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One of the new features of Fedora 8 / GNOME was storing remembered Evolution passwords in GNOME’s keyring. So now not only NetworkManager or Nautilus asks for a keyring password in certain situations, but also Evolution does the same while checking email. How useful and convenient that is? And of course, there is no option to turn it off easily. However, I have accidentally ran into page explaining solution to get rid of that annoying keyring password prompt. (more…)

Using WM6-based phone as a GPRS/3G modem for Linux / Fedora machine via Bluetooth is pretty straightforward. However, Bluetooth has some quite obvious disadvantages – it’s a bit slower, and drains phone battery faster. USB connection is probably not so convenient, as you need to carry an extra cable around – but on the other hand speeds are better, and USB automatically charges battery. Nice. So, how to actually use it? I always thought it’s a rocket science, but it turned out it’s even easier than Bluetooth! (more…)