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Volevo installare Fedora…

Posted on 28/08/2010 by gionn

Poi uno finisce ad usare sempre Debian =P Per ruzzare volevo installare Fedora 13 su un eeepc, mi scarico la netinst da: http://fedoraproject.org/it/get-fedora-all la trasferisco su un pendrive con dd, faccio il boot, parte anaconda, mi chiede quale device è … Continue reading →

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Not so dirty bash script for fan control under GNU/Linux on Macbook (Pro)

Posted on 31/07/2010 by gionn

An exceptional pain when using native GNU/Linux distros on Macbooks, it’s the totally awesomeness management of the fans: you could get very hot temperatures because fans will start only when thermonuclear temperatures are reached inside your machine. Fortunately, it’s possible … Continue reading →

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How to use apt* with discontinued Debian/Ubuntu releases

Posted on 29/07/2010 by gionn

I’ve recently discovered that both Ubuntu and Debian projects provide a single mirror to use if you put your hands on an outdated server with a discontinued release. For Ubuntu you should use: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ For Debian you should use: http://archive.debian.org/debian/ … Continue reading →

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My PPA on launchpad

Posted on 29/07/2010 by gionn

For work and for fun, I tried the Ubuntu Personal Package Archive infrastructure. It’s relatively easy to use, but the compilation times are really long (24 hr!). At the time of writing, it’s available a glusterfs v3.0.4 backport from maverick … Continue reading →

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Proxmox VE for managing KVM/OpenVZ

Posted on 25/07/2010 by gionn

In these days I put on production two different server (an internal machine and a EQ4 hetzner) using Proxmox as backend for managing virtual machines. What is Proxmox? Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform … Continue reading →

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CyanogenMod V6.0.0 (Android 2.2 – Froyo) per Nexus One, HTC Dream (TIM) e Magic

Posted on 11/07/2010 by gionn

Google e HTC avevano detto che Android 2.2, codename Froyo, non sarebbe *MAI* stato disponibile per i “vecchi” HTC Dream e Magic (e molti altri device) Questa è una versione di testing (RC1 RC3 – Changelog), ma che dovrebbe già … Continue reading →

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Connect to Freenode via Tor with irssi

Posted on 10/07/2010 by gionn

For privacy paranoids, it’s possibile to hide our own location when connecting to IRC Freenode using Tor. Prerequisites: * A working tor client on your workstation * A registered nick on Freenode What you need: * http://freenode.net/sasl/cap_sasl.pl (irssi plugin for … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.x

Posted on 19/06/2010 by gionn

Se per caso qualcuno stava già  sperando che il nuovo WordPress 3.x fosse, diversamente dalla versione precedente, meno dissanguatore di memoria… beh, non ci conti affatto. Screenshot:

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Aggiornare firmware Android su HTC Dream G1 Tim (Android 2.1 + CyanogenMod 5.x)

Posted on 29/05/2010 by gionn

Sono riuscito ad aggiornare il mio HTC Dream dal firmware CyanogenMod 4.x a 5.x. Se avete ancora il firmware originale, dovrebbero ancora valere i passi descritti nel precedente post su CyanogenMod 4.x per poter installare una recovery image custom (fino … Continue reading →

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Medibuntu mirror i386 amd64 hardy jaunty karmic lucid

Posted on 18/04/2010 by gionn

deb http://medibuntu.scorpionworld.it/ hardy free non-free deb http://medibuntu.scorpionworld.it/ jaunty free non-free deb http://medibuntu.scorpionworld.it/ karmic free non-free deb http://medibuntu.scorpionworld.it/ lucid free non-free

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