Linux and other experiences

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Optimizing Ubuntu 11.04 for SSD

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I recently upgraded my Dell XPS and installed a Crucial m4 64Gb SSD . In the occasion of starting with a fresh new disk I also installed Ubu...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Flash on Chrome on Ubuntu 10.04

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If you are like me and almost blindly click on 'Update Now' when system updates are available in Ubuntu, you may have run into the s...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Cellphone pictures

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I am not sure if it ever happened to you, the situation where you want to take the ultimate picture and your camera battery is empty. You th...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

The C++ Lands

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Just had to post this image that I found in a usenet group (comp.lang.c++). Courtesy to whoever made this picture! Original URL
Monday, February 9, 2009

Converting avi to DVD format

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In this blogpost I would like to explain how an existing avi file (in XVID or DIVX format) can be converted to DVD format, ready to be burne...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Ubuntu's harddisk killing bug fixed

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On slashdot it is mentioned that the famous harddisk killing bug for laptops has been finally fixed. This bug causes laptop harddisks to pa...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Graphical layout of dependencies between static libraries

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Back to linux! This week at work I got introduced into a new tool that helps resolve dependencies between static libraries. To organize your...
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stardust
Currently I am a full-time MBA student and in my free-time I am a Linux enthusiast. At home I am running Ubuntu 11.04 (64-bit) on my Dell XPS m1530 in which I recently replaced the HDD with an SSD. In this blog I will share my experiences with Ubuntu, Open Source and other IT-topics.
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