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One month of Macbook Pro 13″ : there is a lot to love

Posted on do 23 juli 2009 in desktop • Tagged with apple

Really, the 13″ Macbook Pro is without doubt the best portable computer I’ve ever used. The hardware is pretty, shiny, hip, sturdy, recycable, durable, light and just works. The screen is fantastic as with every Mac I’ve owned. And there is ofcourse Mac OS X, which for 99 …


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Nieuwe versies van wontolla-fetch beschikbaar

Posted on do 25 juni 2009 in desktop • Tagged with scouting, debian

Zojuist heb ik een nieuwe versie van Wontolla Fetch online gezet. Wontolla fetch is de software waarmee je volledig automatisch de ledengegevens van je groep kan downloaden bij Scouting Nederland om ze vervolgens te importeren in een SQL database.

De nieuwe versie voegt support toe voor een aantal nieuwe attributen …


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Trying to move to mac at home

Posted on do 25 juni 2009 in desktop • Tagged with apple

I’ve been a casual mac user for some time, but the Apple hardware I had was always used alongside Linux and/or Windows based computers. Now that I have a MacBook Pro 13″ and a time capsule, I will try to use the notebook as my primary PC. Let …


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My last switch to Linux

Posted on ma 03 april 2006 in desktop • Tagged with debian

From now on I will only be installing Debian GNU/Linux on computer at home. I've 'switched' for a number of times in the past, but I always thought that there would be something better. When even Mac OS X could not satisfy me, there was only one option left …


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Switch update

Posted on ma 03 april 2006 in desktop • Tagged with debian

This week I was able to remove two things on my 'switching to linux on the desktop' tasklist:

Configure remote control / lirc on media system (Trinity)

I haven't actually used it yet, but keypresses on my remote control are visible within the operating system

Fix wireless driver iBook

I did …


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