Monthly Archives: May 2015

Installing the Proprietary AMD Catalyst 14.12 (fglrx) driver on Fedora 21 with Linux Kernel 4.04

Update:  See the next post in the series for full installation instructions for Fedora 22! Process Development Summary Below, find the updated installation instructions for the AMD Catalyst 14.12 (fglrx) driver on Fedora 21 with kernel version 4.0.4-201.fc21.x86_64. A very … Continue reading

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“Islamism”

I’ll admit up front that I did not read the article as thoroughly as I might, for my concern is more general than specific to the article which has reminded me of it; The term, “Islamism,” as used here. I … Continue reading

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Letter to Baghdadi

I thought I had posted this a long time ago, but it doesn’t appear so, so here it is: http://www.lettertobaghdadi.com/ In the humble opinion of a lay scholar, that is one excellent letter.  The positions taken by the scholars who … Continue reading

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Restoring or Migrating OTRS to a New System

The Process (OTRS 4.0.8 on Fedora 21 Server with PostgreSQL) On the original system (from which you are migrating), execute the OTRS backup utility (as described here) and make the resulting tar.gz archive available to the target system (to which … Continue reading

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For NFS’ sake: Installing and Configuring the Client for NFS Windows Feature

Finding information on this product is not incredibly easy, so I thought I’d throw another little bit into the Interwebs for anyone else who might be looking. Update:  No NFSv4 Support! Well that really sucks.  I attempted to mount a … Continue reading

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For NFS’ Sake: Installing WDLXTV Firmware on the WD TV Live (P/N WDBAAN0000NBK-00)

So, this took me a good amount of time, though the process is simple once you know what you’re looking for.  The firmware delivered with the WD TV Live device does not permit the use of NFS, and I’m really … Continue reading

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