Even with tab completion, typing long commands is tedious. But, there’s something even worst: typing the same long commands again, and again, and again… So how do you solve that? It’s simpl...
https://peadrop.com/blog/2007/10/18/shell-tricks-shorthands/
Update: If you are using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS “Hardy Heron” or Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”, use the packages in the PPA of the Ubuntu Emacs Lisp team, instead of the packages referenced here. ...
Do you know how to fix Planet or WordPress, so when I edit an old post it does not pop back on Planet? I do edit some of my posts, in particular the Pretty Emacs one, fairly often. I love to have...
https://peadrop.com/blog/2007/07/06/minor-annoyance-with-planet/
AMD is announcing plans to deliver open graphics drivers, at Red Hat Summit. Dell to offer Ubuntu on some of their machines, in the United States. Intel partners with Ubuntu to create an open sou...
Today, there will be a special quiz on Python hosted by me, in #ubuntu-trivia on FreeNode, at 20:00 UTC. Most of the quiz will be to write some simple procedures, faster than your opponents. The ...
https://peadrop.com/blog/2007/04/21/smoked-brains-for-dinner/
Dear Applicant, Congratulations! This email is being sent to inform you that your application was accepted to take part in the Summer of Code. Today, I am truly happy. I wasn’t expecting to be ...
https://peadrop.com/blog/2007/04/12/flipping-bits-this-summer/
As some of you may already know, I am a die-hard fan of productive editing. That is probably because I don’t find myself very fast, on a keyboard. So, I am always trying to find ways to improve...
https://peadrop.com/blog/2007/04/07/welcome-to-mr-crystal-ball/
A burned video, a zapped hard drive and a corrupt RAM module later , I have now, finally, got my system running again (and no, my computer was not struck by a lightning). For the fans of my Emacs...
Making packages for Debian derivatives (like Ubuntu) isn’t really hard. It just required some dedication to learn how the packaging system work. Yet, most users don’t know how to make package...
https://peadrop.com/blog/2007/01/30/debian-packaging-101-part-1/
Update: If you are using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS “Hardy Heron” or Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”, use the packages in the PPA of the Ubuntu Emacs Lisp team, instead of the packages referenced here. ...