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Last night I was able to get into the Google+ trial and one of the pieces of the setup was a Talk plugin that includes audio and video chat support. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it works great on Fedora 15. The PackageKit browser integration pulls in other …
On Friday my new Lenovo ThinkPad x220 arrived and of course in the evening after I finished work, I was jonesing to put Fedora 15 on it. The machine is a type 4286CTO (Smolt info here). I started by booting into the BIOS and checking the options as shipped by …
OK, I could be wrong about this, because I’m not an encyclopedia of knowledge about groupware. But to the best of my knowledge, throughout 20+ years of group calendaring software I’ve only been allowed to choose to accept a meeting, mark it tentative, or decline. To the best of my …
A few days ago Peter Robinson included Pinpoint presentation software in his personal wish list for Fedora packaging. I thought this software was a really neat way to show off a clever use of the clutter toolkit on which the GNOME 3 user interface relies. Thankfully, like most GNOME software …
Saturday I had a fantastic time at SELF. For the first time in a very long time, I was neither an organizer or a table worker at the community conference I was attending. Since my speaking session was finished the day before, I seized the opportunity to go to all …
Max posted a good summary of SELF day 0 that included our dinner and confab last night, and since we’re in agreement there’s no need for me to belabor his points. The upcoming release cycle will be an opportunity for community leaders throughout Fedora to renew their commitment to regular …
Yesterday was a big road travel day. Contrary to my usual performance, I got a slightly later start than I intended in leaving home. But nevertheless Jared and I made it to Raleigh in plenty of time for Max and me to pick up the now-infamous SpeVan and return to …
Tomorrow morning, starting early, I’m driving myself and Jared down to Raleigh, North Carolina. When we arrive we’ll pick up Max, turn right around and head for the RDU airport to pick up the big passenger van we’ve rented for a group trip to Spartanburg, SC for the Southeast Linux …
I recently found out about two-factor authentication (I’ve seen this abbreviated as 2FA) on my Google Mail account. Wanting to get with the security program, so to speak, I dutifully set mine up. If you’re interested in doing the same, here’s a useful primer on how it works. For each …
This weekend included a Monday holiday for people in the USA. Unfortunately, my enjoyment of said holiday was interrupted by coming down with some sort of sinus bug on Friday, which wiped about half of my weekend. On Monday, though, I finished some retouches on my presentation for the upcoming …