Monthly Archives: October 2008
McCain calls for attacks on USA if Obama wins?
Just now (2008-10-24) McCain on a rally said that if Obama will get elected the USA will be tested by other countries. This means McCains calls on terrorists and foreign countries to attack the USA if he does not win. … Continue reading
And X11/Xorg with OpenBSD
On my last post about installing OpenBSD on my R52 notebook I forgot to say that the X11 really ran out of the box without any configuration at all.
Filed under Free Software, OpenBSD
Ubuntu Wireless Problem solved. Brain refreshed
The only reason my Intel card would not work was that I forgot to add it to the wireless MAC list – and the other reason was that I even forgot that I had activated that list. So now I … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, Linux, Technology
Using WPA on OpenBSD
The missing WPA support was something many users where missing on OpenBSD. I now tell some practical steps on how to connect to a WPA encrypted wireless network with OpenBSD. Again – and as often OpenBSD makes it simpler than … Continue reading
Filed under Browser, Free Software, OpenBSD, Technology
OpenBSD also on Notebook as Dual Boot
I had left some part of the hard disk free to try installing OpenBSD on my IBM Thinkpad R52 later. The later is now. I had some respect for trying the dual boot as last time I tried it was … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, Linux, OpenBSD, Technology
Remove files with “-” (options)
I realized that I never read the man page till the end. Thanks to the guys of bytemine at Kieler Linuxtage for answering the question on how to remove files like “-a” which could be interpreted as an option. You … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, Linux, OpenBSD, Technology
Report on Wireless status on Ubuntu 8.10 beta
Not much sense to read the rest as I could solve the problem by adding my internal card to the wireless MAC filter of my router. stupid me! See Ubuntu Wireless Problem solved. Brain refreshed This is what bothers me on … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, Linux, Technology
Republicans lost debate
Why did they? Well, actually it was not that much about Biden vs. Palin, but important thing was to find out which ticket people could trust if they voted for it. So Palins task was to convince people that McCain/Palin … Continue reading
Filed under politics
How free desktops like GNOME and KDE could improve marketing
As I have decided to become a bit more engaged in GNOME marketing by contributing ideas, working on the wiki and providing patches for the web pages I have rethought how marketing can be done by a free desktop like … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, GNOME, Linux, Technology, Web
Democrats dont need to worry about upcoming debate
I will be watching the debate between Palin and Biden later (3am in the morning here). As CNN reports that some democrats are worried that Palin would be unexpectedly strong in the debate I like to through in my 5 … Continue reading
Filed under politics
