Tag Archives: debian

Gnome on Debian Sid and ekiga+libpt problem solved

If you are running Debian Sid (i386) and are trying to install Gnome using apt-get install gnome You will probably might be disappointed because of problems regarding gnome-desktop-environment, ekiga, ptlib (libpt2.6.4) and opal (libopal3.6.4). Everything seems related to a missing 386 version of libpt2.6.4 on Debian Sid. Also libpt2.6.4-plugins is missing. Packages are also reported

Intel Graphic cards, Linux, Xorg and UXA performance boost

For people having Intel graphic chipset under Gnu/Linux, performance using 3D applications or Compiz-* window manager effects has always been a problem. Intel drivers for Xorg never gave problems but have also never been brilliant. I always looked around searching for xorg.conf tuning configuration entries. Today I was simply browsing Ubuntu Wiki and discovered the

Fedora 10, thank you very much! (macbook review and fixes)

I’ve never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I’ve always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system. The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old

How to install MintMenu on Debian (lenny, sid)

I really like (and miss) Linux Mint Menu (mintmenu), so I installed it on my Debian Sid box and here is how I managed it: Install mintsystem and mintmenu deb packages, either by adding mint repository to yout sources.list file or by downloading them from mint packages or simplier, by grabbing them from my blog

Announcing incollo.com service!

When I announced BD-incollo 6 days ago, I also mentioned that I would have launched the service today. I really did that, and I’m very proud to announce the first site that runs BD-incollo. http://incollo.com! Very easy Incollo.com is a collaborative debugging tool like Pastebin or other similar services, but it’s slightly different from it.

Funny Google translator bug

When I write an article in my poor English, I like to check it with the Google Translate service. While I was checking my last post, I noticed a funny error in the translation, look at it: It’s curious, because if you try to translate just “Debian Etch”, the translation is “correct”.