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Want a good reason to be pissed off at Apple? Well, if you got one of the new iPod models this fall/winter, you’ve got one. Apple decided that they didn’t want people using anything but iTunes to sync their iPods. Note that they still didn’t release a version of iTunes for Linux […]
So a while ago, around the end of October, I think, I had my first patch accepted. If you’ve ever used GSynaptics, you know it can be useful for configuring scrolling on your laptop’s touchpad. When someone asked me where xorg.conf was so he could set the speed and acceleration on his touchpad, […]
Fullscreen YouTube was limited to Mac/Windows until very recently. The new (released 2 weeks ago) Adobe Flash Player works with it. To install it, run each of these commands one at a time. Please note that the wget one goes on to the second line because the URL is so long. […]
If you have had to support other people’s computers remotely before, you know it can be a hassle. What do you do when the other person is behind a firewall and doesn’t know how to port forward? Well, for Windows, there’s LogMeIn, which uses port 80 (so no port forwarding needs to be […]
I think most people, when they first start building from source, start off by running ./configure, waiting for the command to fail, figuring out why, installing a build-dependency, and then repeating the process. If you’re building a different version of a package that’s already in the repositories, though, you can probably (assuming the program […]
Everyone says the GIMP’s UI sucks. I don’t really see it, except that the toolboxes are huge and get in the way a bit, but overall, no worse than Photoshop. Anyway, they are trying to remedy that situation. Of course, they can’t spend a bunch of money on Human Computer Interaction testing, so […]
In Beryl, there was little gem in the notification area for switching window managers, reloading the window manager, and changing window decorators. In Gutsy’s repos, there is no notification area icon for doing that. I have a Launchpad PPA where I’ve packaged it (my first package!). You can add my repo by […]
This semester, I’ve been taking a Development of Open Source Software class. Yesterday, I had to present on an open source project. The project I talked about is GASP. It’s a project a few of my friends have been working on for a while, and I think it’s unique in being a project […]
The new name for the now-de-forked Compiz and Beryl project is Compiz Fusion. Check out that link screenshots of some of the new features that will be in it. I rather like the way the cube is reflected on the skydome. The re-written zoom may be fun too. Maybe we can […]
At a non-profit, someone decided a new Dellbuntu would be a good computer for their next purchase. When the person called to order it, though, Dell refused to sell it. They said only home users can buy it, and they won’t take a tax-exempt business credit card from a home-user. Apparently businesses […]
