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Category Archives: Linux
A celebration of Vista
To celebrate the long-awaited release of Windows Vista, another fine product from our fine friends at Microsoft, I downloaded and installed the most recent version of Ubuntu Linux (6.10). I’ve wanted to replace my install of Freespire which was slow, … Continue reading
Dear Lazyweb
OK – I’ve done some searching, but I thought I would use teh power of the intarweb to get my answer: Does Gtk have an API for handling dual screens? What I want to be able to do (in PyGtk) … Continue reading
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Christian Aid on Open Source
Or rather, they’re not. The BBC is running a story about the fact that Christian Aid has chosen not to run open source software. It’s actually a short piece based on an audio interview in their Digital World program, also … Continue reading
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Heavy Gear 2 on Ubuntu
A long time ago I bought myself a copy of the (sadly extinct) Loki Games Linux port of Heavy Gear 2, Activision’s version of Mechwarrior. It was great fun to play, except that there was a known problem with the … Continue reading
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Edgy
Upgraded my desktop to the release candidate of Ubuntu Edgy Eft (6.10) at the weekend. Everything went smoothly, and it all seems to work the same as before. When I get a moment I will be putting on the AIGLX/Compiz … Continue reading
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Trusted Computing
So much better than anything I could say
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CampAdmin – must try harder….
Having been taken to camp as the ‘techie dude’, and lumbered with the responsibility of running the shop and bank, I decided it was time to brush the dust of the CampAdmin tool that I wrote 2 years ago for … Continue reading
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Mislaid – a technical review
I said in my post-camp post that I would post some more details about some of the stuff. One of things I wanted to talk about was the change in video editing under Linux in the past 2 years since … Continue reading
And now for something completely different…
That would be Freespire, the linux install I´ve just finished setting up on the trusty PC. And very shiny it is too. All I have to do now is move all my personal stuff over from my windows drive to … Continue reading
Reinstall – update
Well, a fresh install of XP (or as fresh as it can ever get) is back on the pc. I’m still bummed about the whole Ubuntu problem, but if I can find a satisfactory remedy them I’ll not hesitate in … Continue reading
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Dapper Drake don’t look so good
Last night, before our weekly video night, I burnt a copy of Ubuntu Linux 6.06 (Dapper Drake) in preperation for the big reinstall of Win XP and the fresh install of Ubuntu on a new drive partition I set up. … Continue reading
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rms was wrong too!
Following on from my previous article, I wanted to say a few words about something that has been bugging me for a long time. Regardless of the idealogy behind the terms, the term ‘Open Source’ is much, much more palatable … Continue reading
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esr was wrong….
One of the things I got thinking about during my weekend away at the fantastic LugRadio Live! was the question of how to attract users to Linux / OSS. This was a question that was put out to the audience … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Internet, Linux, mrBen
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Been there, done that, got the t-shirt
Well, LugRadio Live 2006 is over – roll on 2007 I promise that this will be the last post that only talks about LRL for at least 6 months. (Probably). In last year’s review I said that LRL06 “will probably … Continue reading
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So I’m a fanboy…..
OK, one final blog post about the extavaganza that is LUGRadio Live 2006, happening this weekend – the 22nd and 23rd July in Wolverhampton, England. Its going to be one heck of an event, with a bunch of speakers: Mark … Continue reading
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More pimpage
The LugRadio guys have provided some eye candy for continued pimpage of LugRadio Live (did I mention this already?), so I thought I’d better add them to the site…… This year, not only am I attending, but I running … Continue reading
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Being a Community Hero
For the last 12 months, I have been given the inflated title of ‘LugRadio Community Hero’ after being given the aware at LugRadio Live 2005 – there’s a video of the live show here. As this years event comes arround … Continue reading
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Pimpathalon
It now being only 18 days until the mighty LugRadio Live 2006, Jono has asked on the forums that we pimp LRL06 in as many places as possible. It’s already on The Register, and Digg, but I didn’t think it … Continue reading
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Centre of Communications
I reckon that pretty much everyone who reads Jedimoose (which contains a reasonable cross-section of geeks and non-geeks, I believe) will have heard of VoIP, or, if not, then probably Skype. Since broadband became really common, VoIP has been on … Continue reading
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Freespiration
A short while ago, Linspire announced the creation of the Freespire project, a free, community-driven distribution based on their commercial Linspire product. I’ve been mulling over this move for a while, and why I think that, ultimately, it’s going to … Continue reading
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