'Linux' Category
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Mar 19
2013fonts
i think i’ve sorted out some of my desktop font issues, and created a few more in the process. for a long time, i’ve had to deal with occasionally jagged, hard-to-read fonts when viewing webpages, because i ran my xfce … Continue reading →
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Jun 25
2011Irrational behaviour
So, I want a new phone. I really don’t need one, but I want it anyway. This is my current phone: And it fits my needs perfectly: water/dust/sand(!)-proof — Leonie and Guido are 3 and 1 year old now, so this is not a useless feature at all ;-) Moreover, it lasts two weeks without [...]
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Apr 01
2011important strategic decisions
Posting our recent decisions for Foresight Linux as sent to the mailing list by doniphon: With the ongoing mess with the gtk2 -> gtk3 migration, followed bythe announcement of the gnome reschedule, and the gnome-shell/unityrift, we do think our 2 …
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Mar 02
2011Scale 9x: Day 3
Sunday The final day of SCALE 9x arrived far too early, since the Gentoo developers were still recovering from the merriment the previous evening/morning. We congregated in the hotel room Mike & I shared. You know you’re having some good … Continue reading →
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Sep 21
2010Experiments, adventures, and consequences
I’ve been doing a fair amount of experimentation on my machines. Been playing with XBMC, Boxee, Ubuntu, and bleeding-edge Xfce and Freedesktop software stacks on Gentoo. HTPC First, I tinkered with the HTPC. It’s a Zotac MAG, dual-core Atom 330 … Continue reading →
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Sep 14
2008Xfce announces alpha release of version 4.6
After about a year and a half of development, the Xfce team has announced the alpha release of Xfce 4.6, codenamed “Pinky” “Pinkie”. Xfce is the desktop environment and main reason for the existence of Xubuntu. It provides the file manager, panels and much more, keeping your desktop fast yet easy to use. Thus, Xfce [...]
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Jul 19
2008Getting help with Xubuntu
Even though I’d very much like to say the opposite, most people will probably need help with Xubuntu at some point. Luckily, it is quite easy to find help – you just need to know where to look. First of all, you need to determine what kind of problem you are having. Getting started If [...]
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Apr 24
2008Sharing the love with BitTorrent
Xubuntu 8.04 is out! This release, along with those of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and whatnot, means that the Ubuntu servers are going to have a hard time with everybody and their stork downloading these new releases at the same time. Being the good open source citizen that you are, you are probably more than willing to [...]
