free domain names
Posted by on March 4, 2010
As part of the gandi.net 10th birthday I received three promo codes, each worth a free domain name. As I have no real use for them myself I’m giving the promo codes away.
- 10YRS-8206-D3B6-2E0A (taken)
- 10YRS-9225-B0BF-E19C (taken)
- 10YRS-0418-6875-90E7 (taken)
Do note that the promo codes are only valid up until the 31th of Mars, and only for the following top-level domains: .fr, .tel, .com, .net, .info, .me, .mobi, .uk, .be and .eu. Also note that the domain name will only be free for the first year, and that you will have to start paying for the name the second year, if you decide to keep it.
ssh-agent without the Gnome keyring
Posted by on March 1, 2010
In a default Ubuntu, and probably any other modern Gnome based Linux desktop, the Gnome keyring takes the role of the ssh-agent. If this is not desirable you can tell the keyring not to do that by setting the gconf variable /apps/gnome-keyring/daemon-components/ssh to false.
$ gconftool -s –type bool /apps/gnome-keyring/daemon-components/ssh false
At the next login you should see your environment variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK pointing towards a more proper socket. Note that the real ssh-agent is still started, assuming Ubuntu, thanks to /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90×11-common_ssh-agent.
Ubuntu 10.04, Alfa 3
Posted by on February 27, 2010
Just installed the third alfa release of Ubuntu 10.04 (aka Lucid Lynx) on my Netbook, an Inspiron Mini 10v. So far nothing seems terrible broken. Of course, at this point so far merely consists of booting the system, connecting to the wireless, firing up the web browser, etc.
- Read more at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/alpha3
When trying out the new alfa release, please consider reporting bugs you discover. The earlier bugs are found, the greater the chance for them to actually get fixed in time for the final release.
Das Keyboard
Posted by on February 24, 2010
Little more than a month ago I bought myself a Das Keyboard (ultimate edition) from getDigital.de. Well, actually I ordered it over three month ago, but last month was when I actually received it. Anyway, figured I would share a few thoughts about it.
- The keyboard is a real full size, rather heavy, solid keyboard. It almost literary screams quality.
- You get a very snappy feedback from all the keys. That really makes the typing much more comfortable.
- By design the keyboard makes the classic “clicky” sound when you type at it. Whatever this is a good or a bad thing probably depends both on your personal preferences as well as your surrounding. Myself I would most likely have preferred a more quiet keyboard.
- I really think it is a shame that there is a red and white “daskeyboard” logo up in the right corner. Would have been much slicker with a completely black keyboard; kind of like the stunt ship in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
- Having an internal USB 2.0 hub in the keyboard is something which has turned out to be a lot more convenient than I imagined. It definitely feels more accessible than using a hub in the monitor.
In short, yes I’m very happy with my new keyboard.
Announcing help.ubuntu-se.org
Posted by on September 30, 2009
One of the projects the Swedish Ubuntu LoCo has been working on this summer is a Swedish equivalent of the web site help.ubuntu.com. Being able to give someone a direct url to the (translated) documentation can sometimes help a lot. Hence I’m now very glad to be able to announce our very own…
At this point there are a few people I would like to thank. Obviously the most import contributors are our translation team, under the lead of Daniel Nylander. Without them there wouldn’t really be much to put on the site in the first place. Secondly I would also like to mention our server administrator Lars Ljung, who gave us a framework to work on by providing the initial modifications to the original XSLT templates.
If any other LoCo would like to embark on a similar project, feel free to contact us to get some pointers. While all our work are available in the Launchpad project ubuntu-se-help I’m not sure how much good it will do others in its current stage. Creating a cleaner, and better documented, structure is definitely on the todo list. Of course it would also be very interesting to hear from others who already do similar things, and from whom we perhaps could get some pointers ourself.
On a completly different note, don’t forget the Ubuntu Bug Jam in Linköping now on saturday.
Ubuntu Bug Jam in Linköping
Posted by on September 19, 2009
The 3rd of October the Swedish Ubuntu LoCo will arrange a Bug Jam at Linköping University. This in correspondence with the Ubuntu Global Jam happening that weekend.
See http://ubuntu-se.org/wiki/Global_Jam for more information.
Also, happy Software Freedom Day everyone!
Hello Planet Ubuntu
Posted by on September 3, 2009
Being the newly elected Team Contact for the Swedish Ubuntu LoCo I figured this would be a good time to add my blog to Planet Ubuntu and, by doing that, introduce myself to the greater Ubuntu community.
I’ve been a part of the Swedish LoCo since January 2008. Besides helping out with support, and a short tour as a forum moderator, my primary LoCo work has been done in the role as one of the server administrators. Now I look forward to whole lot of new challenges in the role as Team Contact.
Outside the LoCo I’m part of Ubuntu Bug Control, primarily doing triage on bugs related to the server team. One of my current ambitions is to get my LoCo more involved in the triage process.
At this point I would also like to introduce my running mate, and our new Team Leader, Mathias Friman. While I’ll be the one dealing with external communications and such, he will be the one responsible for our LoCo’s internal organization.
Finally I would like to thank Urban and Vulfgar, the former Team Leaders of the Swedish LoCo, for all their hard work. Thank you!
Anyway, if you want to get in touch we the Swedish Ubuntu LoCo, feel free to drop me a line!
tarsnap bash-completion
Posted by on April 25, 2009
I’m currently trying out the Tarsnap backup solution (beta). Since it doesn’t come with a bash-completion of its own I’ve created one myself. I really can’t stand working with –long-options without proper completion.
For now I maintain it as a “junk branch” in Launchpad.
https://code.launchpad.net/~andol/+junk/tarsnap-completion
UPDATE: http://bitbucket.org/andol/tarsnap-completion/
So far there is only the initial commit, hence it is most likely far from perfect. Feel free to point our errors and suggest improvements.
(Once I’ve used Tarsnap some more, I’ll probably put my experiences into a blog post of its own.)
