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Friday, September 10 2010 @ 23:57 CEST

SmartQ V5 - upgrade to Android 2.1

Wednesday, June 09 2010 @ 16:19 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 81

And then I upgraded my SmartQ V5 to Android 2.1 preview. It looks better, it was easier to change into English language, and touch screen response is much improved. Update: WiFi works great at home (my WLAN is secured with WPA), but it didn't work as good at an unsecured (open) WLAN, it kept dropping the connection all the time.

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SmartQ V5 - upgrade to V5 Android V3.0

Wednesday, June 09 2010 @ 14:33 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 87

I upgraded Android on my SmartQ V5 to "V5 Android V3.0". After the upgrade, the language was Chinese again. To fix, start settings (press the menu (middle) button once, then select the icon to the right), scroll to the bottom of the list, then select the second-lowest (second last) item, on the next menu, select the first (upper) item, then select the language you want. Phew. Well, the "about phone" still says that it is Android 1.6 with kernel 2.6.29 on it after the upgrade.

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7-Zip

Wednesday, June 09 2010 @ 12:03 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 38

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip works in Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT / ME / 98. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix. Supported formats:

Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.

Very useful.

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Open Circuits

Wednesday, June 09 2010 @ 00:19 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 43

Open Circuits is a cool place. There you can find projects like the SD Card bathroom scale, Free Telephony Project, LART, Niftymitter, U-Disp and more. Wow!

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Native ZFS for Linux?

Monday, June 07 2010 @ 12:59 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 55

The headline is Native ZFS Port for Linux, and there is some truth to the story. Some truth? Well, yes, not all pieces to have zfs native on Linux is in place, and it isn't production ready yet. Still, it is an interesting project.
(first seen on OSnews)

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FreeBSD 8.1 Beta 1 released

Thursday, June 03 2010 @ 12:55 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 52

FreeBSD 8.1 beta 1 was released on May 29th, 2010. Announcement, 8.1 release schedule, current status.

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NetBSD 5.1 RC2

Thursday, June 03 2010 @ 12:50 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 61

NetBSD 5.1 RC2 has been announced.
(first seen on OSnews)

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Mollify - web file manager

Sunday, May 23 2010 @ 21:33 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 77

Mollify is a web file manager for publishing and managing files hosted in a web server of your choice. Different users can have access to different files and with different permissions.

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OpenBSD 4.7

Wednesday, May 19 2010 @ 21:52 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 85

OpenBSD 4.7 has been released today. As usual, there are lots of improvements, and new features. Very nice!

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When nostalgia is not enough: the AmigaOne X1000

Monday, May 10 2010 @ 21:09 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 85

When tinkering with your old Amiga machines isn't enough, you might come up with an idea... lets make a new one! You may or may not have heard about the AmigaOne X1000 before (Wikipedia: AmigaOne X1000). More info, here is an interview with Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology.
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