Monthly Archives: December 2007

Ubuntu on 24C3 Congress summary

24C3, the annual hacker congress at Berlin/Germany, is nearly over and there is not so much to say about Ubuntu. Though there had been a small Debian booth – marketing materials and stuff – there was nothing similar for Ubuntu. … Continue reading

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Using netcat and tar for network file transfer

Imagine you are on lan party or on the road and quickly want to transfer a file or directory to another computer. Both computer owners are just to lazy to setup something like ftp, smb, nfs. A very simple and … Continue reading

Posted in Allgemein, CommandLine, FileTransfer, Netcat, Network, Tar, Ubuntu | 8 Comments

Nearly the same

Phonecall. She: I finally bought OS X Leopard. I am so happy!Me: Fine to hear that.She: And you know what?Me: Hmm?She: It now has nearly the same functions like Ubuntu!

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Ubuntu on OLPC XO anonye?

While waiting for the delivery of my One Laptop per Child OLPC XO, ordered through the great Give one Get One program (you can order until 31. of December and yes, you can do it from outside U.S. e.g. Europe … Continue reading

Posted in 24C3, Berlin, Laptop, OLPC, Ubuntu | 7 Comments

Getting around the Gnome network manager

Know that problem? You are somewhere around and got special network settings like a wlan essid and static ip ressources. Your Gnome network manager which you really like as it finally brought easy wpa2/wpa/wep detection and setup to you prefers … Continue reading

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Meeting Ubuntu folks at 24C3

It’s chaos congress time! The annual hacker congress taking place at Berlin(Germany) from 27. to 30. of December has opened its doors for hundreds of hackers, nerds, geeks and people who just like to talk about tech stuff at the … Continue reading

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Hello to Ubuntu from Berlin

If everything is up and running this should be my first posting as a new Ubuntu member on Planet Ubuntu. Some words about me? Just check out my application form for Ubuntu membership which you can find on the official … Continue reading

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