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Using the OpenJDK Java Plugin With Firefox 3.6
You may have had problems with running the ‘open’ version of Java, OpenJDK, with Firefox 3.6 . Up until recently there was no ‘open’ solution for this, and one had to resort to using Sun’s Java. If you would like … Continue reading
Posted in Free and Open Source, Guide
Tagged about:plugins, Fedora, Fedora 12, Fedora 13, firefox, Firefox 3.6, forum, iced, IcedTea, icedteaplugin.so, Java, libjavaplugins.so, mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.6, NPPlugin, open, OpenJDK, Sun, Sun Java, tea
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Missing or Corrupted Textures on Linux, with Intel Integrated Graphics
If you run Linux and are using the open source Intel graphics drivers, for their integrated graphics processors, have you noticed garbled / missing or white / corrupt textures? Do things just not look right, with the textures? This issue … Continue reading
Posted in Free and Open Source, Guide
Tagged ATI, broken, cannot, cannot see, compression, corrupt, display, driconf, driver, Fedora, games, GM45, graphics, graphics driver, integrated, Intel, Intel graphics, Intel integrated graphics, Linux, mesa-libGL-devel, missing, no, problem, see, Spring RTS, texture, textures, white, xorg-x11-drv-intel
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Opinions on The First Prime Ministerial TV Debate
I think it’s quite funny and strange that all the political analysts and journalists are suddenly surprised that Nick Clegg apparently won, both in their opinions and evidenced in the immediate polling. I think there’s a connection there. Nobody appeared … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged #leadersdebate, 2010, argue, attack, Brown, Cameron, campaign, Clegg, Con, David Cameron, debate, Economy, election, election 2010, facebook, first, General, general election, general election 2010, Gordon Brown, historic, Labour, Lib Dem, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, minister, negative, new, Nick Clegg, old, policies, policy, Politics, poll, prime, prime minister, prime ministerial, prime ministerial debate, televised debate, television, twitter, values
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Recent Website / WordPress Problems
I apologise for the prolonged absence of any updates here, I’ve really had a lot of content that I’ve wanted to put out. However for some strange reason, shortly after upgrading to WordPress 2.9.2 (using the automatic upgrade feature) something … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged 2.9.2, automatic upgrade, blank, blank screen, changelog, problems, screen, update, upgrade, website, wordpress
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Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Linux Review
I have just updated to the recently released version of Firefox, Firefox 3.6, I’m still running Fedora 12 and at present it is not available in the official Fedora 12 repositories. If you want to try it out you need … Continue reading
Posted in Free and Open Source, Review
Tagged 3.6, add on, addons, compatibility, extension, Fedora, Fedora 11, Fedora 12, firefox, Firefox 3.6, Linux, mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.6, Red Hat, Review
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Lenovo Thinkpad T400 14” Review
I have owned my Thinkpad T400 for a sufficiently long period of time to be able to give my overall view of the machine now. I have had a couple of Thinkpads in the past a T41p and a T61, … Continue reading
NetworkManager PPTP VPN Connection Fails
My university uses PPTP for its VPN, luckily GNOME’s NetworkManager has a PPTP plugin available for it called ‘NetworkManager-pptp’ but despite entering the correct settings, username and password it used to try to connect and always fail. After much searching … Continue reading
Posted in Free and Open Source, Guide
Tagged aborts, connection, error, fails, GNOME, Manager, Network, NetworkManager, plugin, PPTP, private, virtual, VPN, wifi, wireless
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Missing GRUB Splashscreen On Fedora Linux
I recently upgraded from Fedora 11 to Fedora 12 and still encountered this issue which is detailed in this bug report. Basically, when booting up the GRUB splashscreen that asks whether you want to boot the default entry or select … Continue reading
Posted in Free and Open Source, Guide
Tagged 11, 12, back, background, boot, boot-loader, bootloader, corrupted, Fedora, Fedora 11, Fedora 12, ground, GRUB, Linux, loader, missing, screen, shortened, splash, splashscreen, verbose
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Fragmentation on the Mobile Web
Every day I see some advert for an iPhone App, usually heralding itself as life changing. What concerns me is that a lot of the time these iPhone applications such as the Empire and Guardian ones, are really only providing … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged App Store, Apple, applet, application, empire, Empire Magazine, film, Guardian, guardian newspaper, iPhone, magazine, mobile, mobile web, Newspaper, Nokia, open, QT, standards, web, web standards, WRT
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The Smartphone Operating System War
In between History essays I can’t help but get distracted about technology, and my friend’s dilemma about which smartphone to plump for, now, with a year left on his contract, has made me think. He is very enamoured with the … Continue reading
Posted in Free and Open Source, Technology
Tagged 5800, 5th edition, Android, Apple, Google, Hero, HTC, iPhone OS, Maemo, N900, N97, Nokia, Palm, Palm Pre, phone, pre, smart, Smartphone, Symbian, Symbian OS 9.4 5th Edition, WebOS, Windows Mobile, XpressMusic
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