Sometimes Worth a look outside the box. For Ubuntu / Debian, I had some time ago presented a method all the old kernel with a single command to uninstall. However, this command is anything but intuitive, but it is working vigorously with regular expressions. Fedora has released the much nicer. The package yum-utils puts a command through which you can easily uninstall the old kernel and without much effort. Read the rest of this entry »
For the chic was Twitter client Hotot now there is no official repository. Who wanted to try out the program had to resort to an unofficial source package, or build Hotot itself, but this was not soooo hard. This has now changed, however. Launchpad, the developer Hotot hotot team created a separate account and are now offering an official PPA for the client. Read the rest of this entry »
Just over a year I had done to me with the Samsung Galaxy one of the first Android phones that did not come from HTC. After initial enthusiasm quickly turned, however, quite a disappointment. The Galaxy had / has some diseases that were not resolved even today by Samsung. So I was glad that the O2 mobile phone – albeit after some wrangling – due to defects and lack of assured properties has taken back for a full refund of the purchase price. Read the rest of this entry »
Most users are familiar with VirtualBox as a pure desktop application. However, VirtualBox can offer much more. Besides the possibility to control using VBoxManage VirtualBox VirtualBox comes with the console via a web interface with vboxwebsrv, by which you can use the service. So you can achieve similar functionality to using VirtualBox for example, with VMware Server. Read the rest of this entry »
Turning the WLAN module can reduce the battery life of a powerful smartphones. If you use at home or at work, the wireless too, then that's less bad. But it is annoying when you're traveling and do not really need the wireless. Thus, the WLAN receiver scans for open wireless networks, and happily continue swallows therefore continue current. Read the rest of this entry »
In many forums, I have to “yes I would like to use Linux, but because I need anyway by $ foobar restart Windows, then I leave that with Linux rather just” threads read that the filling of a Navis with POIs and / or updates is problematic. Although many devices working in a Linux kernel, it is part of the manufacturers, no client software for Linux. Read the rest of this entry »
Mir is a Terratec Cinergy C PCI DVB-C card pretty cheap fallen into the hands that I have of course tested immediately with Ubuntu. According to the required linuxtv.org mantis driver from kernel 2.6.33 is in the kernel, but unfortunately Ubuntu Lucid is therefore an older kernel. Therefore one must make use of a few pull-ups to get the card up and running. Read the rest of this entry »
A few months ago sold the indie games label 2D Boy World of Goo, the game has a “Pay What You Want” campaign. The action seems to have been so successful that it has now done with other small game and forging together under the motto The Humble Indie Bundle re-launches a similar action.ViewThis time there are five games World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD and Penumbra Overture to the price it determines. Read the rest of this entry »
Who uses Gmail and Google Chat, who probably knows the function that you get with the arrival of a link to a YouTube video automatically displays the video in the chat itself. I personally find this feature is not so bad, since you have not as yet open another window. Friends of pidgin it will certainly be pleased that this functionality is embedded video thanks to the Pidgin plugin can access it using Pidgin. Read the rest of this entry »
Some time ago I've reported on the small program Key Status Monitor, which allows keystrokes or mouse clicks to visualize screencasts. About the comment of ronald I've now learned that the program has now found under the name of mon-key on Google Code for a new home and new supervisors. The original program was discontinued. Read the rest of this entry »
