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Save the Environment: Try Cannibalism!

Greg Gutfield of Fox News suggests adopting cannibalism as a means of resolving environmental problems. His modest proposal appeals to my sense of humor.

by segphault 2007-08-19 18:18 humor

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290385,00.html - cached - mail it - history

Python library for parsing bad HTML markup

I often struggle to extract information from crappy HTML. My default approach typically involves using grep or sed while issuing a steady stream of expletives. This library makes it easy to extricate useful content from a veritable soup of insidiously crafted HTML.

by segphault 2007-08-04 16:57 Python · development · HTML · parsing

http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/ - cached - mail it - history

Linux and Tweeters and Blogs (Oh My!)

This article was written by Jim Kobylecky, who I had the great pleasure of meeting at Intel's TBB announcement party. As the conversation at the dinner table turned to blogging and Twitter, poor Jim had great difficulty keeping up. His honest admission of confusion and intelligent questions served as a reminder of how learning barriers make these technologies I take for granted inaccessible to certain audiences. It's a problem that definitely needs to be resolved.

by segphault 2007-08-01 16:33 blogging

http://www.chipdesignmag.com/display.php?articleId=1521 - cached - mail it - history

Adding Pythonic iterators and yield to Java

by segphault 2007-07-30 15:09 programming · Java

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2370 - cached - mail it - history

From print to web: The Washington Post Goes Digital

by segphault 2007-07-27 01:47 industry

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/100141340/index.htm - cached - mail it - history

Blendtec tests the iPhone: yes, it blends!

by segphault 2007-07-10 14:32

http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone - cached - mail it - history

A few Mono ASP.net tutorials

"Marek Habersack has written a Guide on Porting ASP.NET Applications to Linux using Mono. This is a complement to Jonathan Pobst's Porting Winforms Applications to Linux using Mono."

by segphault 2007-07-02 19:39 development · software · mono · asp.net

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Jul-02.html - cached - mail it - history

Python to be included in Maemo by default

by segphault 2007-06-29 13:13 software · Maemo · mobile computing · development · python

http://desdeamericaconamor.org/blog/node/372 - cached - mail it - history

Anjuta DevStudio 2.2.0 Released

by segphault 2007-06-27 13:12 software · development · Anjuta · GNOME · IDE

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=709731 - cached - mail it - history

A Mono developers guide to writing XAML by hand

"XAML is an XML based language, but unlike many other XML based languages, which are strict and cumbersome, some effort has been made to make XAML easy to write by hand. Below, I'll try to cover everything you need to know, to write XAML code for Moonlight projects."

by segphault 2007-06-27 13:10 software · development · Mono · XAML · XML · Moonlight · Novell

http://jacksonito.blogspot.com/2007/06/mono-developers-guide-to-writing-xaml.html - cached - mail it - history

Developing for Developers

Tools, techniques, and theory for measuring and improving the power and performance of developers and their code.

by segphault 2007-06-16 01:48 development

http://blogs.msdn.com/devdev/ - cached - mail it - history

ECMAScript Edition 4 Reference Implementation

by segphault 2007-06-10 03:23 software · ecmascript · javascript · development

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2289 - cached - mail it - history

Anatomy of the Linux kernel

by segphault 2007-06-08 20:33 software · Linux Kernal

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-kernel/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR&ca=dgr-lnxw07LKernalAnatomy - cached - mail it - history

Powershell syntax highlighting for Vim

by segphault 2007-06-07 06:55 vim · highlighting · powershell

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1327 - cached - mail it - history

Python/GNOME Autotools tutorial

by segphault 2007-06-06 00:21 software · development · python · autotools · GNOME

http://www.pygtk.org/articles/applets_arturogf/x207.html - cached - mail it - history

Larry Rosen comments on the GPLv3

by segphault 2007-06-04 02:19 GPL · license · legal

http://www.rosenlaw.com/GPLv3-Comments.htm - cached - mail it - history

How to flash the WRT54GL with DD-WRT firmware

This tutorial explains how to successfully flash a Linksys WRT54GL version 1.1 with the open source dd-wrt version 23 SP2 VPN firmware

by segphault 2007-05-30 22:11 ddwrt · wifi · router · hardware · open source

http://www.mandladventures.com/2007/04/12/how-to-flash-the-wrt54gl-with-dd-wrt-firmware/ - cached - mail it - history

GTK multithreading misconceptions

"One of the most frequently asked questions in the GTK mailing lists is 'How do I use threads with GTK'. Actually, the question is more often 'I’ve started writing a GTK program, and it doesn’t work. What the hell?' and it quickly emerges that they’re trying to do a multi-threaded GTK app, and doing it wrong."

by segphault 2007-05-23 15:59 gtk · development · threading

http://research.operationaldynamics.com/blogs/andrew/software/gnome-desktop/gtk-thread-awareness.html - cached - mail it - history

Intro to Ardour 2.0

"Ardour 2.0 is now available for download. This version is a significant improvement over the 0.99 series (1.0 was never released), with many new features and enhancements to performance and stability."

by segphault 2007-05-21 19:11 software · audio · ardour

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000224 - cached - mail it - history

Review Board code review system

"We built a code review system called Review Board. Like most projects, it started out simple, but grew to be pretty powerful and useful quickly. It was designed to automate and simplify the process of creating review requests and actually reviewing code."

by segphault 2007-05-18 15:44 software · development

http://www.chipx86.com/blog/?p=222 - cached - mail it - history

Best D-Bus Practices

"Using various D-Bus APIs I've noticed all kinds of interesting ideas for how to design them. You should avoid many of these ideas."

by segphault 2007-05-18 15:41 gnome · dbus · programming

http://log.ometer.com/2007-05.html - cached - mail it - history

Get a Joost invite

by segphault 2007-05-14 03:44 joost

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/13/no-joost-invite-yet-get-one-here/ - cached - mail it - history

Overview of transhumanism bioethics issues

Although many Americans don't realize it, a major debate is under way over transhumanism - a movement that endorses using new technology to expand the capabilities of the human mind and body.

by segphault 2007-05-14 02:10 transhumanism · bioethics · futurism

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=603228 - cached - mail it - history

Soylent, GNOME people browser

by segphault 2007-05-11 03:38 GNOME · Evolution · software

http://treitter.livejournal.com/1046.html - cached - mail it - history

VMware Workstation 6.0 released

VMware developer Christian Hammond provides a nice overview of new features in Workstation 6

by segphault 2007-05-11 03:35 software · vmware · virtualization

http://www.chipx86.com/blog/?p=221 - cached - mail it - history

The Whole PyGTK FAQ

by segphault 2007-05-06 22:46 python · programming · gtk · faq

http://eccentric.cx/misc/pygtk/pygtkfaq.html - cached - mail it - history

Steam-powered R2-D2 robot

by segphault 2007-04-09 08:39 steam · technology · strange

http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/r2s2/ - cached - mail it - history

Google's Python problem

by segphault 2007-04-03 20:03 strange · humor

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/03/news/funny/google_snake/index.htm?cnn=yes - cached - mail it - history

Interview with Douglas Adams from 1979

by segphault 2007-04-03 14:37 literature · scifi

http://www.darkermatter.com/issue1/douglas_adams.php - cached - mail it - history

Run Gentoo on the PS3

QJ.net has < http://ps3.qj.net/Gentoo-Linux-on-your-PS3-With-full-install-instructions-/pg/49/aid/78739 instructions > and some comments about running Gentoo on the PS3.

by segphault 2007-01-10 16:58 PS3 · Gentoo

http://ps3.qj.net/Gentoo-Linux-on-your-PS3-With-full-install-instructions-/pg/49/aid/78739 - cached - mail it - history

The battle for wireless network drivers

Jem Matzan has written a detailed < http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293/ overview > of the ongoing struggle to provide support for network hardware with proprietary firmware in open source operating systems.

by segphault 2006-12-30 02:04 hardware · open source · development · drivers

http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293/ - cached - mail it - history

Using Gnonlin with GStreamer and Python

Jono Bacon has written a < http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=851 tutorial > that explains how to use the Gnonlin library, which facilitates development of non-linear audio/video editing software.

by segphault 2006-12-28 13:35 Python · gstreamer · development · tutorial

http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=851 - cached - mail it - history

O3Spaces takes on SharePoint for document collaboration

An < http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/17/1958231 article > at Linux.com discusses < http://o3spaces.com/ O3Spaces >, a Microsoft SharePoint alternative for OpenOffice.org. Currently available as a commercial hosted service, the source code is scheduled for public release in 2007.

by segphault 2006-12-24 03:28 OpenOffice · software

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/17/1958231 - cached - mail it - history

openSUSE holds public IRC Q&A on Microsoft/Novell deal

The OpenSUSE project < http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/27/2113210 held > a moderated Q&A session on IRC. Novell employees answered questions about the Microsoft/Novell deal. A < http://www.linux.com/blob.pl?id=69222398f6d5c493a2de14c69155b4b7 complete log > of the session is available.

by segphault 2006-12-24 03:24 OpenSUSE · Novell · patents · Microsoft

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/27/2113210 - cached - mail it - history

Assessing the true cost of OLPC

Critics of the One Laptop Per Child Program < http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1546208&from=rss claim > that the $130 laptops are really $970 after adding in the cost of maintenance and training. This dubious cost < http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/price/the_real_cost_of_the.html analysis > was performed by OLPC News, an independent OLPC blog that has recently been < http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=252 accused > of potential anti-OLPC astroturfing by OLPC developer Christopher Blizzard.

by segphault 2006-12-24 03:15 OLPC · open source · mobile computing

http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1546208&from=rss - cached - mail it - history

13 Reasons to Celebrate the New Microsoft-Novell Pact

In an attempt to look on the brighter side of the controversial agreement between Microsoft and Novell, the Linux Information Project has created a list of < http://www.linfo.org/why_ms_novell_good.html potential benefits >. Regardless of whether or not the disadvantages outweigh the benefits, this particular list reflects an interesting and unusual perspective.

by segphault 2006-12-24 02:51 Novell · Microsoft

http://www.linfo.org/why_ms_novell_good.html - cached - mail it - history

France plans open source center

The French government < http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=7508&pagtype=all plans > to create an open source advocacy center in Paris in order to promote open source software development in private industry.

by segphault 2006-12-24 02:45 software · open source

http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=7508&pagtype=all - cached - mail it - history

Stuart Cohen leaves OSDL

Open Source Development Labs CEO Stuart Cohen has < http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/04/194206 left >, and nine other employees have been dismissed in a layoff. Former CFO Mike Temple will be taking the role of CEO. This is the second major restructuring for the organization as it tries to increase efficiency.

by segphault 2006-12-24 02:42 OSDL

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/04/194206 - cached - mail it - history

Mark Shuttleworth apologizes for OpenSUSE invitation

Mark Shuttleworth has < http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/82 apologized > for his ill-conceived attempt to recruit developers from the OpenSUSE project.

by segphault 2006-12-24 02:39 Ubuntu · Shuttleworth

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/82 - cached - mail it - history

Fedora Legacy Project ends

The Fedora Legacy Project is in a state of transition and has < http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3649081 discontinued > support for older Fedora Core Releases.

by segphault 2006-12-24 02:06 Fedora · software

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3649081 - cached - mail it - history

New BitTorrent client written with Python and GTK

Created by two Ubuntu users, Deluge is a new BitTorrent client written with Python and GTK.

by segphault 2006-11-07 12:56 software · BitTorrent · GNOME

http://zachtib.googlepages.com/deluge - cached - mail it - history

Ruby on Rails Ubuntu LiveCD

This is a bit old, but still interesting. Ezra Zygmuntowicz < http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/02/16/rubuntu-is-almost-born announced > plans in February to create an Ubuntu liveCD that includes a complete Ruby on Rails stack.

by segphault 2006-11-05 03:39 Ruby · Ubuntu · rails · LiveCD

http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/02/16/rubuntu-is-almost-born - cached - mail it - history

Install Linux on an eMac

Want to infuse an old eMac with new life? Linux.com has < http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/1817237 instructions > that explain how to install Linux on an eMac.

by segphault 2006-11-05 03:33 Apple · OSX · tutorial

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/1817237 - cached - mail it - history

Buzztard 0.1 released

< http://www.buzztard.org Buzztard > 0.1 has been < http://www.advogato.org/person/ensonic/diary.html?start=52 released >. Buzztard is a modular music production environment for Linux.

by segphault 2006-11-05 03:31 gstreamer · GNOME · music · software

http://www.advogato.org/person/ensonic/diary.html?start=52 - cached - mail it - history

Firefox 2.0 Tango theme

Garret LeSage is creating a < http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2006/11/02/firefox-20-fitting-in/ Tango theme > for Firefox 2.0. It's definitely the best Tango theme I have seen so far for Firefox 2.0. In addition to providing support for Tango icons, it also removes the gradients from tabs and makes several other subtle aesthetic adjustments that improve visual integration with the GNOME environment.

by segphault 2006-11-05 03:27 Firefox · themes · tango

http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2006/11/02/firefox-20-fitting-in/ - cached - mail it - history

Celebrity star wars

by segphault 2006-10-30 22:32 strange

http://www.worth1000.com/cache/gallery/contestcache.asp?contest_id=12447&display=photoshop - cached - mail it - history

Nexenta project

The < http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki Nexenta > project is dedicated to bringing the power of Ubuntu and APT to the Solaris platform.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:59 Nexenta · Ubuntu · development · Solaris

http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki - cached - mail it - history

GNOME summit Beagle hackfest

Beagle developer Joe Shaw discusses the Beagle < http://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2006-October/msg00020.html hackfest > that took place at the GNOME summit. Work was done on network support with Avahi, and F-Spot integration.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:58 beagle · GNOME

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2006-October/msg00020.html - cached - mail it - history

Banshee lyrics plug-in

StoneTable developed a Banshee < http://battleaxe.net/projects/banshee/plugins/lyrics/ plug-in > that will fetch and display song lyrics. You can join us in the Ars Technica #linux IRC channel if you want to thank him for his fine work.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:55 GNOME · Banshee · music

http://battleaxe.net/projects/banshee/plugins/lyrics/ - cached - mail it - history

Gimmie discussed at GNOME summit

Developers at the GNOME summit < http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006/Gimmie discussed > Gimmie and the future of the task-oriented desktop.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:51 Gimmie · development · GNOME

http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006/Gimmie - cached - mail it - history

Gabble 0.4.0 released

The Telepathy project has < http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/telepathy/2006-October/000328.html announced > the release of Gabble 0.4.0, a connection manager for Jabber. The Telepathy project was < http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/GnomeSummit2006 discussed > extensively at the recent GNOME summit.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:48 Telepathy · GNOME · messaging · development

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/telepathy/2006-October/000328.html - cached - mail it - history

Ubuntu CTO interview

Behind Ubuntu has an interesting < http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/MattZimmerman/ interview > with Canonical employee and Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:45 Ubuntu · interview

http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/MattZimmerman/ - cached - mail it - history

NewsStuffManager for GNOME

Sebastian Pölsterl has < http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-October/msg00061.html decided > to make < http://www.k-d-w.org/clipboard/NewStuffManager/ NewStuffManager > an independent project, and has encouraged GNOME developers to provide input. Originally designed to facilitate automatic installation of Deskbar plug-ins, the NewStuffManager could eventually become a generic content installer like KDE's < http://www.kstuff.org/ KStuff > framework.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:44 GNOME · development

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-October/msg00061.html - cached - mail it - history

Topics needed for upcoming Ubuntu summit

The Mountain View Ubuntu summit is coming up, and participants are < https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-October/000207.html invited > to submit topics for discussion. Summit attendees will primarily focus on planning for Ubuntu 7.04.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:40 Ubuntu · development

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-October/000207.html - cached - mail it - history

Edgy release candidate available tomorrow

The first Ubuntu Edgy release candidate will be < https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-October/000211.html available > tomorrow. Testers are needed, so join the fun.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:36 Ubuntu · Edgy

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-October/000211.html - cached - mail it - history

Ext4 filesystem added to the Linux kernel

Andrew Morton has < http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3183866977.html added > the experimental Ext4 filesystem to the kernel. Ext4 supports up to 1024 petabytes of storage and "extent" file writing.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:33 Linux Kernal · Ext4 · filesystem

http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3183866977.html - cached - mail it - history

GEGL demonstrated

Linux.com has a concise < http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/16/1342216 article > about a public demonstration of GEGL, the GIMP's next-generation image processing framework.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:29 GIMP · GNOME · GEGL · graphics

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/16/1342216 - cached - mail it - history

KOffice 1.6 released

The KDE developers have < http://dot.kde.org/1161037713/ announced > the release of KOffice 1.6. The latest iteration of the open source office suite features numerous improvements to Kexi and Krita.

by segphault 2006-10-18 15:26 KDE · KOffice

http://dot.kde.org/1161037713/ - cached - mail it - history

Slackware 11 released

Slackware 11 has been < http://www.slackware.com/announce/11.0.php released >. With your choice of either the 2.4.33.3 or 2.6.18 kernel, Xorg 7, KDE 3.5.4, and an assortment of popular GTK applications, Slackware 11 is ready for use.

by segphault 2006-10-04 14:15 slackware · software

http://www.slackware.com/announce/11.0.php - cached - mail it - history

Ubuntu desktop effects meeting log

The Ubuntu < https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopEffectsTeam Desktop Effects team > has posted the < https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/DesktopEffects-2006-9-29 log > of their first IRC meeting.

by segphault 2006-10-04 14:04 eyecandy · beryl · Xgl · Ubuntu · development

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/DesktopEffects-2006-9-29 - cached - mail it - history

Install Xgl and Beryl on Dapper

by segphault 2006-10-03 19:20 beryl · Xgl · software · eyecandy

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=268036 - cached - mail it - history

Tango theme for Firefox 2.0

SooperDoode has created an excellent < http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38359610/ Tango theme > for Firefox 2.0.

by segphault 2006-10-02 00:10 Firefox · themes · tango

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38359610/ - cached - mail it - history

GNOME Journal article about Tinymail

A nice < http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/49/tinymail-evolution-and-intelligent-design article > in the GNOME Journal introduces < http://tinymail.org/ Tinymail >, a compact framework developed by < http://pvanhoof.be/ Philip Van Hoof > for making e-mail applications for mobile platforms. I've been reading Philip's blog entries on Plant GNOME to keep up with the development process, but the article at GNOME Journal is a good overview for those that aren't familiar with it yet. Nokia and the OLPC project have both expressed in interest in the framework, and it looks like it has a lot of potential.

by segphault 2006-09-30 14:38 development · software · email · GNOME

http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/49/tinymail-evolution-and-intelligent-design - cached - mail it - history

Comparison of various open source graphics libraries

Boudewijn Rempt (author of the < http://www.valdyas.org/python/book.html PyQt book >) has written a helpful little < http://www.valdyas.org/fading/index.cgi/software/image_libraries.html?seemore=y comparison > of open source graphics libraries.

by segphault 2006-09-30 14:32 development · software · graphics

http://www.valdyas.org/fading/index.cgi/software/image_libraries.html?seemore=y - cached - mail it - history

Agile programming considered (mostly) harmful

Former Amazon.com developer Steve Yegge has written an excellent < http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-agile-bad-agile_27.html blog entry > about the deficiencies of the agile programming meme.

by segphault 2006-09-30 14:21 development

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-agile-bad-agile_27.html - cached - mail it - history

Metaprogramming with Ruby

by segphault 2006-09-26 16:21 Ruby · development · metaprogramming

http://ola-bini.blogspot.com/2006/09/ruby-metaprogramming-techniques.html - cached - mail it - history

Linus talks like a pirate

In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, Linus Torvalds included some unusual language in the < http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds_talks_like_a_pirate/0,130061733,339271201,00.htm 2.6.18 release notes >.

by segphault 2006-09-21 19:36 Linus · Linux Kernal · software

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds_talks_like_a_pirate/0,130061733,339271201,00.htm - cached - mail it - history

Mark Shuttleworth talks about Ubuntu and Debian

In response to recent concerns expressed by Matthew Garret, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has written an insightful about the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian.

by segphault 2006-09-21 19:33 Ubuntu · Debian

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/56 - cached - mail it - history

Optimal use of fonts on Linux

Linux font experts Avi Alkalay, Donovan Rebbechi, and Hal Burgiss have put together a < http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font.html comprehensive overview > of font related issues on Linux. Among other things, it includes an explanation of how to enable BCI support for TrueType, and how to make documents that will look the same on Windows and Linux.

by segphault 2006-09-08 22:54 X11 · fonts

http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font.html - cached - mail it - history

IBM to provide commercial support for Eclipse

IBM plans to < http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3630571 provide > commercial support for users of the popular Eclipse open source development environment.

by segphault 2006-09-08 22:45 Eclipse · IBM

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3630571 - cached - mail it - history

GNOME orphaned thumbnail remover

Germán Poó-Caamaño created a < http://blogs.gnome.org/view/gpoo/2006/08/30/0 nifty utility > with Python and Glade that determines how much space is being wasted by automatically generated thumbnail images associated with files that have been moved or deleted. In a comment posted on the blog entry, "Erik" posted a link to an < http://alumni.imsa.edu/~eryanv/thumbnail_patch excellent patch > he wrote that adds support for automatically deleting the extra thumbnails.

by segphault 2006-08-30 15:25 GNOME · Glade · Python · software

http://blogs.gnome.org/view/gpoo/2006/08/30/0 - cached - mail it - history

C# bindings for FUSE

Jonathan Pryor has announced the release of < http://www.jprl.com/Blog/archive/development/mono/2006/Aug-29.html C# bindings > for the FUSE userspace filesystem library.

by segphault 2006-08-30 15:19 Mono · FUSE

http://www.jprl.com/Blog/archive/development/mono/2006/Aug-29.html - cached - mail it - history

Gedit LaTeX plug-in

A really nifty < http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/LaTeXPlugin plug-in > for GEdit adds support for LaTex authoring. It includes a rapid macro insertion feature, and support for efficient document navigation.

by segphault 2006-08-29 17:00 software · GNOME · GEdit

http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/LaTeXPlugin - cached - mail it - history

KDE4 development snapshot released

The first development snapshot of KDE4 has been < http://dot.kde.org/1155935483/ released >. Intended for developers that are interested in porting applications to the new platform, KDE4 is still very experimental. This release showcases initial ports the base kdelibs to Qt4, and contains an initial implementation of KDE D-Bus support.

by segphault 2006-08-29 16:48 KDE · software · Qt

http://dot.kde.org/1155935483/ - cached - mail it - history

Python and GStreamer

Jokosher developer Jono Bacon has written an extensive < http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=750 introduction > to the GStreamer Python bindings. This is a great read for developers that are interested in making Linux multimedia applications with Python. It's well written and requires no prior GStreamer experience.

by segphault 2006-08-28 12:57 Python · GStreamer · GTK

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Glade 3.0 Released

Glade 3.0 has been < http://gnomedesktop.org/node/2737 released >. With many excellent user interface improvements and some nifty new features, it looks like an appealing update. I'm particularly pleased with the new < http://www.gnomejournal.org/images/181.png unified window > mode. More information is < http://gnomejournal.org/article/50/glade-3-sees-the-light-of-day available > from the GNOME Journal.

by segphault 2006-08-16 15:34 GNOME · development · software · Glade

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Apple's IDE gets DTrace support

< http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/xcode.html XCode 3.0 > apparently has < http://blogs.gnome.org/view/calum/2006/08/07/0 integrated > support for DTrace with a really slick user interface.

by segphault 2006-08-08 16:01 DTrace · OSX

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KDE 3.5.4 released

KDE 3.5.4 has been < http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.4.php officially released >. With improvements for removable devices support, new speed optimizations, and bug fixes for Konqueror, this is a sweet little point release.

by segphault 2006-08-02 13:12 KDE

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Include inline C code in Ruby

by segphault 2006-08-02 13:09 Ruby · C · development · blog

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Hello Vader

by segphault 2006-08-01 14:53 strange

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Developer ports Tomboy to C++

Ruby enthusiast and GNOME developer Jason D. Clinton is < http://jasondclinton.livejournal.com/52994.html porting > the Tomboy utility to C++ in an attempt to answer some of his own questions about the Mono debate.

by segphault 2006-07-31 01:28 software · GNOME · C++

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Trolltech releases preview of Qt Java technology

Trolltech has < http://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2006-07-14.7914556269/ released > a technology preview of Jambi, which provides Java support for Qt. This could eventually make it possible for KDE developers to use Java. I hope Trolltech also considers adding .NET support at some point in the future. Unsurprisingly, Jambi is not yet compatible with GCJ/Classpath.

by segphault 2006-07-28 14:33 Java · Qt

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Debian Etch to be released in December

Debian Etch will be < http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1076 released > in December 2006. Etch is the first Debian release to include official AMD64 support. Other notable improvements include XOrg, GCC4, and Secure APT.

by segphault 2006-07-27 12:41 Debian

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Jokosher audio production application released

The Python/gstreamer-based < http://www.jokosher.org/ Jokosher > audio production application has been officially < http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=722 released >.

by segphault 2006-07-25 13:17 software · gstreamer · Python

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GTK 2.12 plans

Some preliminary plans for GTK 2.12 that were initially discussed at GUADEC have now been < http://www.gtk.org/plan/meetings/20060625.txt published >. Plans include integrating libglade into GTK, integrating Maemo patches, and integrating features like entry icons from libsexy.

by segphault 2006-07-20 15:17 GNOME · GTK

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UI Improvements in Evolution 2.8

Evolution 2.8 includes a number of excellent user interface < http://blogs.gnome.org/view/sragavan/2006/07/19/0 improvements >, including Cairo calendar rendering, vertical view for messages, and improved search.

by segphault 2006-07-20 15:09 evolution

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Get your name in the Firefox source code

In an attempt to expand Firefox market share, the Mozilla Foundation will < http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6095103.html include > in the source code of the next version the names of all users that convince a friend to install the browser.

by segphault 2006-07-19 15:06 Firefox

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WebKit ported to Qt4

The KDE team has officially announced < http://dot.kde.org/1152645965/ project Unity >, an effort to synchronize the KHTML and WebKit code bases, and port the whole thing to Qt4.

by segphault 2006-07-19 14:34 Qt · KDE · WebKit

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Linus comments on claims of his irrelevance

Newsforge conducted an < http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/2224218&from=rss interview > with Linus Torvalds to get his response to a Business 2.0 < http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/technology/10dontmatter.biz2/index.htm article > that listed him as one of the top 10 people who don't matter, alongside Steve Ballmer and Jonathan Schwartz. Linus reveals that he is secretly a drug dealer, and comments on Steve Ballmer's chair-shaped shuriken of death.

by segphault 2006-07-16 15:18 Linus

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What's new in Firefox 2.0

ComputerWorld has a good < http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001740&pageNumber=1 overview of the latest and greatest features in the upcoming Firefox 2.0 release. Of the included features, I'm most excited about the inclusion of Javascript 1.7, which has some nifty Pythonic extras.

by segphault 2006-07-13 19:48 Firefox · software

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Google joins the ODF Alliance

Google has officially < http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3382356746.html joined > the ODF alliance.

by segphault 2006-07-13 19:22 XML · Google · ODF

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Bendable power strips

by segphault 2006-07-11 18:38 interesting · technology · hardware

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New version of Skype for Linux

DesktopLinux.com < http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9221359619.html reports > on the new version of Skype for Linux. Apparently, a lot of the major bugs have been fixed, and it includes a few other improvements.

by segphault 2006-07-08 13:00 software · voip

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The Standards Hammer

John Palmieri wrote a really excellent < http://www.j5live.com/?p=226 blog entry > about FDO and the characteristics of a good standard.

by segphault 2006-07-07 19:44

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Beagle FUSE filesystem

Robert Love has < http://rlove.org/log/2006070601 created > a FUSE extension that makes it possible to mount a live Beagle query on the local filesystem. The mount contains symlinks to files that match the query parameters, and the contents are updated as Beagle updates the query response. If you totally dig FUSE like I do, be sure to check out the slides for Robert's < http://rlove.org/talks/guadec_rlove_fuse_2006.odp FUSE talk > from GUADEC.

by segphault 2006-07-07 19:10 software · beagle

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Opera 9 available in Ubuntu

Opera 9 is now < http://opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/07/06/02/ available > to Ubuntu users through the Add/Remove Programs dialog. Although I generally dislike proprietary software, I don't object to making it easily accessible to those that require it, and I think this is a mutually beneficial and positive arrangement for both Opera and Canonical.

by segphault 2006-07-07 16:29 Opera · software · Ubuntu

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How to build Mono on Solaris

The Genunix wiki has < http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_build_Mono_on_Solaris instructions > on how to build Mono for the Solaris operating system. Although I doubt that Sun will ever embrace .NET, It's nice to see that not every Solaris user is a Java fanatic.

by segphault 2006-07-06 23:01 Mono · Solaris · software · tutorial

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MonoDevelop ASP.NET add-in

Summer of Code participant Michael Hutchinson has < http://mjhutchinson.com/journal/2006-03-07/monodevelop_asp_net_addin_is_live committed a patch > to MonoDevelop to integrate his ASP.NET add-in. You can now do basic ASP.NET development in MonoDevelop. The Mozilla-based graphical ASP.NET designer will be integrated next.

by segphault 2006-07-06 22:57 Mono · software · development

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Blog entry about GNOME automation framework

Rodrigo Moya has < http://blogs.gnome.org/view/rodrigo/2006/07/04/0 started working > on an automation framework for GNOME called Automato. < http://sflux.sourceforge.net/ S-Flux > could end up being the basis for the GUI. The concept is reminiscent of Apple's Automator. Although I really like the concept behind Apple's Automator, the implementation is extremely poor, and it is very difficult to do anything productive with it. With Automato, Rodrigo could potentially build something significantly better. For those that are interested in task-oriented automation interfaces, there is a really nifty and innovative KDE tool called < http://onefinger.sourceforge.net/ OneFinger > that deserves a lot more attention than it gets.

by segphault 2006-07-06 22:55 GNOME · software

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Stream mp3s from Linux to a Nokia 770

Nicolas Trangez wrote a nifty < http://blog.eikke.com/index.php/ikke/2006/06/14/maemo_nokia_770_sound_streaming blog entry > about how to stream mp3s from a desktop Linux computer to a Nokia 770.

by segphault 2006-07-06 22:55 audio · handhelds

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