La fin de l’Internet ?

Posted on ven. 12 janvier 2007 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with qr, internet, web

Questions “Yahoo Questions/Réponses” du jour:

La surprenante:

Ma réponse: non

La technique / philosophique:

  • Internet est-il immortel ?

Ma réponse: Oui et non. Oui en théorie, car le réseau a été fait pour être décentralisé: en coupant un chemin (bombe, attentat), on peut tout de même contacter une …


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Fed up with ulimit.com

Posted on jeu. 11 janvier 2007 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with services, email

A few years back, I was looking for a free (as in free beer) mail/web redirection service. Ulimit.com was a good choice back then. But they have been annoying me a lot for the last year. They became more and more intrusive with their ads. Thay started showing …


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Recycling and the art of BadRAM…

Posted on mer. 10 janvier 2007 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with recycling, hardware, mandriva, computers

I like to help protecting the environment. And I just hate the overconsumption society. You know, the one that fills your mailboxes (electronic and real) with ads, that fills the web with ads, that fills the streets with ads. The one that wants to make you believe you REALLY need …


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Recycling an old machine for gcompris - part 1

Posted on mar. 09 janvier 2007 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with recycling, hardware

I’m currently trying to convert my sister’s old computer to Linux (guess what ? Mandriva 2007). That way my 8 years old niece will be able to have her computer to play with gcompris. Hardware specs of the beast:

  • Celeron 366
  • 160MB SDRAM (PC66 I presume)
  • 4GB hard drive …

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SVN migration

Posted on ven. 05 janvier 2007 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with svn, migration, gnome

I see lots of people complaining about the GNOME servers migration from CVS to SVN. Hey guys, what’s the point? That’s not a big step enough for you? This has been talked about for a long time now.

I’m personnaly using SVN at work, and, even if …


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My quote of the day

Posted on ven. 05 janvier 2007 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with windows, linux

Windows is to computers what fast food is to gastronomy.

Even being a Linux fan, I just can’t agree more on that kind of videos, which restores the truth: graphical interface innovation nowadays in on Macs. It’s kinda good however to see that the GNU/Linux world is …


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Why I don’t use Beryl/Compiz

Posted on mar. 19 décembre 2006 in Computers / Informatique • Tagged with linux, graphics, drivers

Although I’m a Mandriva user, this post of Lucas Nussbaum’s from planet Ubuntu retained my attention. Using the fact that Linux needs 3D effects and proprietary drivers to face Windows is just a bad idea. Sure it adds some nice visual, is nice to show to friend so …


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