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Dutch develop open source smart card for public transport

The initially developed (closed source) smart cart is hacked and finally people, (in this case NLNET Foundation and Radboud University in Nijmegen), are developing an open source smart card.

New Mozilla Firefox 3 Features

If you are curious about some of the new Mozilla Firefox 3 features check out this screencast. Snatched From Mozillazine.

gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full Does Not Work properly in Sid.

A minor issue with Totem and playing .avi files in Debian sid: After todays updates I could no longer play .avi files (Green screen) for some reason. gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full of the Debian Multimedia repository no longer works. Solution was to use gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg of the Debian Main Repository. Debian-Multimedia’s gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full claims: “This package contains all the encoders disabled in the official read more..

Howto: Install NVIDIA manually in Ubuntu and Debian

Since some prefer to install the NVIDIA driver manually here s how its done in Ubuntu and Debian. First get the needed packages (Assuming you have the needed repositories) as root or sudo: apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` ————————————————–For Ubuntu users only—————————————————- Purge nvidia-glx-new if it is installed: sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new –purge Adjust your linux-restricted-modules-common file: sudo nano -w read more..

Transmission 1.21 and GIMP 2.4.6 Have Arrived in Sid

Todays updates in Debian Sid provided me with the latest stable version of Transmission and Gimp. Transmission is the BitTorrent client I use; its light, fast and easy to use. Gimp has proven itself and needs no further comment. Tuxicity.

Howto: Hackergotchi the Easy Way

To create a Hackergotchi I used Nicu”s Howto, it worked fine for me. I discovered however its not necessary to add a layer and what not. All you have to do in Gimp is: Copy the image (ctrl-c), and then paste it as new: (shift-ctrl-v) Now erase the background and not needed stuff with the eraser tool (if read more..

Latest Nvidia Driver 173.14.05 Works on 2.6.25xx Kernels.

A new NVIDIA driver is out. It resolves the 2.6.25xx kernel issues and some more bugs. Works fine without patches. Tuxicity.

DeVeDe and Dependencies

I use DeVeDe to create my dvd’s, its easy to use and does what I want it to do. I use the Debian-Multimedia Sid repository to get it and have no complaints. What baffles me however is the fact that mkisofs, and in todays update, imagemagick are not included in the dependencies. DeVeDe reports it needs these programs read more..

Gstreamer, Movies and Debian Sid Part 2

Streaming Audio did no longer work on some stations in Rhythmbox so I had to reverse a change I did in my previous post. apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad fixed the issue , gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad  was automatically removed, and issue is fixed. Tuxicity.

Gstreamer, Movies and Debian Sid

To play movies I use Totem, (Movie Player in the Gnome menu) but for some reason I could not play the .avi files and .asf files anymore. Totem is no longer able to play those files after my last (todays) update. So I decided to try the gstreamer plugins from Debian-Multimedia,  unstable (Sid) repository. I installed the packages read more..