Debian

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1413313

1) Introduction

Here's a longish guide to unlock, root and run Debian on your Nexus One.

It's based on various guides and forum posts around (see embedded links), but with more details, with some missing pieces and corrected mistakes, all compiled into a (hopefully) newb-friendly step by step guide.

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/debian_contempt_end_user_val...

Three recent problems with packages in the last stable release of Debian GNU/Linux (“Lenny”), brought me face-to-face with what is still a major obstacle for acceptance of free software on the desktop: contempt for the values of the people who use it. Despite all the accusations of unfair trade practices or other excuses, this remains as one solid reason why free software is still perceived as “geeks only” territory. If we want to progress further, we’ve got to improve our attitudes.

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/debian_adopts_time_based_rel...

You may have seen that the Debian project (my particular GNU/Linux distribution of choice) has decided to schedule fixed time-based releases in future. This has come as a surprise to many — including possibly some Debian developers — largely because of Debian’s long-standing “we ship when it’s ready” policy. So what caused this change of heart and is it a good idea.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1223363

Hello everybody. I am writing this for someone here that once did a good deed for me. If you are reading this (you know who you are), thank you, it is much appreciated.

I like to work from the command line. I find that once you get to know it, it is often quicker to do the tasks you need to do (especially as an administer). Here is a quick front-end to common management tasks (installing/removing pacakges, package information...) that you may do everyday on your machine. It's pretty well commented and include's help by just typing the command. I call it dm (debian management) and the syntax is simple:

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/easy_library_catalog_tellico

Setting up an electronic “card catalog” for my books always seemed like a lot of work, so I hadn’t really attempted it before; lately, I happened across a KDE program called Tellico that made it so easy and fun that I completed my inventory in under a week. Plus, I finally found a use for that “CueCat” scanner I’ve had collecting dust for the last several years!

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1071376

Introduction

Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 features an inbuilt desktop search. Unfortunately I never managed to get it to work right and I tried a lot of things. So I finally went on irc.freenode.org into the #strigi channel and asked for help. Lucky me Phreedom in there gave me a helping hand. Why Nepomuk doesn't work by default is still a mystery. I think this is related to Redland instead of Soprano. Unfortunately, as Phreedom told me, the Ubuntu and Debian maintainers don't supply Soprano with the current builds. Also his recommendation is to use KDE 4.2 (Kubuntu 8.10 comes with KDE 4.1).