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March 2006

  • SLAX – Linux in your pocket

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    Odrakir

    Saiu hoje a versão 5.0.8 do SLAX, a distribuição de Linux que eu costumo usar na minha pen drive. O SLAX foi criado e optimizado para correr a partir de um cd ou de uma usb drive sem ser instalado. Baseado em Slackware, o SLAX usa o Unionfs para permitir que um filesystem “read-only” se

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  • The Silence Within

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    Odrakir

    Today’s post is in portuguese. Sorry. I’m in a bad mood. Ultimamente tenho estado muito “calado” no que toca a posts aqui no blog. Infelizmente o tempo é pouco o que reduz drasticamente a minha disponibilidade para uma serie de coisas, incluindo este blog. Neste momento estou entre livros, (é a única coisa que tenho

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  • Root password in Ubuntu 5.10

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    Odrakir

    It has been reported here that this file (/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat ) contains all the installation logs and included in the file are the default user and root passwords created in the install process in clear text. Can anyone check this out and see if it works? I’m running Dapper and it seems the bug is gone.

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  • Liquid Browsing

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    Odrakir

    This is probably the best interface concepts I’ve seen in the last years. Still in beta but showing a lot of potential, the Liquid 2D Scatter Space is one of the many visual interactive spaces (ispaces) of the “iworld” visualzation modules being developed by Infoverse. You can check the flash demos, download the prototype of

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  • Ubuntu – Testing Dapper Flight 5

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    Odrakir

    In case no one noticed, Dapper Flight 5 was released today. For what I read about it, it seemed stable enough for me to install it, but then again “appearances can deceive”. Every time I install an Ubuntu version, something happens, not quite the 1-2-3 install that I would like it to be, but then

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  • Still on Origami

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    Odrakir

    Microsoft Channel 9 has this nice interview of Otto Berkes the architect (now general manager) behind the Ultra-Mobile PC / Origami Project, where some adicional info on the project is revealed. [tags]Origami, Microsoft, UMPC, Ultra-Mobile PC[/tags]

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  • Catching Up on Lost

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    Odrakir

    Last week was a kind of Lost marathon for me. I’ve seen all Season 1 episodes on DVD and I’ve catch up the Season 2 airing on RTP1 and FOX… MAN! WHAT A RUSH! I don’t remember being so caught up on a series since Earth: Final Conflict aired on Portugal (Note to self: must

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  • Microsoft Unfolds Origami

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    Odrakir

    Microsoft Website has been updated with new info on the Origami Project. Origami is not a single device but an architecture (UMPC) that brands like Asus and Samsung will use to build compliant devices. The Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) uses the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 OS and besides the standard features implied in the

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