Troubled with Duplicate emails in your inbox, in Evolution ?
You need the brand new remove-duplicate plugin, it slices, it dices, and it comes free with your own patch set, and make file.
Currently, upstream is working on this - Bug 587011 - evolution-kill-bonobo unable to build remove-duplicates
2009-11-25
2009-10-14
Android on Fedora
Samsung Should be soon launching Galaxy in market ( android based phone ). Android as such, looks very attractive to me, due to its developer friendly nature. If you wonder, why not an iPhone, I am biased towards linux, and a long read can be seen on reddit
To start with, I downloaded Android 1.6 SDK , and followed the install instructions
While install the Eclipse ADT plugin, you might encoutner a few nasty error message as see below
To fix these, ( instructions from android-sdk-on-fedora-10 )
* enable "Eclipse Ganymede updates repository", from Help->software Updates->Available Software->Manage Sites->Tick "Ganymede Update Site"
* Search for "WST Common UI" from search box, tick it, and click on "Install"
Once the above is done, you can go ahead and install ADT plugin ( This may take some time ).
I also did run android emulator, which automatically picked by my internet connection, and worked pretty well with it.
To start with, I downloaded Android 1.6 SDK , and followed the install instructions
While install the Eclipse ADT plugin, you might encoutner a few nasty error message as see below
Cannot complete the request. See the details.
Unsatisfied dependency: ... org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu/org.eclipse.wst.xml.core/0.0.0
Unsatisfied dependency: ... org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu/org.eclipse.wst.sse.core/0.0.0
Unsatisfied dependency: ... org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu/org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui/0.0.0
Unsatisfied dependency: ... org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu/org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui/0.0.0
To fix these, ( instructions from android-sdk-on-fedora-10 )
* enable "Eclipse Ganymede updates repository", from Help->software Updates->Available Software->Manage Sites->Tick "Ganymede Update Site"
* Search for "WST Common UI" from search box, tick it, and click on "Install"
Once the above is done, you can go ahead and install ADT plugin ( This may take some time ).
I also did run android emulator, which automatically picked by my internet connection, and worked pretty well with it.
Samsung Omnia HD ( Gt i8910 )
In short, this phone sucks, atleast to me.
Really annoying
* default firmware shipped with the phone is buggy ( web browser crashes on stop )
* WPA wifi connection is not supported
* VPN is a major pain in the ass
* any files/data received via bluetooth are saved to inbox, and cannot be directly saved to a user specified location ( You can access it from file system using a 3rd party file manager )
* Birthdays/appointments are not listed on "Home Page" ( alteast 24hrs in advance )
* Not very hackable
* Samsung sales team is not very helpful
* Windows only SDK ( Yes, to install the same on linux would be a major pain, in comparison to Android )
* Phone case/scratch guard are not easy to obtain
* Photo contacts are not listed as thumbnails, but as icons on "hover"
* 3D home screen navigation is not configurable
* lack of ogg/flac support with default install
* Adobe PDF - Terrible user interface, lacks full screen support ( Picsel viewer is way better )
* Horrible keyboard layout ( When using alpha-numeric kbd, the "Ok" button is on the top left corner, needing a massive shift )
Not particularly
* Opera has not been released for S60v5
* Phone needs to be modded to install most application ( Needs HelloXX2)
* No centralized application market, barring Ovi ( which is nokia ), and Samsung App store which lacks S60 apps ( on last check )
* Lacks kinetic scrolling
The Pros
* GPS/AGPS
* Super wide/big AMOLED screen, with auto-brightness setting, readable in broad daylight
* Accelerometer , and auto-orientation.
* Proximacy ? sensor will auto-lock/unlock the phone when you place next to you ear, or move it away from yourself.
* Easy to use scroll bar ( feels natural )
* HD Games from gameloft ( for ~USD 5 ), and are pretty good.
* Sports tracker ( from Nokia ) is rather amazing piece of software
* Podcast support
* Roadsync ( fro connecting to Office email via MS exchange )
* Route99 for Navigation ( Is far better than google maps )
* Supports for PIPs, and QT
* Support for high quality divx files ( and flv )
* QuickOffice, and Officereader ( 3rd party ) allows one to read MS office, and OpenDocs on phone
* Support for multiple, and custom alarm
* Support for displaying multiple timezones
* Support for zip file, in default install
* MTP support
* A very nice dictionary
* Business card reader
Really annoying
* default firmware shipped with the phone is buggy ( web browser crashes on stop )
* WPA wifi connection is not supported
* VPN is a major pain in the ass
* any files/data received via bluetooth are saved to inbox, and cannot be directly saved to a user specified location ( You can access it from file system using a 3rd party file manager )
* Birthdays/appointments are not listed on "Home Page" ( alteast 24hrs in advance )
* Not very hackable
* Samsung sales team is not very helpful
* Windows only SDK ( Yes, to install the same on linux would be a major pain, in comparison to Android )
* Phone case/scratch guard are not easy to obtain
* Photo contacts are not listed as thumbnails, but as icons on "hover"
* 3D home screen navigation is not configurable
* lack of ogg/flac support with default install
* Adobe PDF - Terrible user interface, lacks full screen support ( Picsel viewer is way better )
* Horrible keyboard layout ( When using alpha-numeric kbd, the "Ok" button is on the top left corner, needing a massive shift )
Not particularly
* Opera has not been released for S60v5
* Phone needs to be modded to install most application ( Needs HelloXX2)
* No centralized application market, barring Ovi ( which is nokia ), and Samsung App store which lacks S60 apps ( on last check )
* Lacks kinetic scrolling
The Pros
* GPS/AGPS
* Super wide/big AMOLED screen, with auto-brightness setting, readable in broad daylight
* Accelerometer , and auto-orientation.
* Proximacy ? sensor will auto-lock/unlock the phone when you place next to you ear, or move it away from yourself.
* Easy to use scroll bar ( feels natural )
* HD Games from gameloft ( for ~USD 5 ), and are pretty good.
* Sports tracker ( from Nokia ) is rather amazing piece of software
* Podcast support
* Roadsync ( fro connecting to Office email via MS exchange )
* Route99 for Navigation ( Is far better than google maps )
* Supports for PIPs, and QT
* Support for high quality divx files ( and flv )
* QuickOffice, and Officereader ( 3rd party ) allows one to read MS office, and OpenDocs on phone
* Support for multiple, and custom alarm
* Support for displaying multiple timezones
* Support for zip file, in default install
* MTP support
* A very nice dictionary
* Business card reader
2009-06-09
BSNL inet connection and security
it SUCKS. longer story
Modem
The modem provided is DNA A211, which by default uses user/pass admin/admin, and the console interface can be accessed by Wireless !
It most likely uses linux kernel 2.6.8 , with probably gnu based stack. I am not able to see the sourcecode being publishes anywhere on the website.
The modem needs a reboot every day, I am still not able to figure this one out, to maintain a stable connection.
It does not provide automatic signal strength for wireless ! Nice way to suck my UPS dry when it runs on batteries.
BSNL:
We can only change your plan, during next billing cycle.
Modem
The modem provided is DNA A211, which by default uses user/pass admin/admin, and the console interface can be accessed by Wireless !
It most likely uses linux kernel 2.6.8 , with probably gnu based stack. I am not able to see the sourcecode being publishes anywhere on the website.
The modem needs a reboot every day, I am still not able to figure this one out, to maintain a stable connection.
It does not provide automatic signal strength for wireless ! Nice way to suck my UPS dry when it runs on batteries.
BSNL:
We can only change your plan, during next billing cycle.
2009-05-08
xchat-GNOME Fullscreen
You love to chat over irc, irc is your life, and you need your irc client to support fullscreen ! look no further, xchat-gnome require a trivila patch to support fullscreen. For further information, check out fullscreen support (xchat-gnome)
Yes, xchat-gnome needs your love.
Yes, xchat-gnome needs your love.
rpm, rpmbuild and macros
When building rpms, avoid using root account. Fedora11 by default does this. For the rest, create ".rpmmacros" in your home directory, with the line below
%_topdir %{getenv:HOME}/rpmbuild
for added bonus, people using multi-lib capable architecture ( x86_64), should add the line below to rpmmacros
%_solve_name_fmt %{?_solve_pkgsdir}/%%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}
reference:
how-to-patch-and-recompile-source-rpm
%_topdir %{getenv:HOME}/rpmbuild
for added bonus, people using multi-lib capable architecture ( x86_64), should add the line below to rpmmacros
%_solve_name_fmt %{?_solve_pkgsdir}/%%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}
reference:
how-to-patch-and-recompile-source-rpm
rpmbuild
When building rpms, avoid using root account. Fedora 11 by default does this.
http://sadiquepp.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-patch-and-recompile-source-rpm.html
http://sadiquepp.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-patch-and-recompile-source-rpm.html
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