Archive for November, 2008

An ASUS eee PC with Debian Linux

I like Linux, but I know Red Hat, Fedora and Ubuntu a little better than Debian – bit I am keen to get myself an eee. I have been thinking about a 901 or perhaps a 1000H and wiping XP off it. Anyway a mate has a 701 up for sale as he just got [...]

More on Linux

Yes, I am still working through that Linux server I inherited without adequate documentation. So my next step is to find out the hardware specification of the server. CPU info: cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ‘model name’ Memory info: cat /proc/meminfo cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemFree Storage info: cat [...]

Do you think you can ignore web accessibility?

I am feeling really frustrated today. I have been interacting with some organisations here in Queensland that feel that feel that web accessibility does not apply to them. Can I point out that: Under section 67(1)(k) of the Disability Discrimination Act, the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Hreoc) issues guidelines for the purpose [...]