Category Archives: GNU
GNU Emacs workshop at c-base / Berlin
Emacs? Emacs! I proudly announce the first Emacs workshop held by the incredible Anselm Helbig (also known as “mnemonikk”), starting next Monday, the 22nd of March at c-base/Berlin/Germany. If you ever wanted to start using Emacs as an advanced editor … Continue reading
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 – 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
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: file – classify (unknown) files and mime-types on the console
You know this? Somebody just sent you a mail with attachments that don’t have usable file extensions so you don’t really know how to handle them. Audio file? PDF? What is it? The same problem might occur after a file … Continue reading
my package of the day: fish – the friendly interactive shell
Always wanted to learn using a shell more deeply? Maybe “fish“, the “friendly interactive shell” is the right kickoff for you. If you are already a heavy command line user with customized .bashrc or even .zshrc (like me), thank you … Continue reading
my package of the day: weather-util (weather report and forecast for the console)
Let me introduce you today into a tool that a lot of people might evaluate as useless: Jeremy Stanley’s weather-util. Whith this tiny python script, which finally found its way into Debian Etch and Ubuntu repositories, you can retrieve weather … Continue reading
my package of the day: less (yes, less)
Let me tell you something about “less”: You are probably underrating it for no reason. Of course you know “less” is always there and it does it’s job – showing files while being able to scroll backward – and some … Continue reading
Ubuntu BBQ on 31th of May – End of Linuxtag
Ubuntu Berlin strikes again! On the 31th of May, this Saturday (and last day of the “Linuxtag”), Ubuntu Berlin is proud to present the “Ubuntu BBQ” – an event you should not miss when staying in Berlin for attending “Linuxtag … Continue reading
One step forward, two steps back – AOL’s new “openness”
Great news! AOL finally opens it’s OSCAR protocol for developers by providing extended information through its OpenAIM program with a SDK, tutorials and all you need to build up aim compatible messengers or even bots. But is it that open? … Continue reading