OpenSUSE 11.0 - Nurnberg down.

I’m trying to install OpenSUSE 11.0 in the vain hope that it solves Firefox slowdowns.. (I use my PC for 99% browsing in this period and I can’t stand slowdowns in the browser on a dual-core with an 8800GT).

Of course I’ve chosen the right day to upgrade.. OpenSUSE servers are down due to electrical problems in the city of Nurnberg. I will have to wait tomorrow to know if it solved or not.

The setup has vastly improved since OpenSUSE 10.3 and is very quick.. let’s hope Firefox with Compiz is fixed too.

Update: not even needed to get to Compiz. Firefox performance on Linux is doomed :(

Update-2: OpenSUSE 11 seems usable as far as Firefox performance go. Maybe it’s the distro, maybe the fact that I installed a 64bit version, maybe the fact that I didn’t switch between Gnome/KDE, but it works and goes quite fast - not anywhere fast as on Windows but acceptable, only few websites get frustrating. For the rest OpenSUSE 11 seems a great distro so far, I will follow up with any issues in the future.

October 10, 2008 | Filed Under Linux | Comments Off 

Repair broken xfce after theme selection

I have an Ubuntu upgraded to Kubuntu now upgraded to Xubuntu (seems the best). Playing around with theme selection, sometimes crashes xfce with no chances of getting back in.

I had other  WMs so I just entered Gnome and run /usr/bin/xfce-setting-show to change the theme back.

I don’t have a solution if xfce is your only session type, but I suspect this problem would not arise either.

September 27, 2008 | Filed Under Linux | Comments Off 

The Design of Everyday Things

The design of everyday things is such a wonderful book.

Book Cover

When I first read a review about it, it said “you will never be able to see a door in the same way” or something like that.

I thought it was an exaggeration.  It’s not. It will change the way to think about everyday objects’ design and usability.

Today I was listening some music. The headphones cable hit a little bottle of some medicine I am taking for allergies.

Medicine

 

Of course the bottle rolled down the desktop to fall onto the ground. Thankfully it didn’t break. Now, what is the reason of having round, cylindrical bottles ? None I can think of (apart some economical I don’t know about not being a bottle expert). Please, give me square bottles everyday. Every detail matters.

 

July 15, 2008 | Filed Under Usability | Comments Off 

ScummVM DS Patches - version 4

(Quick download links : .NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds, modified sources here, SourceForge patches here)

I’ve patched ScummVM DS once again..

See here for more details, versioning, how, why, what, which, who..

Changes in ScummVM/DS 0.11.1.MMP4 (.NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds):

Be vigilant.

June 16, 2008 | Filed Under C++, Gaming, Geeky side of life, Software releases | Comments Off 

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