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Archive for the ‘Cyberculture’ Category
Typography: Word as Image
March 12th, 2012
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Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. Rule: Use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside parts.
Computer Science Jokes
March 11th, 2012
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Programming is like sex: One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. What’s the difference between drug dealers and computer programmers? Drug Dealers Computer Programmers Refer to their clients as “users”. Refer to their clients as “users”. “The first one’s free!” “Download a free trial version…” Have important South-East [...]
Check Computer / Hardware for Linux-compatibility
January 27th, 2012
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Linux users who are not very skilled have a big problem: If they want to buy a new computer or new hardware, it is very difficult for them to find out if something works or not. I’ll give you some hints how you could find it out: Debian device driver check & report This site [...]
Adding a ppa in Ubuntu
December 24th, 2011
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PPAs (Personal Package Archive) provide additional resources. They are small repositories you can add to get some special content. You can add them with Bash: Lets make an example: If you want to install Clipgrab, you add the repository first: Then you have to update your sources: Now you can install clipgrab the usual way: [...]
vrms – virtual Richard M. Stallman
December 23rd, 2011
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I’ve just installed vrms – the virtual richard stallman Richard Stallman is an American software freedom activist and computer programmer. He launched the GNU Project to create a free Unix-like operating system, and he has been the project’s lead architect and organizer. With the launch of the GNU Project, he initiated the free software movement; [...]
