Gnome-Blog is iWeb on Linux

I searched for a corresponding tools for blogging as iweb from apple and was told that gnome-blog does the same. Check gnome site for details. This entry was the first to be done with gnome-blog. See screenshot below.

Huawei E220 revisited

Hi Folks. Finally I have finished my tests and scripting with the Huawei E220 USB UMTS Modem and Ubuntu Edgy Eft. Some conclusions can be made:

1. have the modem plugged in on boot
2. if you work continuous only with the modem work with suspend to disk mode instead of shutdown
3. use the scripts I provide here
4. if you unplug the modem so that kppp is hanging or the modem device is hanging you will only get it back to work with a reboot

I have done some scripting and tests. The modem is ready for working if you have more than one device named /dev/ttyUSB. If there is only one ttyUSB0 device it might not work at all. I have created a script which checks the number of ttyUSB devices if not a minimum of 2 devices exist the script automatically does the procedure described in my prior article about this modem. ATTENTION please follow exact the hints written to the console. The script has some built in sleeps and waits which have been tested to work quite well. So long.

Script for setting the pin, slightly modified: setpinpl.txt

Script doing all the other work: huaweish.txt

HINT: Please modify the entry with the pin code needed for your umts device.

Ubuntu Max OSX Look And Feel

At http://www.taimila.com/ubuntuosx.php you can find a detailed guide on how to pimp your ubuntu linux to look like mac os x. If you are a fan of linux and mac os look and feel this is the right page to start from.

Effective Firefox Tuning

Hi Folks,

I found a good guide for firefox tuning online, what I missed was a simple way to apply the changes described there in the way of doing it using about:config of firefox and doing everything in the gui manually. It’s easier. Change into your firefox user directory for windows this should be something like (sorry for the german in the path :

C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Administrator\Anwendungsdaten\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Your_Profile_Name>\prefs.js

on linux:

/home/<Your_User_Directory>/.mozilla/firefox/<Your_Profile_Name>/prefs.js

put the following lines somewhere in bettween there:

user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);

save the file, restart firefox and have a look.