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Silverstone FT03mini, Intel Haswell and Linux 27 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
I'm a hardware geek. Not really into the gadgets, but I like the tech behind workstation-type systems: CPU's (realworldtech is amazing, so is Anandtech), GPU's and so on. Aside from reading it is of c...
On Distributions, Numbers and Breaking Prism 25 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
A week or two ago I noticed the prism-break.org site. It's quite cool to see a site offer some concrete links on how to opt out of the global data surveillance. Granted, I already use Linux and I cryp...
Basic Usability Testing at Home - notes from the workshop at Akademy 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 12:57 pm
In the weeks before Akademy 2013 I convinced KDE Usability Guru Björn Balazs (from User Prompt) to lend his experience to a usability workshop I wanted to organize at the conference. The goal was to t...
Help KDE Communicate Frameworks 5 and the Future of KDE! 16 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
With the 4.11 release out of the door (yay!) there is more and more focus on what is coming from KDE in the future. The Workspaces (and only the workspaces) are out with a long term support release: f...
using software.opensuse.org 6 Aug 2013 | 12:39 pm
A Frequently-Asked-Question: should I grab packages from software.o.o and should I add the repositories offered by One Click Install? Read on for an explanation of what is going on with One-Click-Inst...
oSC13, Strategy and Stable 2 Aug 2013 | 03:08 pm
At the openSUSE conference there were discussions about the future of openSUSE. Last Wednesday I summarized some of the ideas around Factory. Today I blog about the openSUSE releases. Note: This is a...
oSC13, Strategy and Factory 1 Aug 2013 | 11:52 am
The openSUSE conference had some chats about strategy. Ralf talked about suggestions from SUSE in his keynote and there were more suggestions discussed in person between various people. I'd like to su...
Akademy and openSUSE Conference 20 Jul 2013 | 08:44 pm
It's been a insane 7-8 days. Starting with Akademy, where I gave just one talk but still have notes on 5 or 6 sessions to send to the mailing lists, followed up with the openSUSE conference where I gi...
Debugging a system without desktop 26 Jun 2013 | 07:46 pm
Sometimes, Linux Desktop bites you in the ass. You just get a command line after booting up. I've ran various bleeding edge distro's over the year, including Cooker, Unstable, Factory, Unmasked stuff;...
oSC2013 next! 10 Jun 2013 | 10:44 pm
After Akademy 2013 in Bilbao, we will fly (via Berlin...) to Thessaloniki, Greece, where the openSUSE Conference will take place. Like I argued for Akademy, oSC is a relevant and useful event for the ...
