Computer Links by William Eric McFadden revision 02042010-0853

Links to sites not related to computing can be found in my Bookmarks.

Read my disclaimer.

Slashdot.org--"News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."

OldVersion.com

dBpowerAMP--rips CDs to MP3 format
Free DVD MP3 Ripper--rip audio from DVDs

cURL groks those URLs

Using CommonSpot at OU

Java Technology at http://java.sun.com/

Pocket PC

Smartphone & PDA Discussion Forums at Brighthand

FreewarePPC.com
PocketPC Freeware
PocketPCSoft.net
Freeware PocketPC

PocketDOS -- run DOS apps on PocketPC

Linux

Distributions

ubuntu--"linux for human beings"
Knoppix--run Linux from a bootable CD
Red Hat
Slackware by Walnut Creek
Caldera

Notes on Knoppix from Steve Brown:

You want the ISO image and the MD5 sum to check its integrity. It should be
self-explanatory. Get the '-EN' version to get it in English (but you can
change the language at boot time, but the plain one defaults to German.)

Any CD burning software should be able to handle burning the CD from the ISO,
it's just a block dump of a CD track. Once you have a CD, mount it and look in
it for the floppy images. On unix/linux, use dd to write a boot floppy; in dos,
use rawrite.exe included on the CD. If your computer knows how to boot direct
from CD, you don't need the floppy.

Look at the cheatcodes list (available at the knoppix boot prompt, if you forgot
to look at it beforehand) to see the boot options. If you want to boot
repeatedly with a particular set of options, you can modify the boot floppy to
make them default. You can also modify the CD image and burn custom CD,
although I'm not sure you can do this in Windoze. (Linux has a loopback
device, that lets you mount the image as if it were a cd, then modify the
files in it.) This is all in the FAQs.

Remember to hit return at the boot prompt if you're not entering any cheatcodes;
I don't think there's a timeout, and I keep forgetting and finding it patiently
waiting at the prompt.

Retailers

Linux Mall

Applications and Utilities

SAMBA
SMB HOWTO
Star Division--makers of StarOffice
Linux Applications and Utilities Page

Browsers

Mozilla.org with FireFox

Retailers

Micro Warehouse
Ben's Bargain Center
Computer Geeks Discount Center
OfficeMax
Multiwave
Dalco--Networking, Computer Hardware, Cables, SCSI, & Accessories
Egghead
Micro Center
TigerDirect.com

The Laptop Guy, a Columbus, Ohio purveyor of used notebook PCs

Anti-Virus

CIAC Internet Hoaxes

Symantec

Virus Encyclopedia
Virus Hoaxes

McAfee

Spyware

Merijn.org, with CWShredder

Stanford Wearable Computing Laboratory--really small PCs

Bandwidth Speed Test at speedtest.net
Bandwidth Speed Test at computingcentral.msn.com--test internet connection
Bandwidth Speed Test at Numion

This is a collection of links that I have found useful or interesting, either professionally or personally. It is maintained for my own use, and is subject to change at any time. No claims are made to completeness, accuracy, or competence. No endorsement of any site, individual, product, or corporation is intended. With these caveats, anyone is welcome to browse these links or to use this page.

Attributions: virgin sacrifice cartoon--found on Web without attribution