Posts tagged Fedora

Testing out Lekhonee WordPress client

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Alhamdulillaah, I’ve discovered a new WordPress blogging client packaged with Fedora – namely, Lekhonee. There aren’t a lot of formatting options, but it appears you can post using HTML, so that’s a plus, I think. Let’s see how it goes.

Fedora 11 released!

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Alhamdulillaah, the Fedora Project has released Fedora 11!  You can get the torrents and/or check out the new features!
(Sorry for the rather uninspired & lazy post…I usually like to share more details, but I’ve got work to do…;) )

HDR Scooter

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Alhamdulillaah, I am quite pleased with the following HDR image I was able to assemble.  While not as good as the best that are out there, it is definitely a step-up from my other attempt I shared here.

My first Fedora

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Alhamdulillaah, to my pleasant surprise, I discovered that I started using Fedora personally with Fedora Core 4, and not 5 like I had previously thought.  This makes me feel better as I’m glad I started using Fedora earlier, because I like to think I recognized the importance of a completely (or as close [...]

High Dynamic Range photography

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Alhamdulillaah, I’ve just managed to produce my first HDR (high dynamic range) image the results of which I’m pleased with.  Once again, I have CHDK to thank for enabling this feature easily.

$PATH in Fedora 10

[basilgohar@beta ~]$ echo $PATH
/usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin\
:/home/basilgohar/bin
Note: This is for future reference as I try to make some progress on an old project.  I do not think the last value is a default for Fedora, but rather, something added later.  If someone knows otherwise, please correct me!
Update: I’m starting to dislike fixed-width templates…corrected the last $PATH value so [...]

screen is my new best friend

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Note: This is a post I started writing back in November, but only got around to updating now.
Alhamdulillaah, I cannot believe I’ve lived for so long without knowing about screen (Wikipedia article).  To put it as simple as possible, think of screen as a “tabbed” interface for terminals/shells.  This is a weak analogy, [...]