February 2012 ~ Techmint Blog

89. Compiling kernel 3.2.8 on Debian Testing -- example using kernel-packages and kernel.org source

For kernel 3.2.9 , see here: http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/debian-testing-kernel-329.html Following: http://www.linuxplanet.com/...

WARNING: Don't remove your existing installation of apache2 without thinking. gnome-core depends on it. Updated 1 March 2012. Added mis...

Here's a bunch of povray generated figures of polyoxometalates. I've spent too much time on them not to share them. You may use them...

I use sinfo to keep an eye on my cluster: http://www.ant.uni-bremen.de/whomes/rinas/sinfo/#down The debian repo version is 0.0.42-1 The late...

The nvidia-tls bug is affecting evolution too... (and it's not just GNOME - http://www.linuxmintusers.de/index.php?topic=6859.0 ) UPDAT...

Jigdo is the preferred way of downloading and maintaining debian ISOs for those who can't use torrents (e.g. company policies etc.). The...

In my previous post I got rid of network-manager. On my main desktop, which serves as a gateway for two subnets and serves them with access...

Network-manager is a fine program, but it interferes with the 'linux' way of doing things by using text files for configuration. Whi...

UPDATE: Here's how to downgrade your drivers: http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/debian-testing-downgrading-nvidia.html Update: A ...

I originally was hesitant towards building my own packages, not so much because it is difficult (well-maintained packages are easy to build ...