The story of Fedora logo
Posted by Adi | Filed under English, Free Software
Last saturday Nicu Buculei has made a great presentation about the Fedora project and the Fedora Artwork Team.
I was very curious about the creator of the Fedora logo and slogan, so Nicu sent me the link to a presentation telling the story of Fedora logo and slogan.
Tags: Free Software
spreadfirefox.com not allowed in ymsg status
Posted by Adi | Filed under Free Software
Recently I’ve read in a post by Cristian Spoiala about Yahoo banning picasaweb.google.com and spreadfirefox.com from Yahoo messenger status.
At first I thought it was just a bug in Yahoo Messenger own client, but this behaviour is also present in Pidgin. I searched the Internet but I couldn’t find anything about this problem.
In case you didn’t [...]
Tags: Free Software
now-reading, WordPress bookshef plugin
Posted by Adi | Filed under Free Software
I have just installed the WordPress now reading plugin created by Rob Miller and it is wanderful.
Adding a book to you virtual bookshelf is extremly easy, just enter it’s ISBN and the plugin will search for the book on Amazon and it will automatically fill it’s name and author, as well as displaying the cover [...]
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Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1
Posted by Adi | Filed under Free Software
I just received an email, which informed me that I obtained the LPIC-1 certification. LPIC-1 is an entry-level certification in Linux skills and knowledge. Even if its name says it is an entry-level certification it wasn’t easy to pass the 2 exams required for obtaining the certification.
The next step is to obtain the Ubuntu Certified [...]
Tags: Free Software, Networking, Ubuntu
1st April - Deny of Service Joke
Posted by Adi | Filed under Free Software
Today I was trying to play a joke at work to my colleagues, who are not using Ubuntu and I found a very simple „anoying joke” for Windows XP.
Open 2 terminals.
In the first one run a ping at 0.2s with a big packet size. It is important to ping at this small interval. For [...]
Tags: Free Software, Networking, Security, Ubuntu
Document Freedom Day - 22 Marite Cluj-Napoca
Posted by Adi | Filed under Free Software
În data de sambătă, 22 Martie 2008, Grupul pentru Software Liber din
Cluj-Napoca va organiza o serie de prezentări cu ocazia Document Freedom
Day.
Evenimentul se va desfășura în cadrul Universității Tehnice din Cluj-Napoca,
str. Barițiu nr. 26-28, sala 40, începând cu orele 11.00
În cadrul acestui eveniment vor fi prezentate cele 2 soluții importante de documente deschise: ODF (OpenOffice.org, [...]
Tags: Free Software, Ubuntu
Critical Mass Cluj-Napoca, come with your bike!
Posted by Adi | Filed under Free Software
Only recently have I found out that there is a Critical Mass event in Cluj-Napoca. It takes place during the last Saturday of every month and it tries to draw attention to the unfriendliness of the city towards the bicyclists and to the lack of infastructure for supporting bicycles.
Please consult the oficial website in [...]
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