fleshyorgans

Update: Seems the original link was removed for some reason. I’ve posted a link to the new location, which is a source bz2 file. One of the things I love about Gnome is how it doesn’t overwhelm you with options and settings for things. But one of the things I hate about it is how [...]

I’ve reached a new milestone in my Linux endeavors. I’m currently running a custom kernel on my laptop — the last ck patch, to be specific. It actually isn’t that hard if you’re a developer and/or have command line experience. There’s a walkthrough on the wiki. Only snag I had was my Belkin USB wireless [...]

For anyone else who needs to do this: Compiling Ruby 1.8.5 on an ancient redhat box is difficult. It’s not as simple as just make/make install… it doesn’t work right out of the box. My solution was to statically link ruby during compilation. Grab the source Extract Do “./configure” Edit ext/Setup (a text file), and [...]

So, FWIW, apparently the latest Wine update to 0.9.41 breaks IEs4Linux. Symptoms: IE runs but a) displays only blank pages b) doesn’t have toolbars c) does not let you enter URLs in the address bar, only displaying the letter ‘h’ Per this forum thread, I downgraded back to 0.9.38 and everything is hunky dory again. [...]

I installed Jinzora, a music organizer/streamer/jukebox application, today. I have some interesting impressions. Quick summary: I’m not going to use it because it’s technically deficient. This isn’t really a comprehensive review, just an exclamation over the techniques involved in the implementation of the software.

Just a short list in no particular order (everyone’s got ‘em, figured I should as well). Simply trying to share my joy: No reboots So far, every peripheral I’ve installed has been a driverless installation Multitasking actually works Integrated FTP/SSH/Samba/whathaveyou within the file browser Wide variety of applications to choose from. All free. Development tools [...]

So, a few things about using Citrix under Ubuntu (7.04): Don’t use the client linked from your Citrix login page, it’s probably version 7 but the latest is version 10. Go here, instead You will need Open Motif. Use synaptic to search for ‘motif’. Install limbotif3, libmotif-dev, and motifnls You may need to set up [...]