After breaking the display on my old phone some time ago I had to get a new one. My normal use is generally only making phone calls and sending SMS. Therefore, I did not actually need a fancy phone. However, the display on my compact camera broke within a few days after the phone and …
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Subclipse-SVN in Eclipse-Cannot Create Tunnel
If you have problems using Subclipse inside of Eclipse and get an error message containing “cannot create tunnel” you might want to change the SVN interface you are using. For some reason JavaHL (JNI) does not always work. I have not figured out why but the problem disappears when using SVNKit. If you want to …
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Upgrading Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu at work and I am equally impressed every time when I upgrade it. Upgrading the operating system actually works! I still remember trying to upgrade older Windows operating systems and I am not trying that again (must be said that this is some years ago). The Ubuntu Linux distribution is released …
Putting Windows Vista to Sleep
After installing Windows Vista on the HTPC/gaming PC I have set up for the living room I have run into several problems (which reminds me that I have to write about them later). However, I was able to solve a quite trivial one thanks to sleep.exe by Gammadyne Corporation. This simple little program simply puts …
A PhD on Open Source on Open Source Part 6 – Running Windows Applications on Linux (No More Windows Whining With Wine)
Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API, meaning that it enables you to run a wide variety of Windows applications on Linux. I have known of Wine for quite some time but as normally have had a Windows computer around I have not gone to the trouble of installing it. I guess …