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24 Oct 08

Interview with Con Kolivas part 2: his effort to improve Linux performance on the desktop

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.

apcmag.com/performance_on_the_desktop.htm - Preview

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  • 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.
11 Aug 08

K750i GPS maps : Software, Firmware and Drivers : Sony Ericsson @ Esato

GPS sortware for SonyEricsson K750

www.esato.com/...viewtopic.php - Preview

gps k750 sony sonyericsson

  • 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.
27 Jan 08

Bug 509179 - Various UI changes for a better HIG compatibily (and maybe usability) (cheese)

  • 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.
14 Jan 08

What DRM removal software to use: Fairuse4wm,Automate unDRM,drmdbg,freeme2,soundtaxi - Audio/video stream recording forums

15 Nov 07

jspaleta: Fedora on Youtube

  • archive.com is better than youtube.com
    - valent 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.
31 Oct 07

Wireless udruge i internet leecheri - super rant

  • "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

  • 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...

02 Oct 07

FWN/Issue103 - Fedora Project Wiki

01 Oct 07

Kako napraviti DTK (rov iliti kanal)

  • Svaki rov, ili po naški kanal mora biti dublji od 70 cm, to jest zone smrzavanja...
    Zašto je tako, postoje jasna pravila i neda mi ih se objašnjavati, jedan od razloga je baš smrzavanje...
    drugo, svaki kabel postavljen u rov, ili po naški kanal mora ležati u posteljici.
    to jest kad se iskopa propisna dubina rova, OBAVEZNO se izvadi veće kamenje, i dno rova se posipa pjeskom debljine cca 10 cm.... na taj pjesak za početak ide uzemljivač, ali ovi novi TK kablovi mogu bez toga...
    kabel se pokriva galvanskim odvojnicima, koji koštaju par lipa po metru...
    na galvanske odvojnike opet ide sloj pjeska....
    pa se na sloj pjeska počinje nasipavati zemlja debljine deset do dvadeset centimetara...
    na tu zemlju ide traka upozorenja naranđaste boje(boja zapravo tu nije bitna, bitno je samo da je vrišteća) na kojoj piše primjerice TK kabel...
    tek onda se rov zatrpa do kraja...
    takva eskapada se naplaćuje oko 130 kuna plus pdv po kubiku zemlje, plus materijal...
    No ima još nešto...
    boja cijevi u kojoj je kabel...
    Boja označava i ČVRSTOĆU cijevi, žuta boja cijevi označava mekšu cijev (ovo je obična isntalacijska cijev, čak nije ni tečino, nego made in Hrelić) od primjerice tamno naranđaste, koja u sebi ima još i armirani crni plašt, te žicu za navlačenje...
    Fi cijevi je obično 2 ili čak i tri puta veći od promjera kabela, iz razloga mogućeg dodavanja novog kabela, ili zbog sprečavanja fizičkog oštećenja kabela...
    Svakako izbjegavati oštre uspone ili savijanja, nego kut mora biti luk...
    eto to su neke greške ovak na prvu...
09 Sep 07

How to restore Grub after Win Xp install - LinuxQuestions.org

  • Boot with a live cd that has grub. Issue this:

    as root

    grub (enter)

    root (hd0,?) (? being where your controlling distro is)

    setup (hd0)

    quite



    Done!
05 Sep 07

Microsoft.Windows.XP.Pro.Corp.SP2.Integrated.July.2007-REMIXED-x - The Pirate Bay

  • Here are the keys (for Windows XP Professional SP2 Volume License Edition of any langauge)



    HCQ9D-TVCWX-X9QRG-J4B2Y-GR2TT

    MRX3F-47B9T-2487J-KWKMF-RPWBY

    QC986-27D34-6M3TY-JJXP9-TBGMD

    CM3HY-26VYW-6JRYC-X66GX-JVY2D

    DP7CM-PD6MC-6BKXT-M8JJ6-RPXGJ

    F4297-RCWJP-P482C-YY23Y-XH8W3

    HH7VV-6P3G9-82TWK-QKJJ3-MXR96
28 Jul 07

Canon TX1 and M-JPEG video format

  • Canon's use of the OpenDML JPEG codec. OpenDML JPEG (also known as M-JPEG) is basically a bunch of JPEGs strung together into a movie, which is very inefficient, leading to enormous file sizes. Every second of 720p video takes up over 4.4MB on your memory card -- thus, you'd fill up a 1GB card in 3.5 minutes.
    - valent on 2007-07-28
  • Canon's use of the OpenDML JPEG codec. OpenDML JPEG (also known as M-JPEG) is basically a bunch of JPEGs strung together into a movie, which is very inefficient, leading to enormous file sizes. Every second of 720p video takes up over 4.4MB on your memory card -- thus, you'd fill up a 1GB card in 3.5 minutes.

The Little HD Shoot-out: Canon TX1 and Sanyo VPC-HD2 - News, Guides and Tips

  • komentar na canon tx1 za koji se slažem - da ima ulaz za mikrofon bila bi puno bolja kamera!
    - valent on 2007-07-28
  • If
    audio is important, let's say 50% of your project. Well then it should
    be 50% of your budget. So if the camera is $500, then $250 budgeted to
    audio. Where do you mount a RODE Videomic? Spend $65 and get a cool Mini Rover -
    it attaches to the tripod socket and gives you an L bracket with an
    accessory shoe. That's for gathering location sound with an on-camera
    mic. Runnin' and gunnin' - Depending on what you're shooting, a shotgun
    mic on a boom pole or wireless lav on your talent would be ideal. The
    wireless receiver can clip to your belt. If you get one such as the
    Audio Technica Pro 88, you'll have headphone output too for monitoring.
    I'm all about finding inexpensive options for the budding filmmaker and
    after adjusting the HD2's settings manually, I can produce a pretty
    dang nice picture. Funny thing though, the Sennheiser Evolution G2
    Wireless mic I've got hooked up to it, cost more than the camera.
    That's a first.



    Guy Cochran

    http://dvcreators.net
    - valent on 2007-07-28
  • As much as I love Canon, the lack of a mic input would have me choosing the Sanyo. Great audio is 50% of the Viewers experience. With the Sanyo, I can add a RODE VideoMic, or wireless lav and get much better audio.
  • If audio is important, let's say 50% of your project. Well then it should be 50% of your budget. So if the camera is $500, then $250 budgeted to audio. Where do you mount a RODE Videomic? Spend $65 and get a cool Mini Rover - it attaches to the tripod socket and gives you an L bracket with an accessory shoe. That's for gathering location sound with an on-camera mic. Runnin' and gunnin' - Depending on what you're shooting, a shotgun mic on a boom pole or wireless lav on your talent would be ideal. The wireless receiver can clip to your belt. If you get one such as the Audio Technica Pro 88, you'll have headphone output too for monitoring. I'm all about finding inexpensive options for the budding filmmaker and after adjusting the HD2's settings manually, I can produce a pretty dang nice picture. Funny thing though, the Sennheiser Evolution G2 Wireless mic I've got hooked up to it, cost more than the camera. That's a first.



    Guy Cochran

    http://dvcreators.net
26 Jul 07

OPTIMUM Online (powered by Optimum računala d.o.o.)

  • Supported VoIP Provider

    Austria

    sipgate yes

    IPAustria yes

    SIPDiscount yes

    FreeworldDial yes

    Peoplefone yes

    fairytel yes

    Belgium

    Phonext yes

    Toledo yes

    Czech Republic

    Volný yes

    VoIPEX yes

    Denmark

    Foniris yes

    Parlino yes

    Cellip yes

    Finland

    Parlino yes

    Cellip yes

    France

    Freephonie yes

    alloDom yes

    PhoneSystems.net yes

    Germany

    AOL yes

    Sipgate yes

    Freenet yes

    1 & 1 yes

    gmx yes

    t-online yes

    dus.net yes

    SIPSNIP yes

    Nikotel yes

    Purtel yes

    Host Europe yes

    QSC yes

    Carpo yes

    Greece

    Altec Telecoms yes

    Hellas On Line yes

    Hungary

    Discountphone yes

    Ireland

    Blueface yes

    Irish Broadband yes

    Eircom yes

    Italy

    Cheapnet yes

    Elitel yes

    Netherlands

    Budgetphone yes

    Xs4all yes

    FreeWorldDialup/Pulver yes

    Multikabel yes

    One-To-Connect yes

    Solcon yes

    Tiscali yes

    TNO yes

    VoipBuster yes

    VoipStunt yes

    12Connect yes

    Ningaloo yes

    Norway

    Parlino yes

    Phonzo yes

    Cellip yes

    Poland

    easyCALL yes

    NewFon yes

    Romania

    Eurovoice yes

    Slovenia

    Telecom yes

    South Africa

    GVSC yes

    Sweden

    Parlino yes

    Phonzo yes

    wx3 yes

    Digisip yes

    Telia Sonera yes

    Callme yes

    Cellip yes

    Switzerland

    Sipcall yes

    City Tel yes

    e-fon yes

    Bluewin yes

    Peoplephone yes

    Turkey

    Dogan Telekom yes

    United Kingdom

    VoiceHost yes

    VoIP.co.uk yes

    VoIP Unlimited yes

    Wi-Manx yes

    IPCentrex yes

    Call Union yes

    HashNine yes

    Viva Talk yes

    VoipGB yes

    Orbtalk yes

    Coms yes

    International

    sipdiscount yes
22 Jul 07

Nabble - Re: spam filtering

  • Bogofilter, in my experience.  It's not even close.  After training, my

    spamassassin never got better than 90% catch rate, which is still some

    hundred spams a day for me.  Bogofilter is 99.9% at least, probably

    better.  False positive rate is better too.
    - valent on 2007-07-22
  • Bogofilter, in my experience.  It's not even close.  After training, my

    spamassassin never got better than 90% catch rate, which is still some

    hundred spams a day for me.  Bogofilter is 99.9% at least, probably

    better.  False positive rate is better too.

Nabble - Re: X woes - can't set the correct resolution no matter what...

  • There are monitors that give bad data in the EDID (DDC).  With that 
    monitor it was necessary to tell the video driver to ignore the EDID data and simply do what was asked. :)
    - valent on 2007-07-22
  • > There are monitors that give bad data in the EDID (DDC).  For instance,

    > the old version of the DELL 24" display was .1 (yes point 1) off, and

    > therefore by default no driver would go above 1600x1200.  With that

    > monitor it was necessary to tell the video driver to ignore the EDID

    > data and simply do what was asked. :)

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10: Technical Specifications

  • ext3 has been recommended for small file systems typically used in edge
    services in prior distributions. XFS has been recommended for large
    file systems that also contain large files (such as video rendering).
    All of these file systems will continue to be supported well into the
    future.
    - valent on 2007-07-22
  • ext3 has been recommended for small file systems typically used in edge services in prior distributions. XFS has been recommended for large file systems that also contain large files (such as video rendering). All of these file systems will continue to be supported well into the future.
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