I like gthumb because it’s a quick and easy way to resize images, but it crashes FC13 on both my notebook and DIY box. The good news is that showFoto, a viewer that I think was installed by default on FC13, does the job quite well.
Posts from ‘May, 2010’
FC13 Tomboy sync error: The keyring daemon is not available
I had Tomboy set up to sync using webdav, but when I installed FC13 and tried to configure Tomboy, I got the following error: The keyring daemon is not available My solution was to install sshfs: yum install sshfs I also installed gnome-do-plugins-tomboy using yumex. I then went into my server and copied all the [...]
Absolutely, positively something to look for
I’ll be looking for this model, and if anybody sees it on the shelves in Pingtung, please let me know. Slashdot Hardware Story | Asus Budget Ultraportable Notebook Sold Sans OS EconolineCrush writes “Tired of paying the Windows tax on notebooks? Asus’s Eee PC 1201T budget ultraportable comes without a traditional operating system and sells [...]
SpiderOak wants you to upgrade
SpiderOak is a fantastic service. For Linux users, it’s the best backup service I’ve found. I was having trouble connecting for a couple days and checked out their blog, which told me how to fix the problem. The silver lining behind this hiccup was that I learned that SpiderOak responds to such inevitable problems quickly [...]
I knew I was right to delete those accounts… or try to anyway
Here’s a very good interview with Robert Cailliau. If you’re the least bit interested in browsers, compliance, or anything related, you’ll no doubt find his web site quite informative. Why The Co-Developer Of The World Wide Web Isn’t On Facebook (Video Interview) Why The Co-Developer Of The World Wide Web Isn’t On Facebook (Video Interview) [...]
Fixing Windows with Puppy Linux
I have a feeling I’ll need to do this some day: How to fix broken Windows, using Unix. Linux article How to use ISO images of Linux to remove a Windows virus. Every time I get asked to remove a virus from a panicked Windows users computer, I think it will be the last. I [...]