Where are Linux distros for Eee? I’m disappointed by choice of Linux distributions for my EeePc (called pingu). I installed Ubuntu EEE there which works, however, because of specifically built kernel, i cannot find/compile modules for VirtualBox which i really need. It looks like main stream distributions are Mandriva (which is supposed to work, but i personally don’t like it), EeeDora read more.. proud eee owner :) Thanks to my fiance, I’m now Eee 1000 owner. It’s so cute, i like it a lot . The question, what Linux distributive should i install there? I have Arch on my desktop, and i love it, but I’d like to get something ready for Eee out of the box. Currently, the best solution read more.. overflow in shell script Overflow in shell script… while it sounds strange, it actually happened to me . I have a script which does recoding of mp3 files in order to reduce bitrate and space those files take. I tried to be smart and first detect the bitrate in order to avoid redundant recoding. Well, my script actually worked read more.. synergy2 is incredible At work, i have both laptop (sadly running Windows XP) and Linux station which is used for development. I got tired of working with 2 mice and 2 keyboards, and the hardware switch wasn’t available. And then, a friend suggested to use synergy2.It’s so simple to use, it’s incredible. And it just works. It allows read more.. one more bash.org.ru citation Here’s one more i feel i should translate (original in russian).BTW, if there’s better translation - please correct me.
Few people know that when counting using fingers the maximal number is 1024, not 10.
memset64, anyone? I wonder why memset is the only mean we have in libc in order to fill memory. We are limited to filling the memory with certain char. What if i want to use longer pattern? Is there anything like memset64? Generally, i’d like to fill the buffer with pattern which is 4 or 8 bytes read more.. searching your organization address book from command line Let’s assume that you are working in a relatively small organization, 4-5 hundreds people at most. I’m sure you have some kind of intranet and there’s a phone book there. I’m pretty sure you have a page with most used phone numbers pinned on your wall somewhere.Here’s idea how to search those phones from command read more.. adding command output to each line of file I wrote about changing of certain columns in a file, but here let’s solve a simpler task. I’d like to add something, let’s say date, to every line of a file. I’ll emulate a file using `seq 1 10`.
The following is easy enough:seq 1 10 | awk '{print "echo `date` "$0}' | bash
However, there’s simpler read more.. Ipod shuffle is nice because:
it’s cute
it has good sound quality
it’s CUTE (according to my girlfriend)
opening experience is really great
And NOT nice because:
iTunes
one must do something besides copying the files to the device
iTunes (according to my girlfriend)
We both fought ITunes (and we both have degrees in computer science and both programmers), for me it was a read more.. assumption is… There’s a nice quote i remember from “Under Siege 2:Dark Territory” movie.
“Assumption is the mother of all fuckups”
It’s very true in programming by the way.A good friend just wrote email to me saying:
Not googling is also mother of all f#@k%#s
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