You decided to switch desktops to Linux and now you can’t access your office IE only intranet. What do you do?
Well, you could IEs4Linux on WINE. WINE is a opensource Windows API implementation for the Linux platform and IEs4Linux is the “installer” which will download, install and get IE to work with WINE.
1. Add the WINE repository for openSUSE 10.3.
YaST2 -> Software -> Software Repositories.
http://software.opensuse.org/download/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_10.3/
If you are like me then you must hate the “BEEP!” that comes along with Linux. Turning it off in KDE or Gnome is easy but what if you are on the virtual console? Here’s how you get rid of the “BEEP!” temporarily or permanently.
Temporary solution,
** make sure to be root or use sudo **
1. Check if you have the pcspkr module loaded.
[root@nosebleed ~]# lsmod | grep pcspkr pcspkr 7105 0
2. Remove the module. lsmod will return nothing if the module was removed.
[root@nosebleed ~]# rmmod pcspkr [root@nosebleed ~]# lsmod | grep pcspkr
3. Restore the module when done.
[root@nosebleed ~]# modprobe pcspkr [root@nosebleed ~]# lsmod | grep pcspkr pcspkr 7105 0
Permanent solution,
** make sure to be root or use sudo **
1. add the pcspkr module to the modprobe blacklist file.
[root@nosebleed ~]# vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Add the lines below to the file.
# pcspkr - turn off pc speaker "BEEP!" blacklist pcspkr
2. Reboot, and check if the pcspkr module was loaded. If the blacklist file kicked in then nothing will be returned.
[root@nosebleed ~]# lsmod | grep pcspkr
This fix works for my CentOS and Ubuntu but not openSUSE as the pcspkr driver is built right into the kernel.
ALPS touchpad generaly have slower response when compared to the synaptic based touchpads.
Here’s a simple X hack to boost the sensitivity of my ALPS touchpad which has dramatically improved my experience with my touchpad. This worked on my openSUSE 10.3
1. First, check if you really do have a ALPS touchpad.
cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep ALPS
sample output;
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
2. Make a backup of your xorg.conf file.
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bkp
3. Edit the xorg.conf file.
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
4. Navigate to the InputDevice Section and look for the “synaptics” driver portion.
5. Replace everything between the Identifier line and EndSection with the settings below.
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PlexyDesk is the latest project to come out of Sri Lanka. The project team consists of a group of Sri Lankan developers and the project is only a couple of weeks old.
PlexyDesk is a Desktop but not a full desktop environment like KDE and Gnome. The goal for Plexydesk is to simplify and improve the desktop experience by by rendering your desktop workspace and optimally organizing your information thought it support for multi touch screens. Plexdesk will run on top of both KDE and Gnome.
Even though Plexydesk is well within it’s infant state the team has already managed to come up with a working model to show the world. Plexy glass was even shown to Mr. Ricard Stallman during his recent visit to Sri Lanka.
The project team is actively looking for help with the project so if you have any skills don’t hesitate to join the team. What are the looking for?
Source: PlexyDesk
I was fortunate enough to get invited into Netizens, the latest advertising network to hit our shores.
Other blogs who made the first batch were hongkiat.com, LiewCF.com, Lingzie’s Tummy Treat, Malaysian Politics, Chinese Music Blog, Friedbeef’s Tech, Rasa Malaysia, Get Found and My 1st Path .
Netizens prides itself for being different from the other advertising networks currently available in Malaysia. It’s set out to put more dollars back into the publishers hands then then conventional CPM concepts that we have all come to know very well. Not that the CPM models don’t work but Netizens insists that publishers should be given a large piece of the cake for their efforts.
My advertising slots are currently priced from RM80/month and above.
Read about how Netizens was born and meet the team here.
Netizens is currently in Beta stage and has planned it’s soft launch for 1st March 2008.
Source: Netizens Blog |
