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BarCamp Malaysia 2008 is officially open for registrations. There are 150 seats available for now so make sure to secure a place for yourself. Register here. I’ve secured my seat. I seem to be quite excited as this will be my first BarCamp. The whole idea of users coming together to share and exchange information amazes me. Long gone are those days when users used to think that sharing was bad and went on developing standalone apps which eventually fell out the scene. OpenSource and Web 2.0 is the future and we see it in motion everyday now. ...

To view the current routing table run “route -n” [root@klmppswdr01p ~]# route -n<br /> Kernel IP routing table<br /> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface<br /> 10.41.42.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0<br /> 10.41.41.0 10.41.42.8 255.255.255.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0<br /> 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0<br /> 0.0.0.0 10.41.42.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 To add a route refer to the command below. ...

I recently purchased a webcam for skype. I’m using the UVC driver to power the webcam on my openSUSE11 machine. Getting the webcam up was simple with openSUSE. Verify if the uvc package is available. pandora:~ # zypper se uvc<br /> Reading installed packages... <br /> S | Name                | Summary                            | Type<br /> --+----------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------<br /> | luvcview            | WebCam viewer                      | package<br /> | uvcvideo            | USB Video Class (UVC) webcam driver | srcpackage<br /> | uvcvideo-kmp-debug  | USB Video Class (UVC) webcam driver | package<br /> | uvcvideo-kmp-default | USB Video Class (UVC) webcam driver | package<br /> | uvcvideo-kmp-pae    | USB Video Class (UVC) webcam driver | package<br /> | uvcvideo-kmp-xen    | USB Video Class (UVC) webcam driver | package<br /> Select the suitable driver for your kernel. " uname -r “. In my case pae. ...

Something many have been waiting for. [Dropbox][2] is an online storage solution that fits seamlessly into your OS. It’s currently in Beta and accounts are by invite only. I received my invite from [Thaweesak][3]. ...

It’s done. DNS records are up to date, mysql synchronized and directory structure intact. My new hosting provider is Fivio Internet Services. Why? Simple, I’m tired of the big players. Shared hosting users don’t get the respect they need most times and I’m not alone on this. Many share my experience. It’s time to look elsewhere. Smaller upcoming providers like Fivio will always have their customers taken care of well. It’s just good business ethics. ...