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ECS A785GM-M

Yazan: dp | 04 June 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Computers

FYI, The ECS A785GM-M 1.0 does *not* have a speaker connector. Makes it difficult to have a system beep without the built-in speaker.

Using Thunderbird and Zimbra together with tags

Yazan: dp | 03 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Software

If you’re trying to use Thunderbird to tag messages, you might notice in Zimbra‘s webmail that the tags are called $label1, $label2, etc. The way to make these “right” is to edit the prefs.js file. Rename the $label1, $label2 values to “important”, “work”, etc. Make sure they start with a lowercase letter, else they won’t [...]

udev debugging toolbox « Web 0.2

Yazan: dp | 12 April 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Servers

This is a great read about working with udev, specifically, getting things working after you’ve written your rules, and they still don’t work. Remember that udev has a different $PATH than everything else, so qualify your paths to mount, etc. udev debugging toolbox « Web 0.2.

Light IM Client

Yazan: dp | 12 June 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Software

If you’re on Linux, and looking for an IM client that’s lighter than Pidgin, check out Empathy. It only uses about 23M of memory, plus about 15-20M for the background transport services. It has tabbed chat windows, notifications (via Gnome Notification), etc. It’s also one of the only clients that supports Voice Chat through Google [...]

Claws Mail Auto Preview of Messages

Yazan: dp | 12 June 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Software

To enable auto-preview of messages within Claws, go to Configuration -> Preferences -> Display -> Summaries. Under the Message list section, change Open message when selected to Always. Done! To enable auto-preview of messages within Claws, go to Configuration -> Preferences -> Display -> Summaries. Under the Message list section, change Open message when selected [...]