Category Archives: Linux

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Jaunty Jackalope on Asus Eee PC 1008HA

Two days ago, during a time of intensive writers block, I went out and bought an Asus 1008HA to use as a lightweight writing machine and surf station. Since I brought it home I have removed Windows XP and installed Ubuntu Jaynty Jackalope (both standard desktop edition and netbook remix) and Intel’s Moblin 2.0 without [...]
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Ubuntu on Amilo SI 1520

Amilo SI 1520 installing Ubuntu Originally uploaded by Emil Erlandsson. If you are looking for a HOW TO on installation of Ubuntu, please scroll down a bit. I recently bought a new laptop from Fujitsu-Siemens – the Amilo SI 1520. My requirements for this laptop was that [...]
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buglix.se » First article

I just now published my first article on buglix.se. It was first published in a Swedish computer magazine back in 2003 so I will probably update this online version a bit when I have the time. buglix.se » FluxBox – en funktionell lättviktare I’m still tinkering with the UI of buglix.se so don’t be surprised if it [...]
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Updated ~/.vimrc

After hours of testing different settings I finally came up with a new configuration file for Vim. This all started after I upgraded to version 7.0 of this magnificent editor. I also spent several hours trying to find the optional coding font to use in Gnome/GTK/Vim, and belive me, it was HARD. I finally settled [...]
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Gaim plugin development (in Ubuntu)

I recently remembered that Gaim has a nice Perl API for writing plugins (or actually I was rembembered by a friend). I decided to test it out by writing a plugin for displaying the current playing song in Rhythmbox in instant messages when the keyword '%rb' is found (I know there is a plugin for that already, but I did not get that to work).
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