Two words minimize button. I start my computer some desktops restore with windows maximized. I click the minimize button, the windows do a little shake but stay maximized. Silly me to expect a minimize button to minimize the window. It’s called minimize button not stay the same size button. I can rarely lock on to …
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Open Mainframe Project – Printing job output
Another thing I like about the ZOWE extension in VS Code (I’ve got to find a shorter way of saying this…ZEVSC?) is being able to more easily view/print job output. Since I had already started the Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Training Course, I had some existing jobs I could easily rerun. Submitted job output is …
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Master the Mainframe – Last Final Challenge comment?
I’m sure that all theses details would be pretty tedious to anyone else. But again this isn’t really a blog meant to hold other peoples interest…it’s a log for me. As I said in this post “I’ve technically finished the MTM course but as long as I still have access to z/OS I would still …
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Linux Mint Mate 19.3 problem
I installed on my mom’s older computer. It’s mostly been working fine. However have been having an annoying Window focus problem. I think I’m on a window but I’m not, I click the Windows top bar to get focus without success. Frequently I have to click it’s tab on the bottom bar to bring forward …
Burlington Coat Factory
Speaking of forward thinking, I frequently think of Burlington as a early Linux adopter. I must be the only one because I don’t think I’ve ever heard it mentioned through the years. Here’s an article from 1999 talking about Burlington getting Red Hat servers. I’d be interested if they continued through the years using it.
Munich and Linux
Many years ago it seems like Munich was forward thinking and was way ahead of the curve in their desire to adopt Linux. They even developed their own distro called LiMux, which might not have been the best idea. Then around 2017 they decided to go back to MS-Windows. Now it seems they’ve decided to …