A week away: social work placement Comment
Maybe you wondered where I was last week. I didn’t seem to respond much to mails or very slowly. I’m sorry for this and I know I should have told you before.
Since a year or two it’s mandatory in the Netherlands for all students at the secondary school to do a social work placement(maatschappelijke stage). [...]
My wish for GNOME 3: better configuration tools 5 Comments
A while ago there was a meme at Planet GNOME about the wishes for GNOME 3. Although I don’t have any influence on this, I do also have things I’d like to see in the next major release of my favourite desktop environment. But there is one thing that bugs me the most: the tons [...]
Wordpress Stats/discussion on Ultimatix 2 Comments
Just before I switched to the current theme, a beautiful piece of work called deMar by webdemar, I installed the WordPress Stats plugin. This plugin sends the traffic data to your Wordpress.com account(yes, just like Askimet it requires an API key) where the statistics are calculated.
Although I didn’t find Google Analytics bad, it’s just easier [...]
Some news on Ubuntu Wanted 1 Comment
The Ubuntu Wanted project is slowly progressing. As soon as I got time I’m going to finish the admin queue finally allowing users to submit their tasks. This doesn’t mean it’s ready, there is no good way yet to browse tasks, but it would mean that it’s usable for the first time. Keep an eye [...]
MSI Wind’s Linux version more often returned 6 Comments
Many people won’t like this, but the market reception of the Linux version of the Wind has not exactly been stellar, according to Tung. The return rates for the Linux version of the MSI Wind have been four times higher than that of the XP version.
MSI: Wind Doing Well, Linux Version Not So Much.
As you [...]
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex preview 1 Comment
As you probably already know from the official announcement — Ubuntu 8.10 Beta released — and the dozen of blog posts about it, Ubuntu 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex’ Beta has been released. Like every beta, with an exception for gutsy, I upgraded soon after this announcement. Although downloading all the updates took a while with our [...]
