Montly archive for 2007-05

The easy way to taste the new Pidgin messenger

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-05-08

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Here is how to easily prepare for and compile ("install") Pidgin 2.0 – popular instant message client Adium's predecessor – in KUbuntu, and other Debian based distributions.
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Pandora is closing the jukebox for the global market

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-05-06

BBC News reports that the popular recommendation based, online radio station Pandora is being forced to shut out all non US listeners. They are forced to close the jukebox to non US listeners due to lisens restrains.

Yet again the music industry shows that they have no understanding of the internet. There is indeed a market outside the US! Why can they not see that the internet opens for a global market? Closing the jukebox to non US listeners does nothing more than push even more music fans over to non-legal alternates! (Such as filesharing.)
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Typing em dash in KDE

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-05-01

Missing em dash ("–", dash with length equal to font's upper-case "M") on your keyboard? Look no further! – It simply is not there! But with minor modifications it can be.

Here is how to setup a keyboard shortcut for typing em dash:
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Back, and forth…

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2007-05-01

…and back to KUbuntu again! It appears that KUbuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" fixed all the remaining problems I have had with my sound card. After using it for a couple of days I have noticed less problems staying connected to my wi-fi network too!

My conclusion: KUbuntu currently offers the best hardware support for Lenovo N100 3000. So I switched distribution yet again.

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