Tech notes

February 26, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

Wine vs. Crossover Office

I have been using several trial versions (2.0.1 and 2.0.2) of Crossover Office.

February 25, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

Syncronizing Suse 9 with a public time server

Finally I figured out where to set the time sync option in Suse 9.
How to format and duplicate floppies under Linux

February 25, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

How to format and duplicate floppies under Linux

Formatting and duplication of floppy disks with Linux
How to load kernel modules automatically during system boot

February 23, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

How to load kernel modules automatically during system boot

How to load kernel modules upon startup?
Hiding dot files for samba shares

February 23, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

Hiding dot files for samba shares

How do you suppress the display of system files (configuration files, those that start with a dot) when connecting from a Windows computer to your samba server?
Cholesterol-free chocolate cookie recipe

February 23, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

Cholesterol-free chocolate cookie recipe

Recipe for cholesterol-free cookies
Shortcoming of silent mutagenesis tools (EMBOSS, GCK): WatCut as a solution

February 22, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

Shortcoming of silent mutagenesis tools (EMBOSS, GCK): WatCut as a solution

Many programs that try to detect possible restriction sites in nucleotide sequences while maintaining the protein sequence fail big time.
KDX under WINE

February 22, 2004 • 1 min read • Technology

KDX under WINE

I tested the encrypted file sharing application KDX under WINE.
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