-response system whereby when you send a user an e-mail you get a response asking you to fill… Read More »I’m Not E-mailing You

DRED has published its ’Broadband Action Plan’ with recommendations on how to improve the penetration of high speed Internet service in NH. I attended a… Read More »NH Broadband Action Plan

LEBANON, NH, September 1, 2008 – BFC Computing, a computer consulting firm based in Lebanon, NH, has launched McCainPalin2008.us, a website dedicated to news about… Read More »BFC Computing Launches McCain-Palin 2008 News Website