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Screencast from Debian

Posted on March 17, 2009. Filed under: Debian, Desktop, HowTo, admin, digital communication, sys admin, videos | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Prerequisites: I assume you’ve set up your sound card already and properly at that too. If not, it’s a good idea to perform that now. Try alsaconfig for that. It serves me well. Also, I’m on a Debian Lenny. If you’re on a different system you may consider this howto as a collection of hints, [...]

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for purpose of reference: reconfigure the EeePC keyboard layout on X

Posted on February 17, 2009. Filed under: Desktop, HowTo, human computer interaction, sys admin | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I like my EeePC 901, though the missing navigation keys hit me a bit, and getting a pipe symbol (|) with one hand is wrist-flipping (AltGr+Function+Y [on a German keyboard]). I knew I had to fix that, and now I’ve done it.
As a solution, I set up some alternative keys to trigger:

lesser than
greater than
pipe
Home
End
Prev Page/Page [...]

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Project: Access to your powerful GNU/Linux desktop from virtually anywhere

Posted on November 6, 2008. Filed under: Debian, Desktop, freedom, series of posts, sys admin, work | Tags: , , , , , |

Every now an then I happen to get locked in to a Windows-only work environment. That is, having no tools at hand. To get over that, I decided I want a Debian box somewhere in the net, so I can access it from virtually anywhere. (As admins sometimes block outgoing traffic but can’t block http/https [...]

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Project: Access your powerful GNU/Linux desktop from whereever you may be

Posted on September 8, 2008. Filed under: Debian, Desktop, development, operating systems, series of posts, sys admin, work | Tags: , , , , , |

First up: I prefer using Linux/KDE for reasons of usability and the whole tool box I get. On the other hand, my experience with using Linux in Windows work environments is that colleagues notice, superiors worry, and admins — usually Windows guys — burst into plain fear because of the potential the GNU tool box [...]

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As a long-time Linux user, survive on Windows

Posted on August 31, 2008. Filed under: Desktop, usability | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Disclaimer: Applying any of the following Windows escape routes at work might nullify your job contract. If you use any of them, it’s your own risk.
 
Some times I encountered the situation, people wanted me to do my magic, but all they provided was a Windows. There are (at least) two escapes off of this — [...]

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