(and Dynix etc before that…) [Ref] The so-called hidden feature of killing the X Server by hitting CTRL-ALT-BS is totally awesome, more than handy at times (especially if one gets hit by bug #244713). We cannot do without this, it is the very bedrock of the Linux desktop. What sort of person accidentally hits those …
Monthly Archive: August 2007
Aug
30
2007
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Aug
28
2007
What kind of day has it been?
Random thing I discovered today: The final episode of season one (man, I hope there’s going to be a season two) of Studio 60 is entitled What Kind of Day Has It Been?. This triggered something in my mind because, of course, the final episode of season one of The West Wing has the same …
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Aug
24
2007
This a test posting with
New paragraph. Insert a link: Planet SUSE Insert an image: This a test posting with Drivel. New paragraph. Insert a link: Planet SUSE Insert an image:
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Aug
22
2007
The marvel of mundanity
It’s been a morning of mundane tasks. Amanda took Callum to a playgroud with EV so I spent the time vacuuming, then cooking, then attending to laundry. All very mundane things. The thing is that it’s doing those things here that makes it home. A good feeling to realise that the parish already feels like …
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Aug
21
2007
Integration
Whoooa, integration, that’s what you need! I closed bug #222182 this morning after finding that it appears to be fixed in the latest Factory. That means I can now synchronise my LifeDrive and Evolution again which just makes my life a lot easier. This makes me happy
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Aug
19
2007
Weekend
Quite a fun weekend on the whole. Yeaterday morning we had a men’s breakfast at church part of kick-starting the men’s work then I took Callum into Southampton for a couple of hours. In the afternoon, I went to the beer festival at the community centre where I enjoyed, among others, some Lancaster Bomber and …
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Aug
15
2007
New server
The new server is basically ready to go and as soon as I have control of all of my domains, it’ll be sorted. Planet SUSE is already there although you may have to click through to get to it.
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Aug
15
2007
Test
If you can see this, this is running on bartlett.
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Aug
15
2007
Whoops!
I just did something idiotic – I nuked my inbox! So, if you had emailed me recently and I had not responded, I’ve probably now also lost the mail that you sent – sorry. Stupid, stupid James…
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Aug
14
2007
Be smart!
I decided to do the update in Smart instead: Install Pascal’s package for 10.0. Various iterations of adding appropriate channels (openSUSE OSS, non-OSS, updates, Pascal’s repo) smart update smart upgrade Above step fails: error: filesystem-10.2-22 requires rpmlib(BuiltinLuaScripts)
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