surface from Linux by Examples has written two ‘getting started for SVN’ articles that I find it interesting and useful for beginners. The article covers important SVN operation (checkout,diff,update,import, check in) necessary for managing a software project. Here’s the link to the article : SVN command line tutorial for beginners 1 SVN command line tutorial […]
The Ubuntu project is planning to release a new variant of its distribution which would appeal ‘Free Software’ purist which want no more than a 100% completely free operating system that works out from the box. This intention has be made known by Mark Shuttleworth himself in the Ubuntu mailing list few days ago (12 […]
The much anticipated Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch) was finally released on 8th April 2007. The release was unofficially available since November last year but some technicalities prevented the project from making an official release announcement until all architectures it supported is of release quality. Among softwares included in Debian Etch are : GNOME 2.14 OpenOffice.org […]
Ubuntu users are no doubt familiar with the unique and funky name for its releases (Feisty Fawn, Breezy Badger, Hoary Hedgehog) in which it is more popular than the release number (7.04, 6.10, 6.06). Most people tends to remember the codename when refering to a particular Ubuntu release (such as Ubuntu Dapper as opposed to […]
I’ve a sad news to share with everybody here, my D-Link G604T ADSL modem had gone up in smoke today. I don’t know what caused it, but I suspected long duration of use (24/7) might contribute to its demise. Now I’m stuck with the spare Kasda ADSL modem, hard to dial out, a bit unreliable […]
A friend from #fakap asks me to create a dead simple FLV to 3gp batch converter for him to port youtube clips to mobile phone. As a result I complied, and created flvto3gp bash script for the job. Usage Using it is simple, just run this script inside a directory full of FLV (or any […]