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Entries Tagged ‘Linux’

Gentoo in distress

Catalin pointed me towards this article on Slashdot.
Apparently, The Gentoo Foundation Charter has been revoked a few weeks ago with no explanation, and Daniel Robbins, the creator of Gentoo is trying to help fix things. Right now it’s all in the hands of the current trustees of the Gentoo Foundation.
Read more on Daniel’s blog: Post1, [...]

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Holiday Season, Special Season

I got this text last year around this time of year, from Pedro I think, and it brought a large smile on my face. I just received it by Y!M, so here it is:
One beautiful December evening Huan Cho and his girlfriend Jung Lee was sitting by the side of the ocean.
It was a romantic [...]

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Windows based hosting vs Linux based hosting

Lately, Microsoft entered the hosting business with full throttle. The number of Windows servers available on the web for hosting purposes, VPS’s on Microsoft Windows 2003 or DDS’s on MSVS grows quite exponentially.
At this point the end user, the customer does not care much what platform he is hosted on (i.e. Linux or Windows) if [...]

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Yahoo Messenger 9, BETA

At first, let me say that BETA this, BETA that, I’m getting sick of all the BETA… Everybody is using the word BETA slammed on anything, or any kind of software, website and so on… but enough ranting.
Yahoo Messenger, is quite a popular piece of software nowadays. I like it and I don’t like it. [...]

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LINA! Open LINA!

No no no, it’s not my new girlfriend… It’s a long expected platform for running software with native look and feel on different OS’s…
Their description is quite explanatory:
LINA enables Open Source applications to run on Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX operating systems with native look and feel. GUI applications running on LINA [...]

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Websites: new, old, useful, funny etc.

Well, I believe we all have our habits on the web. And by habits, I mean things we do, tools we use, things we laugh at.
I spend most of my day online, due to my line of work and thus I use lots of sites and tools offered by these sites. Also, everyday I [...]

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The return of the…

I really had no idea what title to use for this post, as it marks my return to the blogosphere… I have so many things to tell you, so many funny videos on YouTube worth linking up, so many jokes, so many things that happened…
Let’s start with something funny: Everyone remembers “Dragostea din Tei” right? [...]

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Ubuntu resolution and sound

Eye candy as it is, Ubuntu+Beryl on my Acer TravelMate 2482NWXMi didn’t allow a resolution change higher than 1024×768. The problem is solved with the 915resolution package. So, if you have the same problem I was facing, just install the package, restart your X server and voilà: 1280×800.
Search for the package:
marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo aptitude update
marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo [...]

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Ubuntu 7.04

Acum ceva vreme, eram mandrul “instalator” al unui Mac OSX 10.4.6 pe un laptop Acer TravelMate 2482NWXMi. Experienta a fost minunata, lots of eye candy, o gramada de chestii noi, frumoase, utile, rapide etc. etc. etc. A fost prima mea experienta cu Mac OSX mai mult decat o privire sau cateva clickuri, asa ca eram [...]

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15 minute de glorie…

Se pare ca a avut si wirelessisfun.com cele 15 minte de glorie bine meritate. Ne-am trezit pe prima pagina de la digg.com ieri, si nu stiam de ce incepe sa creasca numarul de vizitatori Pana la urma, dupa ce a trecut macelul si si-a revenit un pic serverul, ne-am dat seama ca mai vrem… [...]

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