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Why this website wasn't updated for a long time
Wayne Boyd, December 7, 2011
Nobody likes to visit a website that's supposed to be regularly updated and see it's not been updated. Well, I ran into a programming glitch and am still strying to work through the lines of code to figure it out! That's why the page wasn't updated!
You see, this website was created by me as a programming experiment. It is entirely programmed in PHP and MySQL, and all of the information on every page is stored in a MySQL database. To update any page, and write words like the ones you're reading now, means updating the database. I had finally accomplished being able to do that simply by my logging in, and I had a link at the bottom of every column I could click and then type away. I never had to actually "get in" to the database itself anymore. Until one day. One day I was fooling with the code and broke it, and haven't fixed it yet! Still working on it!
Programmers can get lost in their own lines of code!
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Linux Mint Debian LMDE best Distro
Wayne Boyd, January 22, 2012
I started dabling with Linux probably around 1998, so it's a long time. I'm not a Unix-like OS expert or developer, just an end-loser. When I indulge in programming, it's not on a Linux kernel, that's for sure. I do more basic programming, like the bells and whistles behind this website for example. So when I install an operating system I need it to be able to do some basic stuff. I don't mind if I have to tinker with it. I enjoy that, but I do need it to be able to do basic stuff, like print to my wireless printer, or run Flash and accelerated 3D graphics on my AMD card, and work with my six processor 3 hard drive computer, and play DVD's and so on.
I also want it to be able to accomplish tasks quickly, with few mouse clicks to get to a program. Therein lies one of my complaints of the Unity desktop promoted by Ubuntu, and why I have completely abaondoned my former favorite Linux distribution.
My new favorite OS, that does everything I need it to do, is none-other than Linux Mint Debian, or LMDE for short. Try it, you'll like it.
Ultimately my goal is to get away from Linux altogether and go with the other flavor of Unix-like operating systems: BSD and it's offspring. Conveniently, for example, there's a Debian-BSD project that has a lot of promise. But with a little research I find that as of writing, there is no AMD 3D accelerated graphics driver for a BSD OS.... so I am still in the Linux world!
Back to Linux Mint
Wayne Boyd, June 30, 2011
After finishing up my one month adventure with openSUSE, and giving CentOS (another Linux distro) and Linux Mint 10 LXDE a spin to try getting away from the Gnome desktop environment, I'm back to regular ol' and very reliable Linux Mint 11.04.
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Navigating Away from openSUSE Linux
I have been using openSUSE as my Linux distribution of choice for probably about a month now, the longest I've used any distribution since I gave up on Ubuntu. Now, however, I've decided to try something else.
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Calendar Front Completed
Every year for the last 8 years I have made a TDCJ fiscal calendar which tops anything TDCJ has to offer on their website. I was sick today so I started design on the upcoming year, from September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. The front of the calendar is complete.
You can download the front of the calendar, 8 to a sheet in PDF format. Click here to download.
State of Texas Holidays for 2011-2012
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice website is late in posting the upcoming fiscal holiday schedule which starts September 1, 2011. I need to have this information early every year so that I can make a special schedule card for TDCJ employees on 1 and 2 card that work at the Clements Unit.
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openSUSE's ugly Website
by Wayne Boyd - June 20, 2011
You know, for the moment, openSUSE is my operating system of choice, but someone sure should help them design a prettier website.
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PHP - How to Program your Web Site
by Wayne Boyd
The login system on this website was developed using the PHP programming language, which executes scripts on the server, before it gets sent to your browser over the Internet, and interacts with one of GoDaddy's MySQL databases.
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10 Coolest Devices Running Linux
by Fibonacci
As you all probably know Linux is not limited to just desktops. Are there any other cool devices out there running on Linux or Unix? Of course there are:
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Honey, I love you
Wayne Boyd, June 15, 2011
Did I tell you this today?
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Streamlining the Web Site
Wayne Boyd, June 15, 2011
This is really big news for me.
What's that you say? Or did you say at all? I don't know. I've got a hearing problem so I don't know whether you said, asked or even cared, but I care.
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