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Written by WebRuss
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Sunday, 05 July 2009 13:09 |
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Welcome to my website! Thanks for stopping by.
This is the portal for Russ Wright, better known as WebRuss. Here I talk about my work and development projects that interest me. You can also see some of my previous work and if you are looking for a contract developer, you can look at my resume or even contact me.
What's up with the images in the header graphic? The images across the bottom are my toolbar in gnome. In order they are: Show Desktop, Nautilus, gedit, Firefox, Evolution, GIMP, OpenOffice, FileZilla. Rhythmbox and Terminal. These are the most common apps I use everyday and the ones I will write about most often in my linux blog.
Regards
WebRuss
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Last Updated on Sunday, 05 July 2009 21:27 |
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The Open Source Phenomenon: How it is Affecting Business and Education. |
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Written by WebRuss
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Friday, 19 March 2010 12:16 |
Abstract
Open source software, with the unique license that gives the user many rights and freedoms, is transforming business and education. Once thought of as hobbyist programming, open source now has many products that are competitive with commercial proprietary software. This paper explores the perception of programming methods used to create open source programs, the security of the open source model, the evolution of the business model used to sell open source software, and the impact of open source on education and business.
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 March 2010 12:35 |
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Upgrading to Fedora 12 Via USB |
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Written by WebRuss
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Monday, 01 February 2010 14:50 |
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I recently upgraded my Fedora 11 box to Fedora 12. No big deal, download the ISO and burn a CD, reboot and upgrade. Well then I read a cool article on upgrading from a usb drive. I thought I would give it a try. I was not disappointed.
I simply followed the directions over at: Live-USB-Creator and turned my 2GB USB flash drive into a portable Fedora Install Device.
I am recreating the process on my FC-12 box so if you are using FC 11 your package numbers will be slightly different. Following the instructions, I opened terminal, my favorite console window tool, and swithed user to root the typed the apporopriate install command:
# yum install liveusb-creator
On my computer it needed a couple of additonal dependencies. I pressed Y and let it finish the install I then went to the Menu-->System Tools-->LiveUSB-Creator and authenticated as root, the screen popped up.
The process from here was easy I selected the distribution I wanted and let it do it's thing. A few mimutes later I had a bootable thumb drive with FC 12 on it ready to go. I have heard that some people have issues with the download of the image. The tool does provide an option to select an ISO image from your local drive to install.
Overall this is a great tool. I reccomend it.
Regards
Russ
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 February 2010 14:52 |
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Ethical and Moral Impact of Technology |
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Written by WebRuss
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 20:03 |
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This is an exerpt from my master thesis on the Ethical and Moral Impact of Technology
According to Greek legend, Prometheus stole fire from the chariot of the Sun and he carried it back to Earth. Fire, perhaps the first gift of technology, is a gift of both wonder and terror. At the core of the internal combustion engine, which powers nearly all of our vehicles, is fire. Our homes are heated by oil that is burned to heat water that is then pumped into radiators. On September 11th 2001 terrorists used airplanes filled with fuel as giant flying bombs to destroy the World Trade Center. Fire is an amazing and powerful tool that can be used to build or destroy.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 August 2009 20:40 |
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Converting VB and VB script apps to php |
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Written by WebRuss
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Sunday, 05 July 2009 13:14 |
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I recently tried a conversion of an old asp website to php. The process went pretty well using the asp2php converter located at http://asp2php.naken.cc/
The problems cropped up in the custom ADODB connection. That really doesnt work. But no biggie I was able to complete the conversion with not too much effort.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 05 July 2009 14:41 |
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