Category Archives: Computing

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Welcome to NetBSD 4.0_BETA2!

Posted on 28 April, 2007 by Matthias Scheler

Today I finally found the time to update my home server from NetBSD 3.1_STABLE to 4.0_BETA2. As usual the update went off without major hitches. I booted the 4.0_BETA2 kernel into single user mode and was pleasantly surpised that it … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X … Blessing or Curse?

Posted on 27 April, 2007 by Matthias Scheler

These days my preferred desktop machine at home is my Power Mac G5. The machine is reasonably fast, very silent (or at least less noisy than the other machines) and runs Mac OS X. And using Mac OS X on … Continue reading →

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Super Size Mac Pro

Posted on 5 April, 2007 by Matthias Scheler

Shortly after Intel introduced Quad Core Xeon CPUs people tried to install them in Apple’s Mac Pro. Because the upgrade worked without any problems it was only a question of time until Apple would offer such a machine. Yesterday the … Continue reading →

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