Nov
20
It doesn’t need to be emphasized more that to read http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ is a complete must for everyone who would like to experiment with updating the original Linksys firmware of a NSLU2 device. Especially, the community rules and and the (extensive) set of warnings should be read and understood before descending into countless Howto’s. I’m grateful to all folks who contributed with all the information - following the steps and Howto’s I unslung my NSLU2 with Unslung-6.8-beta-firmware without problems. I have only experienced two minor issues and would like to mention them here just in case some NSLU2 beginner (like myself) comes across the same.
Nov
15
Fedora 8: select the repositories carefully
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A week ago, I installed Fedora 8, from scratch. The installation went fine, I customized the system to my liking, using the default GUI. After a week, however, I could not initialize an X session anymore. And the problem occurred straight after I downloaded the package updates as the system prompted me to do.
Jul
31
Fedora 7: Unresolveable requirement gecko-libs = 1.8.1.4 for epiphany
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When I started my trusty home PC to process some of my holiday photographs (that explains the silence on this web, I hope), Fedora 7 presented me with the list of 92 updates available for my system. I usually let the the pup (Package Updater) to update all packages and it usually works just fine. This time, Package Updater kept on displaying the “Error resolving dependencies” message.
Jun
12
The Pigeon Detectives
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We had Kaiser Chiefs here and now we also have here their buddies: The Pigeon Detectives.
Jun
3
Although “doing a clean installation and then restoring user data from backups is known to work better”, Fedora recommends to use CD/DVD installer to upgrade your Fedora Core installation to a higher version. I usually perform a clean install when updating Linux at home, this time however, I decided to let Anaconda (the Fedora installer) to do the job. I was very pleased with the overall result with one exception: the installer forced me to manually modify my /etc/fstab, refusing to continue otherwise.
May
29
Ricky did it again… (Kaiser Chiefs back in Amsterdam)
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Kaiser Chief’s lead singer, Ricky Wilson, is about to dive into the audience.
The exercise is as follows:
- OMG he is going to dive!
- Switch on the camera, get the settings right…
- OMG he is diving in!
- OMG my girlfriend is touching him!! :}
- Give him a shove
- And yeah, try to take a picture in mean time…
Time to complete: five seconds. (Some more photographs inside)
May
28
A ghost is real (when you listen to Husky Rescue)
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After I was introduced to their music by a friend, I somehow kept returning to its cold prettyness (or a warm chillness?) - it did not allow me to stay away for too long. Later on, when the second album came out, I already took a break from work to get the album right at the release date. Their magical, introspective yet sunny and playful music was sending shivers down my spine then and it still does now. The last weekend they showed up in Amsterdam for the very first time and I was lucky to be there: Husky Rescue.
May
23
Chris Cornell at his best
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Another night, another concert. I was really looking forward to this one: Chris Cornell performing in Melkweg, Amsterdam. When Audioslave failed to support their third album “Revelations” and when Chris Cornell subsequently left the band earlier this year, I was wondering when will I see Cornell performing again. Luckily, the fans and myself didn’t have to wait for too long. A few days before Cornell’s second solo album “Carry On” hit the shops, we had the man back on the stage. And he returned in style!
May
21
Hooverphonic are celebrating 10th anniversary of the release of their debut album “A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular”. The band is currently touring with a small-scale club tour, performing exclusively just the debut album songs wrapped up into the mysterious electronic sounds between the songs.
May
17
“In the vast universe of Google users, a small cadre of aficionados exists who closely track every move of the search industry leader and act as a kind of editorial board and echo chamber for all things Google” wrote David Vise in his book “The Google Story“. I came across that statement while reading the book yesterday.