Colin Percival

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  • ConnectBot Uses

    I run the standard Android code on my phone, with Twidroid installed for accessing Twitter, and ConnectBot for SSH.

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • Thunderbird Uses

    I use Thunderbird 2.0 for email – yes, I still download all of my email to my laptop.

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • Dell XPS M1530 Disliked

    I do all of my work from a Dell XPS M1530 laptop – Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz) CPU, 3 GB of RAM, 250 GB hard drive. I don't really like this laptop: It runs quite hot, and all of its air intake is on the bottom, so it tends to overheat if I place it on a bed or carpeted floor.

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • Apache Mixed on

    Apache for web serving (I would probably not pick Apache if I cared about performance, but I don't do anything which needs fantastic HTTP serving performance);

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • qmail Uses

    I use djbdns for DNS (both authoritative and caching); qmail for email; ezmlm for mailing lists;

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • djbdns Uses

    I use djbdns for DNS (both authoritative and caching); qmail for email; ezmlm for mailing lists;

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • Konqueror Uses

    I use Konqueror as a web browser whenever possible, but have Firefox 3.6 installed for websites where Konqueror doesn't work.

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • Tarsnap Uses

    I do backups via Tarsnap, of course.

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • FreeBSD Uses

    On my laptop, I run FreeBSD 7.3 (I've been meaning to upgrade to 8.0 but haven't gotten around to it yet) and KDE 3.5.

    usesthis.com 2010-06-27

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  • FreeBSD 27 Jun 2010 Uses
  • Tarsnap 27 Jun 2010 Usestheir own
  • Konqueror 27 Jun 2010 Uses
  • djbdns 27 Jun 2010 Uses
  • qmail 27 Jun 2010 Uses
  • Apache 27 Jun 2010 Mixed on
  • Dell XPS M1530 27 Jun 2010 Disliked
  • Thunderbird 27 Jun 2010 Uses
  • ConnectBot 27 Jun 2010 Uses