Category Archives: Debian
my package of the day – mtr as a powerful and default alternative to traceroute
Know the situation? Something is wrong with the network or you are just curious and want to run a “traceroute”. At least under most Debian based systems your first session will probably look like this: $ traceroute www.ubuntu.com command not … Continue reading
my package of the day – gpg for symmetric encryption
Though asymmetric encryption is state of the art today, there are still cases when you probably are in need of a simple symmetric encryption. In my case, I need an easy scriptable interface for encrypting files for backup as transparent … Continue reading
Don’t complain about it – make it better? Bug Jamming for a better tomorrow
Agreed, that was too much pathetic. But you got the point, didn’t you? Free software like every software is full of bugs and possibilities for enhancements. So is Ubuntu. But that’s okay, because we have the power to change it. … Continue reading
my (not yet) package of the day – circular application menu
(Not yet a package, but still interesting enough to tell and hey: bleeding edge.) Circular Application Menu for Gnome is a Google Code hosted project providing a different access method to your Gnome menu. Actually all it does, is displaying … Continue reading
my package of the day – sash – the Stand Alone SHell for system recovery
Let me introduce you today to a package that is quite unknown as you hopefully never need it. But when you need it and have not thought about it before, it is probably already too late. I am talking about … Continue reading
First BBJ – Berlin Bug Jam – with MOTU Daniel Holbach on Monday, 16th of June at c-base Berlin
Ubuntu Berlin ist proud to present you the first BBJ: A “Berlin Bug Jam” with Ubuntu MOTU Daniel Holbach, who will rock the place, for sure. Don’t know what a “Bug Jam” is? Well, imagine it as a gettogether for … Continue reading
my package of the day – aiccu (and sixxs.net) for IPv6 connectivity
It’s time: No reason should prevent you from adding IPv6 connectivity to your machine – desktop, notebook or server. Of course it is still an issue, as most internet service providers don’t provide native IPv6 yet. So in most cases … Continue reading
my package of the day: mpd – the Music Player Daemon
There are dozens of nice music players around, that’s for sure. You can choose between featur rich killer applications like Rhythmbox or Amarok, use old-school but up to date standards like XMMS or even a console classic like mp3blaster. Most … Continue reading
my package of the day: synergy and quicksynergy – share a single mouse, keyboard and clipboard between multiple computers
Once upon a time… I sat beneath a person who tried to show me something on his GNU/Linux desktop. As he noticed, he needs to copy a password from his Windows machine (was it OS X?), which was standing close, … Continue reading
my package of the day: proggyfonts – tiny fonts for programmers and console users
(Well, it is not yet a package, but trust me: I’ll make sure it gets one.) As a programmer or console user you might know the pain of having not as much characters on you screen as you would like … Continue reading