I’m surprised that there isn’t an easier way to go from a Gimp file (.xcf) to a PDF. Sure, you can always “print to pdf” if you are working with a single layer image, but what if you have a multi-layer image that you want to turn into a PDF with multiple pages (each page [...]
Archives for Linux
Note to Future Self
When Eclipse on your 64-bit Ubuntu/Dell laptop starts crashing on start, change the settings so that it doesn’t try to auto-compile the workspace. You’ll have to be fast and change the setting after it has started but before it gets to the “build all projects” stage. Don’t ask me how it got set to auto-build [...]
Boston’s “Free Your iPod” Party (Today)
Free Culture Boston and the Computing Culture group at the MIT Media Lab are hosting an iPod liberation party. They will be helping people install RockBox or iPodLinux on their iPods — freeing them from Apple’s file type, and DRM, limitations. I don’t own an iPod (I bought an iRiver instead precisely because of the [...]
Gentoo Stable
I’ve finally downgraded my whole machine to Gentoo Stable. Up til now, I’ve been running the unstable version on my laptop. I’m getting too old/busy for all the frequent upgrades though. There are some apps I want to have unstable versions for, but I’ve learned how to manage those more efficiently through the /etc/portage/package.keywords file. [...]
Wireless Woes
I’m recovering from another Gentoo upgrade that has knocked out my wireless (among a few other things… I’m not complaining though; this is my own fault because I run the ~arch (rather than stable) version of Gentoo). After trying many things to get it working (I was almost ready to go back to ndiswrapper), I [...]
Goodbye Wireless, Hello Wireless
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. [...]
If It Ain’t Broke
I must remember never to update ndiswrapper again. I need it to use my wireless connection from home because my wireless card doesn’t have a non-Windows driver. Everytime I upgrade it, though, something gets messed up. It takes such a long time to get it working again. In case you are wondering, right now I’m [...]
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