yet another geek

Cycle through your workspaces in a loop on Ubuntu

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:30:00 +0200

It's been a while since I wrote about my conversion to Linux.
Some things have changed. Now I am using Ubuntu 10.04 with the Gnome Desktop (and still boot Windows every once a while to play games that else won't run).

But, that's not what I wanted to write about. I just wanted to share some nice, little bash-scripts with you.
They are far from being perfect, but hey, the're working.

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I switched to linux today - and I love it.

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:27:36 +0200

Carsten helped me to set up an old computer with a new kubuntu-Linux. And it runs soooo smooth.
The installation worked like charm, fast and without any problems. I can setup everything to react, look, sound, feel,... exactly like I want it to.

And it's really less scary as i thougth it would be ;)

Getting Imperium Galactica II to run on Windows XP

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:08:00 +0200

IG2 on my laptop

If you are a lucky owner of Imperium Galactica 2 (IG2) but are unable to play it on your Windows XP Widescreen-Laptop, here is a complete guide on how to get it running.

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Update 2 of my eeePC package repository

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:10:11 +0200

In a few minutes I will upload the second update to my eeePC package repository. For instructions on how to use the repository, please revisit the announcement.

So what changed?
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Running the eeePC OS within VirtualBox

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:52:29 +0200

For some of us, it may be helpful to run the eeePC OS within a virtual machine. There are instructions and config files on the web, but in the case of VirtualBox, I found that some things were missing.
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Update 1 of my eeePC package repository

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:55:00 +0200

In a few minutes I will upload the first update to my eeePC package repository since it's announcement. For instructions on how to use the repository, re-visit the announcement.

So what changed?
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Tux Compatibility

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:20:45 +0200

Compatible with Tux

Today, I bought a USB keyboard to use with my eeePC, when I have to type a lot. When I turned over the carton, I was quite stunned. There were 3 compatibility logos. One for Windows XP and one for Windows Vista. But the third one didn't display any fruit. Instead, there was that fat, snugly penguin we love so much!

OK, that's not the biggest sensation of the year, but it says something about the role, Linux plays in the market today.

Linux For Housewives. XP For Geeks.

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:13:37 +0200

I just read this on Slashdot and laughed my ass of:

... while geeks go for Windows XP.

Linux For Housewives. XP For Geeks.

This is ROCK!

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:42:04 +0200

How you could use CCTV for good, shows the (at least for myself yet unknown) band "The Get Out Clause" from Manchester.
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Introducing my eeePC package repository

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:02:00 +0200

Marble running in fullscreen on the eeePC

A few weeks ago I got one of those tiny eeePCs. I also got a USB GPS receiver and a car charger, because one of the primary use cases for me will be car navigation and GPS tracking. For that purpose I will be building packages of map drawing and GPS utilizing software. Read on, if you're interested in the first two packages (Navit and Marble) and in how to install them.
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Reason for fever discovered

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:46:13 +0200

American scientists made one of the biggest discoveries on the way to understanding ourselves in the last 20 years.

The long standing mystery of why the human body develops a fever when it's ill, has finally be solved. In an interdisciplinary effort by medical doctors and physicists it was discovered, that the human immunesystem is exothermic. When an antibody-cell encounters a body-cell, a cancellation happens and two quantums of energy are emitted. If the particular infection leads to a large count of antibody cells, this results in a large amount of cancellations and in turn in lots of energy, that heats up the body.

What a great day for humanity!

Twist and Shout! But no answer.

carsten@yet-another-geek.org (Carsten) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:01:42 +0100

Lately, tech media is reporting about trojans, that manipulate the victims DNS configuration and that way allow phishing attacks without URI manipulation. With things like that in mind, I guess you'd not love it, if your network equipment would send your possibly sensitive data to the wrong target. But that's exactly, what a friends DSL router does.
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Finally! All South Park Episodes online, free and legal!

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:01:08 +0100

You just have to love Trey Parker and Matt Stone for this.
South Park Studios just launched their new website where you can watch all episodes ever created in good quality for free!
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Hello World!

jan@yet-another-geek.org (Jan) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:37:03 +0100

the first post

Everything has to start somehow.
Even a blog.

This blog will contain some random stuff that does not really matter... but, well, hopefully will either help or at least amuse you.

regards,
Carsten & Jan