Some time ago I thought using internet connection via Bluetooth and mobile phone in Linux is virtually impossible. Some time later it turned out to be very easy task to achieve, despite it needs some command-line tweaking. Let me show you how in few simple steps. (more…)
Some might think – phew, what an easy task, but surprisingly, not for everyone. I mean, it WAS easy task in Adobe Photoshop LE, but that’s not a tool which I expect to use in Linux environment, so I’ll rather stick with GIMP. (more…)
I am a big Dell fan, so when my employer offered me to buy an office laptop, I didn’t think much. :) I chose Dell Inspiron 640m and intentionally selected its hardware components to be similar with my home-based Dell Latitude D620. And, of course, installed Fedora Core 6 straight away. (more…)
Since I’ve installed FC6, I couldn’t send files by bluetooth as usual by right-click in Nautilus. Basically, gnome-bluetooth couldn’t detect any BT devices around, while hcitool scan command did that very well, so I was sure bluetooth hardware device is working fine. Sending files from other devices to laptop, as well as pairing also works – just detecting BT devices from Gnome doesn’t. (more…)
I use Zend Studio on daily basis at work. After upgrading from 5.2 to 5.5, I noticed strange problems with it’s GUI. Let me show you an example. (more…)
As I mentioned before, I have experienced strange problem with reading and burning CDs and DVDs. In fact, burning my first blank DVD-R with >3 GB of data took over 2 hours (!) with data verification, using k3b. (more…)
Some apps need root privileges in order to work properly. One of these is wifi-radar, simple tool for connecting with wireless networks. You can run it from root’s command-line, but it’s much easier (and cool, too ;) to execute it from gnome-panel, and make it ask for superuser’s password. Here’s how. (more…)