I know that I tend to procrastinate a lot, but this time… I take nearly 1 year ! Last year I decide to draw a mockup of a new possible UI for msec. Why ?
Actual MSEC issues
Present MSEC GUI UI in Mandriva 2010
Presently I do think that msec have several issues. IMHO most of theses issues are due to the fact that the target of these tool [...]
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Ghost from the past : MSEC GUI mockup
I know that I tend to procrastinate a lot, but this time… I take nearly 1 year ! Last year I decide to draw a mockup of a new possible UI for msec. Why ?
Actual MSEC issues
Present MSEC GUI UI in Mandriva 2010
Presently I do think that msec have several issues. IMHO most of theses issues are due to the fact that the target of these tool [...]
Upgrading from Mandriva 2010.1 to Man...
With the migration of Mandriva from rpm 4.6 to rpm 5.x, upgrading from a previous Mandriva release is not straightforward. So here are some tips to have a smooth upgrade :
Install the perl-URPM 3.37 package available in main/testing repository ( 32 bits link, 64 bits link )
remove all your current media : urpmi.removemedia -a
add cooker medi [...]
Some Mandriva 2010 Spring Reviews
Here are some Mandriva 2010 Spring reviews I found on the web thanks to http://www.tuxmachines.org/ :
Mandriva 2010 Spring with GNOME : http://g33q.co.za/2010/07/11/review-mandriva-2010-spring-gnome-with-screenshots/
Mandriva 2010 Spring with KDE : http://g33q.co.za/2010/07/12/review-mandriva-2010-spring-kde-with-screenshots/
Ars Technica r [...]
Importing a SVN repository from one s...
As now I’m using Netbeans, I had issues with key based authentication for CVS project in Netbeans. That’s why I decide to import my CVS project to SVN. At some point, as the SVN repository was on my own personal computer, I decide to move it to a public server I had, but only allow SSH access to it. So here is the procedure to [...]
Fixing computer freeze when using Int...
Today I was willing to configure 2 laptop running Mandriva 2010 to do presentations during a meeting. So I was willing to use clone output. Unfortunately, doing so will result in an instant system freeze. Even worst, if the projector is plugged before powering on the laptop, the kernel will crash at boot ! Both laptop were using Intel chipset [...]
Mandriva: Nine Priorities for Mandriv...
As everybody^wnobody know, Hervé YAHI is no longer the CEO of Mandriva. So I decide to rip off an article from The VAR Guy to issue an open letter to the Mandriva direction. So here are 9 priorities for the new Mandriva staff :
A New Community: Sure, Mandriva has a strong open source community. And ??? will should work to strengthen that com [...]
The point on some Mandriva community ...
There are many communities based Mandriva derivatives, but few of them are known. So here is a ( not comprehensive ) list of some Mandriva based derivatives or projects :
One 64 community : 64bits edition of the Mandriva One LiveCD. A KDE edition and GNOME one are available for download.
LXDE LiveCD : The german community is releasing a Ma [...]
Experimental Mandriva Moblin LiveCD
Thomas Lottmann is providing experimental Mandriva-based Moblin LiveCD images. Theses images are provided in order to help testing Mandriva Moblin implementation.
The announce has been done on the Cooker ML. Please note this is a Mandriva community initative. A tracker bug is available on Mandriva bugzilla for thoses willing to track and repo [...]
Lucky owner of the EasyNote TR 85
Since the beginning of the week, I’m the lucky owner of the Packard Bell EasyNote TR-85 Laptop. This laptop, designed by the famous designers : Pininfarina. This laptop have the following specs :
Intel Core 2 Duo T6500
4Go of RAM
GeForce G105M with 512Mo dedicated video memory + 1Go of system memory
15.6″ 16:9 HD LED LCD with a n [...]
KDE 4.3 final entering in Cooker
Yesterday, KDE 4.3 final packages begin to appear on Cooker mirrors. KDE4.3 will provide many bugfixes and new features. On top of that, some kde*-experimental are available :they contains some additions to the kde packages.