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How to install 2.2-git in your home (an update)
Since Amarok switched to Gitorious, those of you running a local SVN build with markey’s instructions will have to do some changes to stay up-to-date:: First, you need to install git, which is in the package repositories of your distribution. … Continue reading
The smallest unit of freedom: a fellow
When the FSFE launched their fellowship back in 2005, I joined to be a fellow almost immediately. I have always been a strong supporter of Free Software and the FSFE is doing a great job in Europe with far less … Continue reading
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Free alternatives to proprietary PDF readers now easy to find
I suppose we all have come across that “red button” on websites asking you to download Acrobat Reader to read a PDF document. Even free for download, it still is a proprietary solution and in no way a Free Software … Continue reading
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Mom-compatible KDE 4
Since Mark of Amarok fame is living here, people in the house are in awe about the man sitting in front of his desk all day long, “programming computers”. Of course, we have been asked a few times to give … Continue reading
User behaviour in the open and closed source world, and why I use Free Software
Funny how people behave sometimes: I remember from the times I was still in the Closed Source user fraction, I sometimes send bug reports and/or wishes which were simply ignored, as I was a insignificant small user, not investing much … Continue reading
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It has been a while..
since my last blog here. But sometimes life just prevents you from doing quite a few things. Anyway,update: The last year I was busy at work, health was almost good (besides a minor accident in December and a heavy cough … Continue reading
Sometimes Im really fed up with..
..those “Neinsagers” who permanently complain about KDE4. That’s what I wrote today on the Kubuntu mailing list, after a recurrent complaint about KDE4: Don’t compare apples with pears, please! KDE4 is still in heavy development, and it never has been … Continue reading
Paris – night 1
Sorry for the delay in blogging about UDS, but a week of "doing nothing" was wellcome and necessary 🙂 Unfortunately real life also came back far too early and an unusual work load in pharmacy prevented my blogging so far. … Continue reading
UDS – Paris – Day 1
We rise early enough to be at the Radisson for 9 o’clock. Some 10 or 11 round tables wait for developpers to gather around and UDS specs are presented from top to bottom by those who filed them. This takes … Continue reading
Paris – day 0
Wow, what a trip! Weather was bright and very hot, so I was driving the whole 600 km to Paris with air conditioning on, so I must have used a lot of diesel during this trip. But more about this … Continue reading