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 ‘technology’
“…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 [...]
daily accomplishements
Posted: 24th February 2010 by leftyfb in Personal, technology, ubuntuTags: accomplishments, aquarium, customer, family, fish, linux, technology, ubuntu, work
Work: just typical work Home/other: Created an entry level account for someone who already had a professional account :/ hopefully convinced my father to take the 46g fish tank for his oversized goldfish forgot to feed fresh or saltwater fish or top off water or add carbonate to saltware – damn started work on cleaning [...]
what did icons ever do to you anyway?
Posted: 24th February 2010 by leftyfb in FAIL, linux, technology, ubuntuTags: gnome, linux, technology, ubuntu
Here’s another reason why removing menu icons in Gnome (as well as removing the choice to turn them back on) is a bad idea. What about the 3rd party applications that rely on menu icons that are now turned off by default with no easy way for the average user to turn them back on? [...]
