Feb

15

Customize Windows XP to look like Mac OS X

February 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

I frequently use Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux (Debian, KDE4). I have a MacBook which I use by default to browse the Internet, answer email, etc. I turn on my desktop computer and run Linux if I’m about to edit a video. If I am about to code a little something from home, [...]

Dec

17

Working remotely

December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I sometimes need to remotely edit a file on a server and to do so, I would either mount the drive using netDrive (windows) and edit it with a local editor or use XMing to open the editor running on the remote machine and edit the files on the server as I was using it. [...]

Jun

14

Trying out KDE4 (running Debian Sid)

June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well, with a running Debian Sid distribution, I am all set to test KDE 4. The installation process is simple enough but, before getting into it, remove any previous version of KDE. Here is how I’ve done it : I added references to experimental in /etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-freedeb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib [...]