Workaround for Screen Flickering in Kubuntu 8.10

Okay, I've got a dirty hack for now to work around the flicker problem in Kubuntu 8.10. You can edit /usr/bin/startkde and comment out t...Read more »

Google's Lack of Response to Security Threats

Google criticized a security researcher for publishing information about a security vulnerability in the android platform. They had no reaso...Read more »

Voting Machines Are Good - Homer Votes

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Arora - A Webkit Browser

Today I accidentally stumbled about Arora , another simple webkit based browser. And I'm very pleased. It's quite fast, renders webp...Read more »

Apt-Get Tipps

TuxArena put up a nice summary of some useful apt-get commands. I have to correct them in one point: For dpkg -L to work, the package needs...Read more »

Free CrossOver - Today Only!

You can download full versions of CrossOver Linux and Mac for free from their webpage today!Read more »

FOSS.my 2008

What is FOSS.my ? (excerpt from the website) FOSS.my 2008 is Malaysia’s premier Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) event. Whilst this is o...Read more »

Ubuntu 8.10 No-Go for Dual Head

Don't upgrade your Ubuntu to 8.10 if you want to use a dual head setup. There second screen will reguarly turn off for a second while ...Read more »

Ubuntu Getting Slower

After upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 (release candidate), I've recently noticed stuttering in video playback. That might very well also be rel...Read more »

Mode Setting with IntelFB

Let me begin by stating that the intelfb driver is very old already. And there are issues. Mode setting with "non-CRT" devices us...Read more »

Trouble Uninstalling a Package?

Sometimes you're trying to install or uninstall a package, but the process aborts, because the installation script fails. I think there ...Read more »

Encyclopedia of Life

A website mapping (or trying to) all life on our cosy little planet Earth. Why go to other planets to find life if you need not go father th...Read more »

Flash 10 in Ubuntu 64 Bit

There's a nice little script that does the entire installation automatically. Worked great for me. Make sure you check the contents of ...Read more »

Automatic Monitor Brightness Control

Why isn't there a software that controls your monitor's brightness level automatically. E.g. if you have a webcam, you could use it ...Read more »

Canon Printer Problem "pstocanonij write error,32" Solved

I just had the error message "pstocanonij write error,32." when trying to print something with the Original Canon Printer Driver a...Read more »

How to disable SSH host key checking

Remote login using the SSH protocol is a frequent activity in today's internet world. With the SSH protocol, the onus is on the SSH cl...Read more »

Mixed Static and Shared Library Linking with GCC

If you want to link some libraries statically and other dynamically you can use these switches: -Wl,-Bstatic -lsomelibstatically -Wl,-Bdynam...Read more »

Dillo 2.0 for AMD64

I've compiled Dillo 2.0 for Ubuntu amd64 (or "intel64") and packed with upx. It should work with other amd64 distributions as...Read more »

Dillo Browser 2.0 Out Now!

Well, if browsers were only about pure speed and size, I guess dillo would always win. It's probably the most minimalist browser for X. ...Read more »

Javascript innovations - How will Opera react?

Until now it seemed Opera was the most innovative Browser out there: Tabs, Browser Sync, "Magic" Input bar, ... Opera had it first...Read more »

Berbagi pengalaman apply kartu kredit BCA

Siang ini saya pergi ke kantor BCA Dago untuk apply kartu kredit BCA. Oleh satpam, saya dipersilahkan menuju lantai 2 untuk menemui Customer...Read more »

The Knotify4 Wake-Up Problem

Martin Kretz released an alternative backend for phonon that fixes the knotify4 high wake-up problem.Read more »

Mandriva Linux 2009 released

Mandriva has released its latest desktop edition which comes in 4 edition: One, Free, PowerPack and Mandriva Flash. Mandriva One comes in C...Read more »

Broadcom Wireless Drivers - wl vs. b43 - Performance Comparison

I've compared the performance of both drivers with a simple iperf test over a few meters: Broadcom Proprietary Driver: TCP -------------...Read more »

Broadcom Proprietary Drivers with Linux 2.6.27

I've found a way to get the drivers to compile... I just downloaded the intrepid restricted modules package source from Ubuntu. Then u...Read more »

Broadcom's Unfree Driver

Broadcom put up some partially binary drivers for their wireless chips. Well, better late and little I guess. They don't compile with 2...Read more »

Automated Linux Kernel Testing

I'm currently always using the current git kernel. And my thought is: Why isn't there some tool available to automatically tell the ...Read more »

Perfect Slide Shows in Linux with Digikam's Advanced Slide Show Plugin

I've always been jealous of Picasa's Slideshows under Windows. They don't work well in Linux' Wine version unfortunately. Un...Read more »

Difference Between the iPhone and a Stone

Check out this funny comparison between a stone and the iPhone .Read more »

Smooth Slide Saver

I think at least one of the best screen savers available on Linux is the SmoothSlideSaver . It's an enhanced version of the GL picture s...Read more »

KDE 4.1 with Multi-Head

Just a short note: If you plan to use KDE 4.1 with Multi-Head, make sure you do *not* do it using xrandr, otherwise KDE gets confused and m...Read more »

Divx Embedded Video with Mplayer in Linux

If you want to watch Divx embedded Videos in your browser, like they used to be offered by Stage6, you can use the mozilla-mplayer package w...Read more »

New Stuff

Pogue just wrote an article about basic things every computer users should know . Well, most of it I did know and won't write it here. ...Read more »

Midori

If you want to try out a browser that uses webkit in Linux, just try out midori. It's not a lot like chrome, though. It's not as fas...Read more »

KDE Webkit

I just found out there is a webkit KDE port , called webkitkde, with Ubuntu (372kb) packages: Webkit is what Apple uses for Safari and Goog...Read more »

Browsers in Linux

Okay. After my Opera link frustration I must admit that I've come back. Firefox was nice and fast at the beginning, but it's got ser...Read more »

Google Ads Experiment Ended

I've ended the experiment with Google Ads and removed all ads. I've earned somewhere between 0 and 8 cents. Looks like my Blog (stil...Read more »

Linux Boot in 5 Seconds (with subscriber link)

Linuxhaxor posted a special subscriber link to the long-awaited lwn.net article on how to get (the eee pc) to boot in 5 seconds as part of...Read more »