Author Archives: Pagey
Firefox 3.6 and VMware Server 2.0.x
ShareRecently, after upgrading to Firefox 3.6, I was unable to connect to my VMware server’s web-access page. Every time I attempted to connect to this page I got the following error message: The connection was reset The connection to the server … Continue reading
Which Firefox Version?
ShareWhen you type ‘about:’ in the address-bar of Firefox-3.5.8, it shows a weird version number (1.9.1.8). What is going on here?
Install Pylint 0.19.0 on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
ShareUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) provides version 0.18 of Pylint by default. Unfortunately, this version of Pylint cannot be used to scan code that includes any module from PyQt4. The problem is described in this post and has been fixed in … Continue reading
KDE 4.4.0 Rocks !!!
ShareThe KDE folks recently released KDE Software Compilation 4.4 to the public and it totally rocks. I have been using it for the past week and it is the best KDE release so far. The Plasma Desktop Workspace has finally … Continue reading
Python and Default Argument Values
ShareI love Python as a programming language. For a sophisticated language it has very few gotchas and is mostly very intuitive. One confusing feature is that default argument values for functions or class methods are only evaluated once during the … Continue reading
Fedora: All Screwed Up
ShareI have not used a Fedora distribution since Fedora 10 because I was dissatisfied with it (for some reason I can no longer recall) and switched to dpkg-based Ubuntu instead. Last week, I decided to check if Fedora 12 is … Continue reading
Meet the GIMP
ShareLately, I have been watching this podcast about using GIMP for post processing digital photographs. The author, Rolf Steinort, records his computer screen as he demonstrates various GIMP-techniques and does an excellent job at narrating along the way. It helps … Continue reading