Why Linux is getting better

Sunday 02. of December 2007

Ok, ok, I admit first that it depends on the use. But for desktop performance it surely has improved its foothold against the famous software monopoly that we have today. Have you seen the Asus EEE pc? By default it's built with linux pre-installed, although there are some geeks who switched it...

Setup pppoe on Ubuntu linux

Friday 21. of September 2007

I'm running a PLDT MyDSL connection and here is a simple command to configure it:

$ sudo pppoeconf

After configuration you'll only need to run 'sudo pon dsl-provider' to turn it on or 'sudo poff' to turn it off.

Pinolinks.com launched!

Sunday 26. of August 2007

Having inspired by a very popular and addictive site 'digg.com' , I have setup a clone site for Filipino visitors - pligg. It can now be visited in pinolinks.com , registration is FREE! have fun!

Subversion quick howto

Wednesday 08. of August 2007

This is a short tutorial I compiled after making it work at my first workplace, a web development environment where there is always a problem with people overwriting files of other programmers.

Organizing thoughts and ideas with kde basket

Thursday 19. of July 2007

I used to organize my ideas with simple text files and sometimes memo records from a pda. Soon I got a Moleskine organizer but the results were the same with both approaches, all of my stuff are still all over the place. Written ideas are great in a simple paper pad and pen/pencil but there are time...

Free screen recording software

Monday 25. of June 2007

These are a few free screencast applications for Linux and Windows. I highly recommend wink as it is cross platform, easy to use and can save to many different formats. RecordMyDesktop is also nice, but it saves only to open formats like theora for video and vorbis for audio. Camstudio is for window...

Ubuntu: if an application hangs or freezes

Friday 22. of June 2007

The easy gnome way: Right click on one of the panels, click 'add to panel' and then select 'force quit' under the Desktop and Windows category. Once that button is created you may now click on it and aim it to the right application you want to force close. OR The command line way: ...

Warcraft3 in Linux (Ubuntu Feisty + wine)

Friday 25. of May 2007

This is a very short tutorial on how to run Warcraft3 with Ubuntu (at least how I made it work): Prerequisite: - drivers for 3d acceleration (nvidia or ati's)

1. Install wine

open terminal (alt+f2, type in xterm) type in 'sudo apt-get install...

Review: MSI S425 Laptop

Wednesday 16. of May 2007

My desktop is getting old ... around 3+ years worth of regular use. It has to be replaced soon. Which brings me to purchase on installment an MSI S425. It's the cheapest laptop with nvidia video I could find. All the rest are ATI (poor linux support), they're mostly out of stock anyway. To be ab...

The Japanese government looks to go open source

Wednesday 16. of May 2007

The Japanese government wants to go open source, as a way to rely less on a single vendor IT software infrastructure. And plenty of vendors are lining up to help make this happen.