While checking the Google Analytics for gertschepens.be, I noticed someone ending up there with a “gish linux how to install” search. Since I don’t answer that anywhere (nor do the interwebs), I thought Id do a lil Q&A This question isn’t really answered anywhere because its very straight forward!
The linux package is called gish153-1.tar.gz or something [...]
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Bitmappers @UbuntuMeeting – (Sunday May 16th, Cultuurcentrum, Genk)
Posted: 12th May 2010 by Gert in Linux, Open Future, PlanetTrue to tradition, the Bitmappers computer club (Hasselt) is hosting their 5th Ubuntu Meeting. This time, centered around the recently released Ubuntu 10.04 LTS – Lucid Lynx
Sunday May 16th, 10am till 6pm; @Cultuurcentrum, Genk.
As one of the sponsors, Open Future has provided several speakers and as such, I will be there, talking about Games in [...]
As a Linux user it is a frequent annoyance that I feel I dont get to play any of the good games. As a general consumer I am often irked at the price of stuff and more so at being treated as a criminal after paying for goods. Goods I might as well have downloaded; [...]
The new Ubuntu has several niceties, one of them is the apt: link handler. You can put a link like <a href=”apt:nexuiz”> to create install links for software in the repos: Click here to install nexuiz
Cool! and Convenient!
Learnt from the excellent http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-what-to.html guide
I put up a page with the fun bash scripts I use regularly at gertschepens.be/bash.
It features 3 scripts:
pass
Generates random 10 char A-Za-z0-9_ password. Simple but Extremely convenient to generate annoying but moderately safe passwords.
Oberon
Connects to gateway home server over ssh. Checks if I am at home or outside by checking a webpage on that server, [...]
I will be doing 2 talks at the Ubuntu meeting 2010 @ Genk, more about that later
you know, there is a lot of shit about vi and emacs, but after working extensively with both; I came to the following conclusion..
The key sequence to save a file after editing..
vim
esc
shift + :
w
enter
emacs
ctrl + x
s
Which one is easier?
And yes, emacs (emacs-23.1.tar.gz) is 41M and vim (vim-7.2.tar.bz2) is 6,87M (7035 KB), and that is indeed [...]
With the installing of the new server, I am writing the necessary blob of php to replace the home ip upload script with a blob of server side php + mysql. Its called Jopin, it has 70% of its intended 1.0 functionality and its Great!
Gnu Screen ; Different regions, Logging, Screen Window Types
Posted: 1st December 2009 by Gert in Linux, Open FutureI wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a four part series [...]
Gnu Screen ; Nethack, Different screen windows, Sending commands to all screen windows
Posted: 24th November 2009 by Gert in Linux, Open FutureI wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a four part series [...]
Gnu Screen ; Command Parameter, Multi display mode & Copy Mode
Posted: 17th November 2009 by Gert in Linux, Open FutureI wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a four part series [...]
I wrote this Gnu Screen guide in December ‘08 with the previous incarnation of linux.com in mind. January 2009 however, linux.com started on its new and exciting path as a community site and the article just sat on my machine, waiting. So I decided to publish it on my blog in a five part series [...]

