From the page Famous last words of Marius: of dalk hier .. Posted via email from Marius posterous blog
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I was asked to install Windows XP on a new PCI/PCI-e based machine. I tried to convince the person to install Ubuntu but since this person is a photographer, she wanted Photoshop. Yes I did explain that GIMP can do everything Photoshop can do. I only had an original (Gold) Windows XP and when trying […]
IBM Withdraws $7 Billion Bid For Sun Microsystems from Gizmodo by Jack Loftus The $7 billion deal between IBM and Sun Microsystems has all but failed, say sources at the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Sources say Sun balked at IBM's latest offer and IBM eventually withdrew sometime today. Posted via email […]
From the page Famous last words of Marius: After the heat of yesterday and last night, we had some sort of a thunderstorm and rain here in the Cape. This morning, still with the clouds around we had this sunrise. I will upload some more photos to my Photo Gallery here. Look in the Nature […]
It looks like IBM will announce in the coming week the acquisition of SUN for about $7billion. Whether it will get a smooth ride to approval is another subject. Posted via email from Marius posterous blog
I have not said anything about the said deal yet. I have just read an InfoWorld article by Neil McAllister and must say that I agree with him. This deal would be good for IBM and so more for us that work in the Application Development area within IBM. Technorati Tags: sun, deal, ibm, linux, […]
The gnome-terminal uses a termcap file for its basic settings. To change these:Code:sudo gedit /usr/share/vte/termcap/xtermNow look for a line about 1/3 of the way down the file that looks like this:Code: :co#80:it#8:li#24:\To change the number of columns, change the co# number, in this case 80.To change the number of rows, change the li# number, in […]
Sun ODF Plug-In 3.0 for Microsoft Office is now available, giving users of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint the ability to read, edit and save to ODF. Here are some highlights from the Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office webpage. ODF Plugin 3.0 for Microsoft Office ReleasedThis release includes support for ODF 1.2 and […]
Around September last year I got a new work laptop – Lenovo T60. IBM, for whom I work, gives one the choice of what OS to run on the desktop ie Windows or some Linux flavor. Oh and some people actually do run Macs also. The Linux is either Red Hat, Fedora, OpenSuse or Ubuntu. […]
When I was running Ubuntu 8.04 I used Vodafone Connect Driver for Linux which worked but not great. When I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 I continued using this driver till yesterday when I managed to get connecting through Network Manager. By default Network Manager picks up the card properly but did not want to connect […]