I just wanted to try to install an old piece of harware I’ve got here: an AGFA Snapscan 1212p. My ex-girlfriend gave it to me one year ago, and I never tried it. Now, I just thought such an old crap would just work out of the box with …

For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, here is part 1.

Well, after numerous badblocks attempts, I’ve seem that badblocks was tricking me. I first thought that some block of the hard disk were dead. But in fact, it was only parts on the previous …

Vendredi dernier, j’ai eu la surprise de voir apparaitre dans l’interface d’administration de mon blog un bandeau m’annonçant que j’avais été choisi pour pouvoir tester si je le souhaitais la nouvelle version d’over-blog. Bizarrement, aucune information sur les changements apportés n’était indiquée. Curieux …

Another good way to recycle things is Freecycle. People just give out anything. You can too, when for example your CD cases become too cumbersome. I still didn’t achieved to get something (too slow to answer), but hope to get some old PCs to switch to Linux.

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 …

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 …