For the past few years the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community team has been asked to present Ubuntu at the LPANE / Intel Nor’Easter Lanfest and this year was no exception. In the previous years we brought laptops and some low end desktops with wine barely running some low end games and showing off some of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘computers’
“…But our princess is in another castle!”
Posted: 25th May 2010 by leftyfb in gaming, linux, technology, ubuntuTags: computers, games, gaming, Intel, lanfest, linux, lucid, technology, ubuntu
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My first bug fix
Posted: 18th March 2010 by leftyfb in Daily Accomplishments, linux, technology, ubuntuTags: accomplishments, bug, computers, gnome, linux, technology, ubuntu, usability
Continuing on from my last post. step #4 fix the problem. So it turns out that the way in which the icons were being displayed wasn’t exactly incorrect. We were just letting the “gtk-menu-images” overwrite us and not show the menu icons for the application. The solution is in gtk_image_menu_item_set_always_show_image (). This forces the display [...]
Trying my hand at developing & bug fixing
Posted: 18th March 2010 by leftyfb in linux, technology, ubuntuTags: bug, computers, gnome, linux, lucid, technology, ubuntu, usability
WARNING: I am NOT a developer One of the first applications I like to install on a fresh build of ubuntu is called gSTM or “Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager”. This allows me to setup and enable multiple ssh tunnels to/from different places with the click of a button. It provides a nice notification area icon [...]
Will the Serial Console Ever Die?
Posted: 27th February 2010 by leftyfb in linux, technology, ubuntuTags: computers, console, ports, serial, technology
Will the serial port as a console connection ever be displaced — especially for devices such as switches, routers, SAN boxes, etc.? In one sense it’s a simple connection. But it is the only current port that, in order to use, you need to know about wiring / baud rates / parity, etc. It has [...]
