When I first started using Pidgin in eeePC 900 (running Ubuntu Hardy), I wonder why there was no notification sounds. In Pidgin, you can enable various sounds for when someone login into the IM or chat, logout, when someone send you a message, and when you send a message back. However, none of these sounds [...]
I wrote in a previous post on Sharing folder using NFS in Hardy. Now, I don’t know about you, but I got tried of going into command line and running the mount/umount command every time I wanted to connect to a NFS server. Granted, I could add the appropriate entries into /etc/fstab and auto-mount the [...]
Previously, I mentioned about switching from a Treo650 to a Nokia N95. The data migration from one phone to the other involved two main steps. First, move the data from Treo650 to a PC (I am using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04). Second, move the data from the PC to Nokia N95. In this post, I will [...]
Software Freedom Day Singapore is a one-day event to be held in Singapore Management University on Saturday 20th September 2008. Please drop by if you are curious about the free and open software, Linux, Ubuntu, and other free operating systems. Team Ubuntu Singapore is an unofficial group of people in Singapore, passionate about Ubuntu. This [...]
Previously, I mentioned about switching from a Treo650 to a Nokia N95. The data migration from one phone to the other involved two main steps. First, move the data from Treo650 to a PC (I am using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04). Second, move the data from the PC to Nokia N95. In this post, I will [...]
Tachimachi Cape is located on the southern tip of Hakodate City, in Hokkaido Japan. This photo was taken on 3 Nov 2007.
Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 introduced a number of improvements to bluetooth support. Recently, I have been testing a few of these functionalities and found that they now worked easily with very little hacks. Bluetooth devices Items used: eeePC 900 running fully updated Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 i386 Nokia N95 8GB Chronos USB2.0 Bluetooth V2.1 mini dongle Set [...]
Circuitous rambling of background situation Recently, I got a new mobile phone. I was a long time fan of Palm-based phones, especially the Treo series. Unfortunately, the Palm smartphones were getting more and more behind the times with each generation. New phones from Nokia, Samsung, etc always have more cool features; everything from email to [...]
Previously in Ubuntu Gutsy, sharing a folder using NFS was relatively easy. When you right click on a folder in Nautilus File Manager and select “Share Folder”, you were prompted to select SMB or NFS, or both. If either NFS or SMB servers were not installed, you were prompted to install them. However, the entire [...]
Hakodate City is located in southern part of Hokkaido Island, Japan. This photo was taken on 3 Nov 2007 in the Miharashi Park.
