After years of talking about it and her coming with me to my free software talks and meetings, she finally let me replace the proprietary OS on her laptop with Debian GNU/Linux. I think it took us both much time to migrate her laptop for several reasons. First, she barely has time to sit at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘GNU/Linux, Free Software & Open Source’
How to install PHP PDO extensions on Debian Lenny
February 17th, 2009
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If you need to install PHP PDO extensions on Debian Lenny, its very simple. This is what I did to get it done: sudo aptitude install php5 php5-dev php5-cli libmysqlclient15-dev Then use pecl to get PDO: sudo pecl install pdo sudo pecl install pdo_mysql /* in case you want pdo mysql extension */ update: I [...]
Long day
April 18th, 2008
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Its been a long day but it has finally come to and end. It all started with a lot of javascript hacking for HoraDeComer.com. It was getting tough but I finally beat it. But the javascript adventure wasn’t over yet. Duke Crawford came to visit for a couple of days, so we started hacking on [...]
Me voy al Consol 2008
January 20th, 2008
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Estoy muy emocionado porque han aceptado mi platica en el CONSOL. * Usando Git: control de versiones distribuido o Gabriel Saldaña Torres Sesión Técnica – 1 hora Aplicaciones Aceptada Tambien estoy algo nervioso porque es mi primera platica. Pero creo que todo saldra muy bien. Eso si, estoy de acuerdo con Zodman y los tres [...]
My top 5 missing features on KDE4 on Ubuntu Gutsy
January 15th, 2008
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I’ve been using the KDE4 from the Ubuntu Gutsy repositories for two days now, and I know there are a lot of missing features but here are my top 5: Printers: they are missing from the kde4 settings manager program. I know its not a full all bells and whistle final release, but can this [...]
KDE4 with Ubuntu Gutsy (first impressions)
January 11th, 2008
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Today was the official release of KDE4, and the Kubuntu packages are already available for download and use. Here’s a screenshot of my current desktop: How to install? If you want to install KDE4 in your current Ubuntu or Kubuntu Gutsy is very easy. First add the repository to your sources list: sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list [...]
