I successfully encode a movie for E71!

Hurrah! I installed Avidemux (from the Ubuntu packages list), and able to convert my movie files for Nokia E71. Definitely lot easier to use than mencoder.

GNOME in Slackware

This is an old or maybe a forgotten topic for Slackware. When the day Pat decided to drop GNOME from Slackware, I did not put much thought into it. This was because, at the time, my primary desktop was Enlightenment, and GNOME is not as easy or fun to use than now. I came to [...]

Going Ubuntu

It has been about 3 weeks since I moved to Ubuntu. So far, I can only say, I am very impressed by it. I never expected Linux can be so simple to install and configure. From a strict Slackware tradition (where we tend to do everything by manually), such automation does make me felt spoils [...]

I got myself a Nokia E71

Hurrah! I was planning to get myself a iPhone, but after reading its features, and realising it does not work well with Linux (yes, I know about jailbreaking, but that does not satisfy my needs), I decided to give it a pass. Though, I do see many kids using the cool device, as it started [...]

Trying out Ubuntu

There was once, I always consider myself, with pride, of using Linux, Slackware to be exact. Whenever I meet some Windoze users, I always like to make some (subtle) mocking remarks of how they refuse to try Linux, and how they look like an old dog which can’t learn new tricks. These days, I keep [...]