tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76551172011-12-26T20:38:32.035+01:00It's a sad sad blogeven if you are michael or janet, wasn't it jesus who said it?Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.comBlogger1711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-74730532403295225562011-11-01T22:10:00.001+01:002011-11-01T22:10:31.153+01:00Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-44337026492522330012011-02-06T21:37:00.001+01:002011-02-06T21:37:40.882+01:00Fosdem weekend is already over, and it was fabulous once again. There are just so many great sessions and talks that sometimes it's hard to choose. This year there were 6000 open source minded people present, and this is getting problematic. On Saterday i had a lot of problems getting into rooms because most of them were full. What i did notice is that a lot of guys take their girlfriends Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-83559250260453896822011-02-05T17:46:00.003+01:002011-02-05T18:22:15.108+01:00Android is probably the most popular linux distro at the moment. The amount of users buying and the companies implementing it are huge, all in a little more then 2 years. In a certain way this shows linux was ready for the masses all along, but as always it took a big company (google in case you didn't know) to get it anywhere.The one issue that everybody keeps picking on, is the so called Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-26662396816800843592011-01-15T21:22:00.003+01:002011-01-15T21:24:49.899+01:00The most impressive thing for this year so far, 1 second linux booting. And that is not just the kernel, but the whole init sequence right into a GUI. Now, this is what i want on my linux powered phone.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-8839909862742039432010-10-21T22:27:00.002+02:002010-10-21T22:33:13.424+02:00This documentary has been available for a while, but i just now got around to seeing it. It is rather good and not to long, well worth its 15 minutes.Sorry about this, as your browser doesn't support HTML5, the emerging video standard for the web.Please watch the movie without HTML5, or download Firefox 3.6 and watch the video with built-in support for HTML5 video.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-8049607985494828662010-09-01T21:47:00.003+02:002010-09-01T22:04:29.836+02:00I own a Samsung Galaxy, that is an Android phone, one that has been available for more then 2 years already. By default it comes with Android 1.5, this is a rather old version, but it didn't matter much because 1.5 was the most targeted Android release. This was changing quickly during the last few months when more and more apps became available for higher versions only. This became rather Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-74067656481972325052010-08-19T10:29:00.002+02:002010-08-19T10:36:03.786+02:00I came across this graphical overview of all court cases wich are centered around (smart) mobile phones. What a freaking mess, and the picture is not even complete/correct anymore. We need to add Oracle, Google and Microsoft to this diagram.Image the progress made when all court efforts could go directly into improving the products of these companies, and some of them really need the improvemt, Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-47032406301016228522010-07-06T23:16:00.003+02:002010-07-06T23:22:04.811+02:00A while ago a bought myself an eReader, more specific a Sony Reader Pocket. Anyway, plug it in and it was detected without problems by Gnome, but how to get books on it? Ubuntu has the excellent Calibre ebook management software in its repositories, but it didn't do all that much. Apparently it doesn't work with the Son Reader Pocket. The solution was simple, upgrading to the version available Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-45065334926682263002010-06-01T22:01:00.002+02:002010-06-01T22:13:30.310+02:00It's all over the net, Google is dumping MS Windows for desktops and dictating to use MacOSX or Linux instead, for those who still want to use MS Windows, an exception request needs to be filed. I know it is the other way around in a lot of companies.Is Google mad or genius? Well, no doubt i think they are genius and i think it is an important message they are sending out for others. The main Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-46654997707264422052010-05-08T22:29:00.002+02:002010-05-08T22:55:35.133+02:00I reported earlier that i had bought an Android mobile phone, it's the Samsung Galaxy 7500. After several months now, I can say truely say what the good and bad points are. Functionality wise there is nothing that compares to it, it's very close to a small PC in the palm of your hand. There are so many apps available, you have to inform yourself and read reviews on dedicated sites to know good Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-79467026686826395782010-04-25T15:22:00.003+02:002010-04-25T15:34:32.703+02:00Everybody by now knows about the remarks Steve Jobs made about Android phones and porn. I just want to let you know why i think it is an important remark, for two reasons;Normally Apple doesn't use such weak arguments, most of the time they do have a valid point when talking about other systems.Secondly, if that is the only thing 'wrong' with Android compared to an iPhone, I'd say Android is in Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-46478953494727987942010-04-22T20:39:00.002+02:002010-04-22T20:49:06.928+02:00Avatar, the epic sci-fi movie, was released on BD or DVD yesterday. I hardly go to the movies anymore, but i couldn't wait to get the BD release because i'm a big fan of all of James Camerons work (yes, that includes Titanic & Pirhana 2). Anyway, what is interesting is the fact that you get a DVD for 'free' when you buy the BD edition. In the box itself it is described as 'ideal for on the go'. Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-2542869658509029722010-02-10T21:18:00.008+01:002010-02-10T21:27:18.606+01:00My loot! ping from redhat & fedora, a tuit from perl, t-shirts from FOSDEM itself and Mozilla/Firefox, pocket guide for '*grep', a bunch of stickers, a DTrace quick guide (handy!) random flyers and stickers, a CD or DVD from about every big distro there is (Linux & BSD & OpenSolaris).It's also cool to see all those promotional posters from the different teams.One of the main tracks, here Andrew Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-52164564633738256412010-01-02T20:00:00.003+01:002010-01-02T20:23:31.882+01:00I've got myself an Android phone, i went for the Samsung Galaxy i7500 (i'll probably have some more posts about it later). It works like a charm, when connecting with USB it maps as a drive, F-spot starts up to import photos, only thing not working was syncing music in rhythmbox (Android also plays .ogg). The phone was not recognized at all, even though the MTP plugins were enabled. The solution Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-70908327696774225932009-12-05T22:02:00.002+01:002009-12-05T22:10:31.083+01:00One of my fav bands in 'Foo Fighters', the man behind this rocking beast is Dave Growl, previously famous as the drummer of Nirvana. There is now a 1 page interview available with Growl from Time Magazine. One of the questions deal with piracy, this is his answer;I don't have a problem with people downloading music. To me the important thing is that people come to my shows and see the music live Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-28138356164396076392009-11-14T22:13:00.002+01:002009-11-14T22:16:00.460+01:00Our Red Hat Account Manager came by one day, she brought some cups along. I adore the JBoss one, I'm calling this post - One girl two cups.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-9117695920286625992009-11-10T10:48:00.002+01:002009-11-10T10:52:48.404+01:00Is your clock running way to fast for a guest VirtualBox system? There is a long standing open bug regarding this problem reported. There is a solution available in the means of adding some kernel boot parameters. Edit your grub config file (normally '/boot/grub/menu.lst') and add the following;divider=10 nolapic_timer clocksource=acpi_pmafter a reboot of your guest, your system time should now Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-11784371808862727812009-11-08T20:02:00.002+01:002009-11-08T20:17:01.812+01:00Karmic Koala is one of the best Ubuntu releases so far. Some reports might say otherwise, but my personal expierience says otherwise. It's not perfect, and some things are not fixed yet, at least the development is open en every 6 months a new release comes along improving upon the previous installment.There are some things that bothered me, luckily fixes are available. First, when using the Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-16082451247063271502009-08-04T22:12:00.002+02:002009-08-04T22:26:56.453+02:00There are a lot of adds for mobile internet on Belgian TV the last month, but there is one that makes me almost mad. I'm very anti-belgacom, mostly because of the olden days when all we had were modems and used it to connect to BBS's - i even had my own 2 node demo scene oriented board.Anyway, the add goes something like this. 'Pick mobile internet from Proximus (the mobile provider of Belgacom),Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-64874436830603925842009-07-26T09:54:00.002+02:002009-07-26T10:08:02.441+02:00Chrome OS, I'm not sure what to think about it. Going from what we know, it sounds like Linux booting the Chrome browser, because where Google is comming from, the browser is the OS. Nothing stops you from creating a similar expirience with any decent linux distri currently available. On my 4G Surf i did just that, basic Linux (Ubuntu minimal) and then adding several packages to make ACPI workingDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-74508731573824007362009-06-14T08:36:00.002+02:002009-06-14T08:55:14.975+02:00Every Ubuntu release before 2008, i has the custom habbit of switching totem with its gstreamer backend to the version with the xine backend. Xine is a really good player, which i have used intensivly before switching to Ubuntu. Why did i change to the xine variant, simply because the gstreamer backend wasn't able to play everything, it got better each release, but each time there were still someDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-54327156293354951212009-06-07T09:13:00.002+02:002009-06-07T09:26:47.017+02:00Anybody else excited by the news that Monkey Island is making a return? On Wii-Ware you'll be getting Tales of Monkey Island, some other platforms will get an HD revision of the original. I don't care much about the new HD builds because frankly, the original is still great (certainly with scummvm on the go everywhere with you).I'm not sure about the 3D just yet, and the latest 3D attempt MI4 wasDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-26173803931121794672009-05-30T09:28:00.003+02:002009-05-30T09:49:52.943+02:00Asus and Microsoft have combined forces against Linux on the netbook, their first step has been the release of this website. Nothing to see there, except a movie, and it pisses me off.The movies shown all include the original netbook (the 4G surf), and they are running windows XP. Now each time the movie zooms in, it is most certainly not the screen of a 4G you are seeing, the screen estate is Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-3035242894874679472009-05-30T06:53:00.002+02:002009-05-30T07:21:09.909+02:00I think it is pretty cool what Canonical is trying to do with android. As you may know android uses the linux kernel, but has nothing else in common with a regular linux distro. Another libc is used, their own graphics system, special java stack. In practise this means that you can just run regular linux apps on Android or the other way around.With the Canonical work done you can run Android appsDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-37575346649470952662009-05-17T09:07:00.002+02:002009-05-17T09:14:53.794+02:00Canonical released Ubuntu One somewhere in the past days and discussion about the thing are lighting up the Linux world. Jeez people, what is the freaking problem? Nobody is forcing you to use it, so if you don't like it, don't use it! You have a choice here. I'm not too worried about the fact that it might end up in an Ubuntu release one day, Canonical has only benefits of keeping their user Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-741284047198486062009-05-04T22:33:00.002+02:002009-05-04T22:54:07.093+02:00A week or so ago, ESR had a blog entry about 'The economic case against the GPL', it spawned a hefty discussion on slashdot, as you can imagine. However the case he tries to make is correct. Companies are scared of the GPL.As a user or independent developer the GPL is probably the most attractive license for software/open source development currently available. I know i would release all my work Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-69202009956818176152009-04-27T22:35:00.003+02:002009-04-27T22:47:00.507+02:00The problem with the current cream of the crops CPUs is that they have so many cores and there are not a lot of programs yet taking advantage of it. Recently i had a request from somebody who wanted to process fotos on his brand new Intel i7 utilizing all of his cores as much as possible. He is using ImageMagick for his batch manipulations, ofcourse it handles only one picture at a time. I Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-41919769496521986822009-04-23T22:30:00.002+02:002009-04-23T22:49:17.133+02:00Three things i want to share with you all today;Ubuntu 9.04 has been released, it's not a LTS release but i think it is a welcome update to 8.10, certainly for netbook users since 'Netbook remix' is now an official separate version.A website got blocked by court order in Belgium. It's a website reporting in which neighbourhood previously convicted pedophiles live. No exact addresses are given, soDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-65323766445438074222009-04-21T20:47:00.002+02:002009-04-21T21:07:51.187+02:00Oracle buying Sun, who ever saw that comming? Sure it makes Oracle even stronger then they were before because they now also have a serious hardware division in their portfolio. But the questions start here already, recently Oracle announced the Exabyte. This is a total solution combining Software from Oracle (including Unbreakable Linux) and Hardware from HP. I can't imagine they will continue Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-41553166788329769662009-03-25T13:59:00.001+01:002009-03-25T14:03:19.062+01:00Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-32958063668333484422009-03-23T21:45:00.004+01:002009-03-23T22:01:46.729+01:00Patents are the rotten apple in the software industry, this is even much more so for Open Source developers. Recently we have been bombarder all over the net about the MS vs. TomTom case, which resolves around a 'long filename' patent in FAT. Nobody is sure what the real reason for the lawsuit is; is MS targetting Linux (which TomTom uses on their devices), do they want to destroy a competitor orDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-8453203259971646412009-03-04T22:52:00.002+01:002009-03-04T23:09:40.215+01:00In the latest edition of the DataNews magazine (free ict magazine targeted at manager types), there is an article about Fosdem. The article is in Ducth but you can probably translate it decently enough to english (if needed) to get a better understanding about what i'm talking about.There is a section where they question if the GPL is still a valid license, or is it out-dated? They argue that theDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-5617187508365544282009-02-13T21:20:00.014+01:002009-02-13T21:49:22.492+01:00How about some Fosdem 2009 pictures, again i'll be focusing on the athmosphere, as for the talks, there are other resources to get more info on them. If you haven't been to Fosdem yet, I hope these picture will wet your appetite.What? I don't want to do that, delete my willy are you nuts!?It's always that crowded, from the early morning till late in the afternoon.Hey, an Ubuntu stand, they Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-9838948271299045772009-02-09T23:55:00.003+01:002009-02-09T23:59:27.679+01:00Show people KDE4 and tell them it is Windows 7, lets see how they react.Surprised? Can you imagine how upset MS would be if a distro would be named 'Lindows' which could confuse people in actually buying a Linux version instead of Windows and then liking it more.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-32836151027053796902009-01-31T09:26:00.002+01:002009-01-31T09:39:41.001+01:00I've had it up to here with all this Windows 7 propaganda on the net the last month or since whenever MicroSoft released their public beta. Vista was the first time the press was bad to Windows from the beginning for the first time. All previous releases were crap as well, but the press and tech sites never really send out this negaive vibe en-mass as they did with Vista. Now this is no more, Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-43417838499146640872009-01-22T20:26:00.002+01:002009-01-22T20:34:51.569+01:00Imagine that, both Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are about equal in market capitalization ($2.6 billion). This does not mean that RH turns the same profit as Sun does, at this point Sun still has higher profit by a very large margin. The market capitalization shows us what the market thinks the company is worth (or the total value of all the shares of the company). I don't know about you, but i Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-58470639584628978582009-01-20T23:56:00.002+01:002009-01-21T00:01:47.976+01:00Sometimes vendors do their best to hide stuff from customers. For example, i noticed a lot of laptops using the Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 processor, however searching for the exact specs of this beast you will find exactly nothing on intels site (and it is even the developer site, none the less). Nothing in the available list of cpu and even zero results from the site-search.Then i stumbled upon Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-24270971514369318842009-01-13T20:22:00.002+01:002009-01-13T20:44:31.378+01:002009 is already almost 2 weeks old and i still haven't looked back at 2008, I'm probably the last person on the net to do so, which is a feat in itself.Linux & OSS headlines for 2008 for me include:Python 3.0 gets released. the good just keeps getting better.The first Android phone ships, it uses the Linux kernel. Not long after that the iPhone gets hacked and is able to boot Linux too. Seems Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-5515975149583389322008-12-29T14:16:00.003+01:002008-12-29T14:22:15.180+01:00We went shopping recently, to one of the largest convenient stores in Belgium. At several places in the shop they have these TV's playing commercials of their own stuff. Normally i don't pay much attention to it, but this one caught my eye. It was about their on-line ordering system, and they were demoing how to buy stuff from them from the internet. The above picture is a close up from the Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-20243214902270655832008-11-23T21:47:00.000+01:002008-11-23T21:48:45.166+01:00Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-12352488345407963232008-11-13T21:31:00.003+01:002008-11-13T22:05:48.085+01:00On a normal PC, the latest Ubuntu isn't that much of a big improvement, however if you're an eee-pc owner it is a great upgrade, more on that possibly in a later post.I did a clean install, wiped my previous xubuntu installation and started from scratch. The problem ofcourse was that my previous install was already a while ago and i didn't quite remember exactly what i did to get it booting from Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-20575186535716229542008-10-26T23:05:00.002+01:002008-10-26T23:18:57.617+01:00There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.In the UK you'll find busses with this advert on it driving around. I like it, however is this really needed? Am i just naive in thinking this is unnecessary? It will probably also get a lot of comments from all types of religions. I also believe that as an Atheist you need to allow other people to have their own belives. By pushing Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-34703496377538099372008-10-16T21:41:00.002+02:002008-10-16T21:49:04.958+02:00Already old news, but it's still good news; Atheros open-sources its drivers. Currently i have two machines that have Atheros wifi chipsets, my Mac mini and an Asus eee-pc.In fact the Mac mini doesn't need any proprietary drivers, except for wifi. With the opened Atheros drivers the whole machine is now able to run with all components covered by open source.For the eee-pc, the Atheros is a real Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-57438015080342745212008-10-14T22:11:00.002+02:002008-10-14T22:55:10.727+02:00I'm getting rather tired of the anti Blu-Ray comments you'll find on some sites. Really, if you have a 1080p setup and have seen some Blu-Ray movies there is no way you can deny it being superiour to DVD. The images are so sharp, colorful and smooth, it is what every movie lover wants or needs. I can't believe the stories of people that spend tens of thousands of euros on a receiver to get great Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-18543446163367700652008-09-15T22:06:00.002+02:002008-09-15T22:42:10.472+02:00The news about Mozilla wanting to have their EULA displayed when starting up Firefox for the first time on Ubuntu, has spurred some reactions.Really, i think this can not be allowed, at least not for the default browser. You also get a EULA when installing Opera, but it is not the standard browser you get upon initial install. The basic, clean-install Ubuntu expirience should be EULA free. There Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-16049215101252304062008-07-20T15:18:00.002+02:002008-11-13T03:02:08.128+01:00I'm pleased to announce that on 24/8 my little baby girl was born listening to the name 'Lise'.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-27350249146842459832008-07-03T21:45:00.002+02:002008-07-03T22:04:31.139+02:00The Nintendo Wii is popular because it is intuitive, compared to the old way of interacting with games, but is it really? How can you test such a thing, did Nintendo test this? What was the test audience age and background. All these things could influence the results of the research done. I would figure they did some decent research because there whole sales argument is based on it.I have a Wii,Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-57375022537964030532008-06-24T21:27:00.002+02:002008-06-24T21:48:13.230+02:00Hey, what do you know. Linux might gain another filesystem, this time from Tru64 (called AdvFS). HP just released the source code under the GPL2 license, specificly to allow integration with the Linux kernel. Chances are big it will be merged. When that happens Linux must be the OS which supports the most filesystems, and including some high-end solutions from previous Unix's like JFS and XFS.I Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-85963313377379232222008-06-22T22:43:00.002+02:002008-06-22T22:54:19.977+02:00I've got an Asus eee-pc, it's great. You can't argue much for that price and the functionality that it offers. Anyway, there are a lot of comments on the net about the eee already, a lot of them claiming that it's nothing new, that is has been done before and that there are almost as small, but more powerful models from various brands out there. And it's all true, but none of those beat the eee Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-78833405579826559192008-06-11T18:10:00.000+02:002008-06-11T18:11:07.826+02:00Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-23961320921722583442008-06-07T21:24:00.000+02:002008-06-07T21:33:22.656+02:00Getting tired of those space pictures from Mark Shuttleworth when your screensaver starts in Ubuntu. Long ago, the screensaver preference pane was different and functional although ugly. It's now much prettier, but most of the options are gone.Ofcourse, they can still be changed by editing a simple text file. In this case, just do the following;echo "imageDirectory: " > .xscreensaverwhere is theDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-27495828875033552552008-05-22T22:07:00.002+02:002008-05-22T22:23:45.686+02:00I learned something today, on the boot/init system of Solaris 8. Yes, it's an old mechanism that isn't used anymore in Solaris 10, but still it amazed me.A new init script was added in /etc/rc3.d, it simply configured the network interfaces, it is called netcfg.sh and the entry in rc3 was called something like S16netcfg.sh, it only contains a 'start' part as it doesn't matter what happens to the Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-90445943136574114182008-05-15T21:38:00.002+02:002008-11-13T03:02:08.320+01:00Yes, Ubuntu Hardy Heron works just great on the Mac mini. Well, at least for the most part. I you have an Apple keyboard you will have to pull of some tricks to get it working 'better'. For example the 'num lock' does not work and will screw up your keyboard usage, I found you can reverse the effect by pressing the 'fn' key, which is located at the 'insert' key location on a PC keyboard.You can Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-7077569378475565022008-05-13T20:15:00.003+02:002008-05-13T20:24:22.190+02:00About a month ago a press release was issued about a study from the Standish Group International, where they claim that OSS is costing software vendors $60 Billion, or about 6% yearly.That is just great news. I suspect it will only increase in these financial challenging times. The bottom line is that we all have been paying $60 Billion to much all these years. Money we could have used to expand Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-69856060017999469142008-04-10T22:09:00.003+02:002008-04-10T22:31:19.897+02:00What is going on these days, are people losing their common sense or what? Recently Kif Kif, a Belgian multi-culturian organization, wants to ban all racist posts on (Belgian) internet forums. They have a petition going right now, that you can sign, but I'm urging you not to do so.First of all, they will have a hard time enforcing this, ever, and even if they would succeed in doing this for Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-63068917568237247672008-03-29T12:19:00.002+01:002008-03-29T12:30:14.301+01:00I've been looking around for a good book on XCode, the development environment included with MacOS X. It's neat, but also huge and there is a lot of documentation available, but mostly it's still based on an older version of XCode and not 3.0 included with Leopard.That's until now, because a great free online resource has been made available; Become An Xcoder. Although it starts right from the Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-22932795106175987922008-03-25T14:43:00.002+01:002008-03-25T14:56:32.267+01:00Support Bruce Perens! And add your signature to this petition for accepting him as a member of the executive board of OSI.For people who don't know him, or what he stands for, you can read up on him on wikipedia or his own web site. I know him as a former HP employee where he started Debian. He's also the founder of the LSB, busybox and a great evangelist of open source in general, up there Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-70125778206439178482008-02-24T22:21:00.022+01:002008-11-13T03:02:11.344+01:00Fosdem 08, two days of open source talks, speeches, meeting people and discovering new stuff that's out there.  You can download most talks on the Fosdem website, so I'm not going to go over them again like I did in my previous post the last few years. Instead I would like to present some pictures, that might give you an idea how the event is like (if you haven't been before).Outside a 2CV Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-89408717824253460212008-02-21T22:20:00.002+01:002008-02-21T22:25:20.983+01:00The Wii might just turn out to be the greatest console for all 30-somethings. It's nice for kids, it has great games and nostalgica galore, which now even reaches another peak with the introduction of C64 games in VC!Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-10059343336639446212008-02-08T21:41:00.001+01:002008-02-08T21:55:50.052+01:00It's been a while since my last post, I'm still here ofcourse. Something changed, I have bought an Apple PC - the delightful Mac Mini (2Ghz version).A real beautiful piece of hardware, and ultra-quiet. MacOSX Leopard is very nice as well (don't worry, Ubuntu is installed using BootCamp), but I'm still in the learning phase GUI wise. The approach is different for some aspects, like keyboard Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-84447161187981935752008-01-10T21:08:00.000+01:002008-01-10T21:31:52.932+01:00In the past Ubuntu had the Nvu HTML-editor in its repositories. Now I suddenly had to adjust some HTML pages and since the were previously made with Nvu (call me lazy) I wanted to edit them in that tool again. To my surprise it was no longer in the gnome menu or the repositories.After looking around, I discovered that KompoZer is in fact an independent continued developed version of Nvu. AlthoughDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-80832414247647322692008-01-02T22:36:00.000+01:002008-01-02T22:56:14.754+01:00It's 2008! And the things that I will remember from 2007 concerning Linux are the following:Dell is selling hardware with Linux on it (Ubuntu). This was not the first time, but this time they are not keeping it a secret.AMD/ATI is releasing specifications and open source drivers for their 3D cards, amazing.Lots of Linux based devices being released, and doing well in sales (EEE, gPC, etc.)The Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-62696371144193024512007-12-30T20:58:00.000+01:002007-12-30T21:09:49.863+01:00Could Dell be moving to be more like Apple? Ofcourse they will not be using OSX, but rather Linux and more specific Ubuntu. It would be based on Ubuntu, it would not be the same thing but something of their own.Yes, it will probably at least take a few years before they ever get to this point but can't you imagine it happening?They are selling Dell hardware with Linux pre-installed, they are Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-88061864574403852402007-12-22T21:35:00.000+01:002007-12-22T21:53:06.733+01:00Hey Matthew, What do you see? Matthew Szulik is leaving Red Hat and is being replaced by Jim Whitehurst. That was the biggest news for me since a while, it really took me by surprise. Red Hat was the first distro to get me into Linux; it was the one that made me a full time user. I tried others, very weird and now unknown distros like Yggdrasil, but they never stuck.The previous CEO's at RH all Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-89235792090829420572007-12-09T13:57:00.000+01:002007-12-09T14:04:57.989+01:00The folks at OS2 World are organizing a second petition to IBM to open up parts of the OS/2 system. You can add your name to the petition list if you like this idea. At least, try read the petition page to understand what they want to achieve with this.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-69593380693009950372007-12-05T16:53:00.000+01:002007-12-05T17:03:19.543+01:00Last week I was able to get some hands-on with a PS3. A wonderful machine in its own right ofcourse, but I still got myself a Wii because I really believed in the concept. For me Nintendo was doing all the right things since the release of the DS (Which I also own).Ofcourse the graphics were crisp, vast and highly detailed, but the controls were lacking on the PS3. It's totally amazing, but afterDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-64627601485795972902007-11-19T20:24:00.000+01:002007-11-19T20:42:36.748+01:00Previously on Ubuntu I has been using Qemu as a means to virtualize running PC sessions. This worked pretty well, and in Feisty the kernel module was available from the repositories (although, unfortunately not compiled). In Gutsy, you get something better. VirtualBox is now available straight from the Ubuntu servers, just start up Synaptic and search for the 'virtaulbox-ose' package, select it Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-39425812109514451662007-11-08T21:38:00.000+01:002007-11-08T22:19:17.682+01:00You know the one classic question in Linux on how to get a list of all the hardware of the machine, and the answer is to compile the output of several '/proc' entries and several 'lsusb|pci|*' commands. There is another nice tool, now available in the latest Ubuntu - lshw. Packages are available for both command and graphical environments (it will put itself in the 'Systems/Preferences' menu in Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-90254444198687815412007-11-04T20:56:00.000+01:002007-11-04T21:02:12.252+01:00By default Ubuntu is missing some packages that enable you to watch dvd or encode mp3 files and other every day necessities (at least, according to some people). Gutsy has a new package available called 'ubuntu-restricted-extras'. This meta-package will install all these things for you, it contains:gstreamer ugly/bad plugins, MS fonts, Java 6, unrar, flash 9, LAME and dvdread.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-3638396679566595922007-10-24T22:19:00.000+02:002007-10-24T22:30:20.622+02:00One new exciting package that is included in Gutsy is PowerTOP. It is an absolute must if you're running Linux on a laptop, and it's now available from the repositories.Leave it running for a while (with root rights), and you can see how well (or badly) you're doing to preserve battery power. At the bottom tips will be displayed on what you can do to prevent the top power using entries from Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-7278155891758284542007-10-19T21:46:00.000+02:002007-10-19T21:57:46.754+02:00You must have heard, Gutsy it out! Start your updating engines, in case you haven't already done so the days before the final release.Upgrade went pretty smooth for me. Then again, I only use official reps (one exception is wine) and only a few .dep files not in any repository. One problem witnessed was right after the upgrade, I couldn't use compiz anymore. On Feisty I had been using the one Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-80345610626843573222007-10-03T22:15:00.001+02:002007-10-03T22:32:26.347+02:00Can you believe it? The Atari 2600 is 30 years old this October. That little machine started it all for me. For my 10th birthday my parents took me to the store and bought me one (the store ran an action that included a free game of choice!). Actually I got the 'jr' model, which I found cooler then the big wooden 1st version and it included better controllers as well. People wanting to relive theDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-53658899424164412152007-09-24T20:21:00.000+02:002007-09-24T20:42:05.674+02:00Today Wine-doors 0.1.1 got released, the site provides packages for debian/ubuntu systems. Greatly recommended for people using wine to run a selection of windows programs.Next there is a Beta 1 release of the IBM Lotus Symphony Office Suite for Linux (also available for Windows). It is based on Open Office, but the UI has been reworked. Because of its roots, there are no problems opening Open Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-20304385201832839742007-09-12T18:33:00.000+02:002007-09-12T18:38:32.248+02:00QNX has opened up the source for their QNX Neutrino OS, it is not using the GPL or any other official OSS license though. Still, access to source code is mostly always good. Amazing, how many well known, widely used operating systems are still closed?Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-51467892831859920072007-09-10T21:00:00.000+02:002007-09-10T21:19:13.247+02:00A lot of things are happening in OSS-land. Hot of the needle is the announcement of IBM that will be joining OpenOffice.org development efforts. They will bring new technology into the product, mainly from Lotus Notes and in return they will also be adding OOo stuff into their products.The last few days there was also a lot of talk about AMD/ATI, who will be opening the specs for their gfx-cards.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-30592617649813931612007-08-29T22:34:00.000+02:002007-08-29T22:43:00.206+02:00Gutsy Gibbon is not out of the door yet (you'll have to wait until 18 October), and already Hardy Heron is announced. You can expect Hardy somewhere near April 2008, this will be the next LTS release as well. No features or implementation plans have been announced yet, they will be discussed and decided during the Ubuntu Developer Summit.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-30527472398739684102007-08-23T21:36:00.001+02:002007-08-23T21:46:42.906+02:00The Linux Desktop Survey 2007 results are available. Ubuntu tops the most popular distro for this year, and as a surprise Gnome and XFCE have increased in popularity. Gnome even takes 1st place from KDE, probably due to the success of Ubuntu that uses it as its default desktop environment.Another surprise is that Wine enough and have resources plenty to run Windows at a decent speed if needed andDirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-55697933041460292032007-08-09T21:47:00.000+02:002007-08-10T14:17:03.660+02:00Performance/Recovery/System Freeware Utilities :1. backup/restore the gconf database : cp / tar (command line)2. burn/create CD/DVD iso image files : built-in / brasero3. capture all text written to screen : script (command line)4. completely wipe/delete a file : shred (command line)5. completely wipe/delete a hard disk : shred (command line)6. defrag the hard drive : defrag (command line)7. Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-88958289431472140152007-07-30T23:45:00.000+02:002008-11-13T03:02:11.714+01:00Ubuntu amazed me this weekend, when my desktop started and everything was as much as loaded a pop-up appeared at the lower right corner;A nice warning about the battery level of my wireless mouse, I didn't have to do anything to get or enable this feature. It is just there, no fuzz, no hassle, a default feature!Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-24421617166916698412007-07-26T23:56:00.001+02:002007-07-27T00:03:53.571+02:00So you installed the latest Ubuntu, enabled the 3D effects you've been seeing on YouTube and find that it runs dog slow on your PC. It appears the default install has some swapping settings that have a negative effect on desktop performance, luckily they are easily solved.sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10This should speed things up for you (you could even set it to zero if you like), keep the change Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-31185541333171259862007-07-17T21:28:00.000+02:002007-07-17T21:43:56.624+02:00First there is Gartner, which in a new report tries to reduce the openness of documents used in EU countries. A new published report advices to open up to 'recognized' standards. Luckily there is a website available were you can sign a petition and has contact information available for European Commission. Don't hesitate and put your digital signature on the list.Next, we have a troublesome Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-59807799894582175142007-07-14T13:41:00.000+02:002007-07-14T13:57:13.888+02:00Amazing, on some sites you could read about the doubts most of them had that Nintendo would gain something from this years E3. There was nothing new on the horizon, what could they ever announce that did not make us yawn.And yet, they managed to walk away with the most innovative gamer thinking of all the 3 tenors. The WiiFit is causing as much buzz as last year, when the Wii was shown in action.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-72162274244004800472007-06-30T10:10:00.000+02:002007-06-30T10:19:58.030+02:00Rejoice, the GPLv3 and LGPLv3 have been released! This also means I'll have to order new T-shirts, ah well. A big thanks to the FSF for all the hard work they put in updating the GPL. You might think they are a bunch of radical freaks, but just keep in mind that without their philosophy 'Free Software' wouldn't be where it is today.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-23895201358901752622007-06-08T21:38:00.000+02:002007-06-08T21:48:54.944+02:00In the recently released Ubuntu, you will not only find VMware Player, which was available from the previous Ubuntu release, but VMware Server is right their in the repositories as well (it does require a free license key from VMware to complete the install).Qemu now has the kqemu module available in source format, meaning that you need to recompile it each time there is a kernel upgrade. In Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-62448256950403477972007-06-07T21:52:00.000+02:002007-06-07T22:42:55.814+02:00We'll be having elections on the 10th in Belgium. Each day on radio and TV there are countless debates between political parties discussing the most popular topics. If you want to give your vote to a party that is pro-OSS but don't know which ones those are, I'll try to present a list here. I'm using their stance on 'software patents' as a guideline (perhaps this is not the best metric, but at Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-37018540747559328972007-05-02T09:20:00.000+02:002007-05-02T09:26:15.975+02:00First, the wine repositories have been updated for Feisty, so adjust your sources file to get the latest wine builds.deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt feisty mainNext, for the people unfortunate enough to have to use the Cisco VPN client every now and then, and found more problems then it was worth in Feisty, a patch can be found at Alexander Greisser blog tuxx-home.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-24514575840977657622007-04-19T21:13:00.000+02:002007-04-19T21:17:33.118+02:00Ubuntu Feisty Fawn was released today! You can find the upgrade instructions here and the trusted starters guide is already available at ubuntuguide.Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-58591380716213471362007-04-06T11:57:00.001+02:002007-04-06T11:57:57.483+02:00Keyboard Freeware Utilities :1. automatically send defined keystrokes : keyboard shortcuts2. easily enter unicode characters : character map3. remap the keyboard : xkeycapsThis is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-345642715399786022007-04-04T22:55:00.000+02:002007-04-04T23:00:24.103+02:00Internet Freeware Utilities :1. backup mozilla (firefox/thunderbird) browser profile : *2. blog from the desktop : blogtk3. create a single page html of all firefox bookmarks : built-in4. create/edit html files / website : bluefish5. create/edit xml files : conglomerate6. download a file via a torrent / p2p site : built-in / azureus7. download an entire website : gwget8. download manager for Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-89269825408329118862007-03-17T23:03:00.000+01:002007-03-17T23:05:21.724+01:00Information/Fun/Misc Freeware Utilities :1. convert units of measures : units2. find word meanings and synonymns : gnome dictionary3. see 3d space simulation : celestia(-gnome)4. solve a scientific calculation : galculator / rcalc5. solve equations and plot graphs : euler6. zoom onto the Earth from space : google earthThis is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-76492634772546702902007-03-09T19:43:00.000+01:002007-03-09T19:47:31.713+01:00Graphics/Images/Photographs Freeware Utilities :1. convert images into various formats : gimp2. create a flash-based animated how-to/tutorial : istanbul (only to theora ogg)3. create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : gthumb4. create icons : gimp / gnome-iconedit5. create thumbnails of images : gthumb6. draw charts/graphs in 2D/3D from data : OpenOffice / gnuplot / plotdrop7. Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-34851169015148579042007-02-28T16:09:00.000+01:002007-02-28T16:11:08.674+01:00Financial Freeware Utilities :1. manage personal finances : grisbi / gnucashThis is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-48865727041424364132007-02-27T23:09:00.000+01:002007-02-27T23:11:09.414+01:00Files and Folders Freeware Utilities :1. access files remotely : places - connect to server2. archive (zip) files : archive manager3. backup/mirror a folder on another drive : nautilus copy4. change file-date on multiple files : touch (command line)5. compare two text files and find difference or merge them : meld6. create a self-extracting compressed files archive for a list of files : upx-ucl (Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-8809459658139275462007-02-25T12:08:00.000+01:002008-11-13T03:02:12.593+01:00FOSDEM 2007 the biggest open source event in Belgium, is going on this weekend. Some nice talks were presented as always. After the opening and FOSDEM dance we got Pieter Hintjes talking about the current state of patents in EU and how some big corps are trying everything to get them legalized anyway. He announced a new site called ethipat, which stands for ethical patents.Next up was Jim Gettys Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-58504647250493448072007-02-14T10:21:00.000+01:002007-02-14T10:22:35.740+01:00Editors/Notepad Replacements Freeware Utilities :1. edit programming source code : eclips/jedit/emacs2. edit text : geditThis is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-43442634134509944832007-02-13T23:15:00.000+01:002007-01-23T21:13:40.366+01:00Desktop Freeware Utilities :1. add useful widgets : gdesklets2. change desktop wallpaper automatically : wallpaper-tray3. display a calendar : gnome clock4. display weather information : weather report applet5. hide/bring back all the icons on the desktop : gnome show desktop6. launch applications : gnome menu7. launch applications quickly (icons) : gnome application launcher8. launch Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-63738560885579521882007-01-23T21:05:00.000+01:002007-01-23T21:10:14.534+01:00Communication Freeware Utilities :1. chat on IRC : xchat2. chat with different messenger clients : gaim3. check multiple email accounts with 1 utility : evolution4. phone free using the internet : ekiga & openwengo5. talk to skype and google-talk clients : skype (from http://skype.com)6. telnet/ssh to a site : openssh (command line based)7. video conference with others : ekiga & openwengoThis is Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-47433304310394126542007-01-17T22:17:00.000+01:002007-01-17T22:20:27.423+01:00Business/Office Freeware Utilities :1. capture the screen : internal gnome function (print screen key)2. change the date/time on multiple files : renameutils (command line based)3. convert a document into a different format : OpenOffice Write4. convert a document into pdf : OpenOffice Write5. create a small database : OpenOffice Base6. create pdf file : OpenOffice7. create/edit css lists : Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-20469339773142761792007-01-11T22:17:00.000+01:002007-01-11T22:23:53.597+01:00Audio/Music/MP3/Real/Wav Freeware Utilities : 1. burn a CD : gnomebaker 2. burn an audio CD : gnomebaker 3. organize the mp3 collection : cowbell 4. play all mp3 files in a folder : rhythmbox 5. play an audio CD : rhythmbox 6. play an audio file : totem 7. play real audio (.ra, .rm) files without the real software : mplayer 8. record/save streaming music : streamtuner 9. rip Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655117.post-1168123875631231152007-01-06T23:51:00.000+01:002007-01-06T23:51:16.136+01:00You know what's funny? Red Hat is positioned nr 3 and Oracle in ranked 32nd on the Annual Vendor Value list, with 77% and 56% satisfaction ratings.This makes the Oracle Red Hat Linux spin-off claims even more stupid.On their site you'll learn they provide a great Linux service; "Oracle's Premier Support provides the same level of enterprise-class support that Oracle provides for its database Dirk Dierickxhttps://profiles.google.com/110658021393139860703noreply@blogger.com0