A Personal Blog
Archive for July, 2003
SCO Stock and Trading
Jul 23rd
Insider Trading Report – SCO Group
Found this interesting.
SCO Chairman Darl McBride buys up a bunch of stock dirt cheap in October. Within months his company is raising a ruckus about Unix IP protection. All these other guys start selling off as their stock prices increase. as I see it, this is a definite reflection of a power play to make quick bucks by playing off shareholder instincts.
Prediction: SCO settles suit with IBM within the next 30 days.
The Gospel according to AWStats
Jul 23rd
So, which of our readers is the clown who searched Google with the phrase “cnn ie6 slow” and found Ensight? :p
The Next Big Thing
Jul 23rd
I have been really studying the internet and the whole web design/programming area lately for a project that is basically a outline of Linux and what it can do for this specific company. As I have been researching certain aspects of where the web is going I have realized that web programming and concepts can only go so far; or can it?
I think that every web designer, programmer, and network admin out there understands that new ideas are brought from old ideas, that is a no brainer. The one area that the net is just now starting to (barely) tap into is the telecommunications market. (more…)
Why I Hate Interviews
Jul 22nd
Okay, that’s it. I hate interviews. I know everyone hates interviews because they make them nervous, whatever. I hate them for a much better reason. I hate them because they are useless. In the same way that resume screening software is really, at it’s core, useless, so interviewing is useless. They may as well sit you in front of a computer and ask it to interview you for all the good interviews actually do. (more…)
Linux Tip of the Week: Windows Fonts in Linux
Jul 21st
I thought I’d supply a quick tip per week. I will tentaively do these on Mondays. These tips will be primarily geared for the Linux user who is making the switch from Windows and needs to get his neck around some very convenient things buried deep inside. I may contribute a tip that could be useful for the veteran as well. We shall see.
So, without further adieu…
Getting Your Windows Fonts into Redhat 9 First off, you’re going to need to make sure your Windows partition, in a dual boot system, is accessible. If you aren’t dual booting, you can skip this part. If you need to get your Windows partition accessible, follow the instructions here.
Once you have your Windows partition accessible, open a terminal window.
From the Terminal type:
prompt# cd /cdrive/windows/Fonts prompt# ttmkfdir > fonts.scale prompt# mkfontdir propmt# chkfontpath -a /cdrive/windows/Fonts
So what is happening?
The first command will take you to your Windows Fonts directory. This will be relative to how you have mounted your drive and which version of Windows. Find this path and descend into it.
Secondly, we are using a tool, ttmkfdir, that comes default with a complete install of RH9. If you don’t have it, you can get it from the CDs or you can download it from here.. This maps all the TrueType fonts in the directory and writes them to a text file called fonts.scale.
Thirdly, you run a similar file, mkfontdir, which will map out all the fonts, TTF or not.
Finally, by ruinning chkfontpath -a, we can add the designated directory to the X-Windows config file for paths where fonts are located effectively integrating all Windows fonts into your Redhat system.
