[Ref 1 Ref 2] Something was pointed out to me since I posted this morning on the subject that I think is deeply ironic. Apparently, the SynCE framework works incredibly well, allowing Windows Mobile smart phones to be synchronised with Evolution – and other desktop applications. So, if running Windows isn’t a problem for you, …
Yearly Archive: 2009
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Sep 17 2009
The “best” smartphone for Linux users
[Ref] I set the challenge: What is the best smart phone for Linux users? and annoyingly, the answer seems to be: NONE To sum up more fully. It seems I was right, there’s nothing that anyone could recommend that would achieve even the bare minimum of what I set as a requirement – synchronising with …
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Sep 11 2009
Vetting and Barring Scheme
The UK Government now wants to register anyone who will regularly give lifts to children connected with clubs etc. It seems that the government, having realised they cannot con us into agreeing to them monitoring our every move and all aspects of our lives by scaring us over terrorism have moved onto telling us that …
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Sep 09 2009
What’s the best smartphone for Linux users?
This is a serious request for people who read this either directly or via Planet SUSE or another syndication channel. In a few weeks, hopefully I’ll be able to post a follow-up containing what I hear back from you good people, so, get in touch!. I currently use a Nokia N95 and regular readers will …
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Sep 08 2009
Time to end UK Control Orders (2)
Just to clarify my last post – I’m not suggesting that the verdict returned in the trial yesterday was right. It may well be that those three were guilty but I’ve not been able to investigate it deeply enough to form an opinion. My natural instinct with the current government of course is to be …
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Sep 08 2009
Time to end UK Control Orders
Yesterday, the government released a man held under a Control Order rather than publish the evidence against him (in order that he might defend himself in court). This demonstrates that Control Orders have been concocted purely as a way for the government to inter people they don’t like in a manner that in a democratic …
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Sep 03 2009
Campaign for a Third Season of Only Connect
On Monday, the second season of Only Connect, the excellent BBC Four quiz show concludes with a Champion of Champions edition. I am determined that there ought to be at least a third season of this wonderful programme and so I’m starting a campaign to lobby for a third season to be commissioned. If, like …
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Sep 01 2009
Where to get the latest Gwibber packages on openSUSE
Long, long ago, on a blog far, far away … Andy posted about how to go about getting what was then the latest version of Gwibber on openSUSE. A lot’s changed since then so here’s the skinny on how to get either the latest stable or bleeding-edge Gwibber: openSUSE 11.1 If you’re after the latest …
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Jul 31 2009
Summer of Code: Sync with Mobile Devices?
One of the openSUSE projects for this year’s Google Summer of Code was Sync with Mobile Devices. Does anyone reading this know what the status of this is? Are there any packages available for testing as it progresses? At the end of the summer, will I be any more likely to be able to sync …
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Jul 30 2009
Faster, Kernel, Faster!
As a result of Novell bug #525814, I’m now using the kernel from Factory. I just resumed my Asus Aspire One from hibernation and decided to time it with the new kernel. From pressing the power button to having the GNOME Screensaver password prompt took 59 seconds! The first ten seconds were the One doing …
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