One of the perceived issues with the increased use of social networks and pervasive online activities is eroding of personal privacy. Some would have us believe that there will be no privacy in the future, and we just need to accept that fact.
I feel very differently. What is eroding is personal anonymity, which is very different then privacy.
It’s _why day. woo. go do something wonderful. Who/what/where/when/why is _why, you ask? read on..
One of my favorite linux distros has been archlinux since the early oughts. It’s default install is super lightweight, and it’s configuration system is a joy (especially after working with several distros with many rc directories and hundreds of symlinks).
However, there is a learning curve with archlinux. Since it’s so stripped down, some things that you might expect to see are not installed or configured. And following it’s minimalist mantra, packages tend to not configure themselves when you install them. Following is blow by blow to help get a box booted up and running.
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One of the things that I like to do it launch my VM’s with out a GUI – it takes a little less resources, and it does not clutter up my Mac’s desktop with windows that I do not need. It’s been hard to do in the past.
Enter VMWare Fusion Launcher. Currently it’s tested under Ruby 1.9.2dev, so YMMV.