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  • Interview with Con Kolivas part 2: his effort to improve Linux performance on the desktop on 2008-10-24

    • I think the kernel developers at large haven't got the faintest idea just how big the problems in userspace are. It is a very small brave minority that are happy to post to lkml, and I keep getting users telling me on IRC, in person, and via my own mailing list, what their problems are. And they've even become fearful of me, even though I've never viewed myself as a real kernel developer.
  • JANET A & NICOLLE A & SANDY A BY OLEG_MORENKO - NAUGHTY - ORIG. PHOTOS AT 4300 PIXELS - © MET-ART FREE GALLERY on 2008-10-06
    • JANET A & NICOLLE A & SANDY A BY OLEG_MORENKO - NAUGHTY
  • K750i GPS maps : Software, Firmware and Drivers : Sony Ericsson @ Esato on 2008-08-11

    • Nav4all - nav4all.co.uk

      Free at present. Works OK but awkward user interface and locked up a few times on my K750. Nice selection of voices.



      Wisepilot - wisepilot.com

      The best - even has 3D maps. But not free except for the 5-day trial



      Navigon - navigon.com (you need the free Java edition)

      Looks good but I haven't used it on-the-road because it seems to lock up too easily.



      Amaze - amazegps.com

      I use this daily. It's free and reliable. Sadly only 4 digit postcodes but the address search works fine.
    • Nav4all - nav4all.co.uk

      Free at present. Works OK but awkward user interface and locked up a few times on my K750. Nice selection of voices.



      Wisepilot - wisepilot.com

      The best - even has 3D maps. But not free except for the 5-day trial



      Navigon - navigon.com (you need the free Java edition)

      Looks good but I haven't used it on-the-road because it seems to lock up too easily.



      Amaze - amazegps.com

      I use this daily. It's free and reliable. Sadly only 4 digit postcodes but the address search works fine.
  • Pentax K20D Review: 8. Displays: Digital Photography Review on 2008-07-26
  • Bug 509179 - Various UI changes for a better HIG compatibily (and maybe usability) (cheese) on 2008-01-27
    • A bit off-topic: I have been a fan of the HIG for some time now and I have
      filed quite a few bugs to improve HIG compliance of some apps. But, in some
      cases, following the HIG to the letter results in sub ideal interfaces I think.
      Interfaces can lose their simple and modern feel. You just can't innovate that
      much while following the HIG.

      So, looking into the HIG for basic guidance is nice, but mostly to be aware if
      the problems which the HIG intended to solve.
  • What DRM removal software to use: Fairuse4wm,Automate unDRM,drmdbg,freeme2,soundtaxi - Audio/video stream recording forums on 2008-01-14
  • jspaleta: Fedora on Youtube on 2007-11-15
    • By contrast, The Internet Archive (www.archive.org (http://www.archive.org/)) also distributes Flash videos, but they transcode submitted videos (by default, I believe) into a variety of formats including Ogg Theora (+ Vorbis) if you didn't submit Ogg Theora + Vorbis to begin with. This is how I have seen Democracy Now!, a daily news program carried on archive.org. The Internet Archive also lets you see inline Flash ala YouTube if you prefer that alternative.
  • « Shadow Logs »: HOWTO: Compiz Fusion in Fedora 8 'Werewolf' on 2007-11-12
  • Wireless udruge i internet leecheri - super rant on 2007-10-31
    • "Brainbug" <viper...@net.hr> wrote in message
      > Zbog toga sto to vole???? Halo,s jedne strane se traze ljudi kako bi se to
      > prosirilo po Zagrebu,a sa druge strane postoji neki nevidljivi zid i
      > prolazi se cijela inkvizicija prije nego ąto te puste u "udrugu".
      > Great,just great

      da, neces vjerovati ali vecinu udruga u HR (a to vrijedi i za ostatak
      svijeta vecinom) su osnovali ljudi cisto jer to vole.....isti ti ljudi su
      trosili onda ogromne svote novca za opremu koja je danas sprdnja isto jer to
      vole. nije bilo interneta (malo koja udruga ga i danas ima na razini svih
      clanova), samo mreza kao takva.......
      i makar sam i sam protiv "sektaskog" prijema u neke vece udruge o cem smo
      vec ovdje pricali nedavno moras shvatiti da nitko nije zeljan parazita koji
      se spajaju samo zbog inteneta i koje wireless ni najmanje ne zanima osim kao
      nacin da dodju do neta i jos za djabe......
      ne zato sto netko ima nesto protiv ljudi koji o wirelessu ne znaju nista
      nego zato sto su upravo takvi najveci pain in ass ljudima koji to vode.
      takvi ne mogu sebi pojmiti da wireless udruga nije ISP pa da kad padne mreza
      se sve popravi za 15 sekundi, smatraju (kao sto si ti vec ovdje pokazao) da
      je clanarina nesto sto se udruzi poklanja i nevide njen smisao, vecinom i ne
      placaju na vrijeme uz "opravdanja" tipa kad mi bude radilo dobro onda cu
      platit i slicno, smatraju da je 100kn koje su dali na karticu ogromna
      investicija i da sad netko treba dati desni bubreg kako bi ta njihova
      investicija se isplatila....
      wireless nije stvar koja se isplati, ne ako ces racunat ulozeno i dobiveno
      financijski. ali u svim drugim aspektima je 100x bolja investicija od recimo
      dsl-a.....cak i ako uopce nema nikakav izlat na net............
      ti si u svojih par bisera koje si ovdje napisao pokazao da si upravo taj tip
      korisnika koje nitko ne zeli imati na svom nodu.....
      kome to treba u zivotu?

      uzmi dsl i miran si........a ako nesto krepa imas ogromnog monopolista s
      neogranicenim resursima na raspolaganju da to popravi. i ljude koji su
      placeni da slusaju kako im ti kukas da ti nesto ne radi dobro........

  • Free WiFi ISP - hr.comp.mreze.bezicne | Google Groups on 2007-10-31
    • Dakle ako oces sherati net besplatno svima koji love tvoj
      signal...treba ti:

      Neki PPPOE client (ne router jer je preslab)...Dakle uzmes neki komp i
      slozis na njemu mikrotik, ili ClarkConnect sa HTTP Transparetn Proxy
      Cache (SQUID)...slozis to sve...
      E sad ti onda opet treba na tom serveru, ili drugom neki Anti virus, i
      anti spamer...
      Onda ti jos treba neki ToS i QoS server da ti netko ne zagusi vezu...
      I treba ti Bandwith Menager da mozes odredene portove blokirat, ili
      ograniciti brzinu na njima...ili da sebi pustis neznam 5Mbps, a na
      javnost pustis 2Mbps.
      E da...jos jedna stvar...t-com ima jako mali upload...najveci je 90KB/
      s...a ako se to skroz pocne trosit, tj ako se svih 90KB/s potrosi, ode
      ti download brzina na nekih 1Mbps....
      Vjeruj mi znam sve to iz iskustva...

      E sad...ako imas para...predlazem ti da kupis neki kvalitetni ADSL
      Gateway router koji podrzava veliki broj konekcija i korisnika...

      Bilo bi ti super da taj net share slozis preko VPN servera...znam
      glupo zvuci, ali napravis lokalni PPTP VPN i svatko ima svoj acc i kad
      se spoji ima net...to ti je najbolja kontrola...

      Hajd ako imas jos pitanja, slobodno pitaj na mail...

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