Author Archives: lordikc

A promising ARM netbook for Linux

Posted on 6 January 2009 by lordikc

Do you remember this time when there was several different processors (Ultra SPARC, MIPS, PowerPC, x86) ? This time might be tomorrow again. Freescale will ship a new all in one ARM processor designed for netbooks running Ubuntu. See this … Continue reading →

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Tout ce qu’il faut pour faire un calendrier maison

Posted on 6 January 2009 by lordikc

Ayant eu du mal a trouver l’information, j’en profite pour publier ici sous forme de fichiers CSV facilement exploitables : les fêtes à date variable (pâque,…) ; les fêtes fixes (prénoms, fêtes nationnales et religieuses,…) ; les phases de la … Continue reading →

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Disable GNOME screensaver with mplayer

Posted on 28 December 2008 by lordikc

Mplayer is a wonderful player but it can’t disable GNOME screensaver. I did this small script to deal with this problem. The script monitors the active processes and if mplayer is detected it sends a poke to the screensaver preventing … Continue reading →

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Portable sans OS chez LDLC

Posted on 19 December 2008 by lordikc

C’est un trop beau geste pour ne pas le souligner. LDLC propose un ordinateur portable sans OS. Un pas vers la fin du racket organisé. Coluche : Quand on pense qu’il suffirait que les gens ne les achètent pas pour … Continue reading →

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Webcam Linux: Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe

Posted on 14 December 2008 by lordikc

At last, a fully operational, and affordable webcam for our Linux boxes! The Logitech QuickCam Deluxe is fully operational through the video4linux2 driver built in the recent kernels. Either the video and sound are operational for amsn and skype.

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