This entry will require a little bit of backstory to catch you up to speed. Way back around December 2003, I decided that I needed to purchase a copy of VMWare for Windows to run Debian inside a virtual machine in Windows for a class I was taking. So I paid around $130 for an [...]

Here’s the best once-sentence blurb I’ve heard in a long, long time:
SCI FI Channel and BBC Worldwide Americas announced today a major licensing deal for the first series of the latest Doctor Who adventures.
Hooray! I think I’ll still nab new episodes from bittorrent, so I’m not 6 months behind on new episodes. But it’ll be [...]

All about Linux has a nice, glowing review of my favorite desktop environment, Xfce:
But what sets Xfce apart from the more popular heavy weights like Gnome and KDE is its very low memory foot print. In fact, in the developer’s own words, the aim of Xfce is to be a simple, light and efficient [...]

Well, I’ll be damned: Grisofthas released a Linux version of AVG Free!
AVG Free for Linux is a natural progression of Grisoft’s commitment to security and a natural evolution of its product line, according to Lipa. “It brings together AVG Free, our product designed for free home use by individual users, and AVG for Linux, our [...]

I’ve been doing some work on the back-end here at apt-get install. The newest change? a new URL! That’s right, from now on, access this page at http://apt-get.biffster.org. The old address should auto-redirect you to this URL, but please update your bookmarks just to be sure.
Those of you using an RSS feed, please update the [...]