Category: Linux

Compatibility report.

Python script to help Linux users transfer saved passwords from Chrome to Firefox.

A script to export/import passwords from the Gnome password manager

Success story with Linux, Chrome, Android, Coversal and Python

TimeCult works well, and I wrote a script for converting KTimeTracker files.

My bash prompt, including git/hg branch name.

I tend to use several music/media players, such as shell-fm, moc and Clementine. In order to be able to use the media buttons on my keyboard for pausing/skipping, I wrote this Python script to automatically route the commands to the right one.

After being a loyal fan of KDE for a long time, I've just left...

There doesn't appear to be any way for a Linux user to get a local calendar app to inter-operate with Google or other devices.

Complete fail for KDE-PIM/Linux/msynctool and Blackberry Curve.

A lot of discussion recently has missed the point: the big question is whether the terms of any software licence are really relevant to dynamic languages...

Submitting tracks using MOC (Music on Console) and Last.fm

Some tools to help organise your computer and files.

I upgraded to Gutsy RC last week, and I've really had nothing but trouble, and submitted lots of bugs...

At the end of the day, contrary to what many web developers and browser writers would like you to believe, quality and standards compliance mean nothing. The only thing that matters is market share.

How to share an internet connection to a chroot'ed system (or, using Knoppix to get into another Linux system which you can't boot directly for some reason).

I have been more and more impressed with Wine recently...

A personal analysis of Beryl's usefulness.

A combination of bugs in KDE/Samba/Feisty makes the simple task of configuring Samba to share a folder (in this case to share it with myself, for the benefit of some virtual machines) much harder than it ought to have been

I spent an unprofitable afternoon trying to get a new wireless USB adapter to work under Ubuntu Edgy, but Feisty did the trick beautifully.

More adventures in not having my computer with me...

Amarok now automates installation of MP3 support if it isn't available.

I'm currently without internet connection to my own computer, and I've been working out ways to make send and receiving e-mail as seamless as possible...

VMWare/VMPlayer issues.

The Windows dos box (command prompt) sucks in many ways in comparison to an xterm (and I'm not even including 'command' vs 'bash' here). But if you have emacs you can make it suck a little bit less. "M-x shell" gets you shell mode, and you can select text etc, and use emacs keybindings for editing your commands etc.

Boring post about backing up tools in KDE

I discovered `wajig `_ for Debian, and it's great...

How to create a chroot and run X applications from it, side by side with windows from your normal system.

I'm currently installing SimplyMEPIS on my old machine. And using it to blog at the same time...

My broadband internet connection has held up for a month now..

It really bugged me that there was no iTunes for Linux, and despite searching high and low, there is no decent alternative that works on Linux - a simple way of buying a single track online. Until now...

Having lacked IE on my home PC for a few weeks, and now got it back again, I came to ask myself -- can you do any serious web development on a Linux platform?

Finally got round to getting Win4Lin working, with a few hassles...

A warning for anyone switching to a 64-bit architecture (such as AMD64) from a 32-bit: Subversion repositories have to be migrated...

I insert a CD, and watch as it is automatically mounted (good!). I check it's MD5SUM, then eject. Only it won't...

I found there is no way to get Win4Lin running on my 64-bit kernel, so I'm looking at the alternatives...

I've started a small repository for AMD64 builds of Debian and Ubuntu packages.

I thought it might be useful to add a bit more about how it's going with Ubuntu...

Having messed up my Mandrake installation (kind of), I decided to have a fling with Ubuntu...

I finally found some good info on how the firewall works in Mandrake..

I would like to congratulate Virgin Radio on their very Linux friendly web site...

Since I now have two computers, it's time to start messing around with networking them...

I got a new computer, and switched Linux distribution too...

A wonderful tool for Linux developers

First day at my new job today, and I'm having some issues returning to using Windows...

I had to reboot my computer today...

When I'm away from my computer, sometimes it would be really useful to be able to access it. I've only got a dial-up connection...