Quite strangely I try to connect to http://www.techteam.gr/ from abroad (UK) and I cannot. The result I get is similar to blocking someone using a firewall. However, when connecting from inside Greece, it simply works. Techteam.gr, why does this happen? Update (Jun 07): Apparently there is still some blocking at some times during the day.
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Feb 27 2007
Open Font License (OFL) 1.1 Released
Dear OFL friends and reviewers, We’re pleased to finally announce the completion of the SIL Open Font License version 1.1. This free and open license has been updated to improve clarity, remove potential ambiguities, and make it easier to use for both authors and users. Visit the OFL web site for more information: http://scripts.sil.org/ofl A …
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Feb 23 2007
Video playback problems (black) after installing Beryl (or Compiz)
Note: Here we describe a workaround. The proper solution is to fix the graphics drivers and the X.Org X server. Such work is taking place, and for several cases you do not need this workaround. Especially with newer versions of Linux. You just installed your 3D Linux desktop and you are really enthusiastic about it. …
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Feb 21 2007
Hard disk boot sector invalid
Hard disk boot sector invalid When you get this error when you boot your computer, you know something is terribly wrong. Actually, in most cases it’s not. What probably happened was that you did not have set a bootable partition on your booting hard disk. How can one not set a partition as bootable? It …
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Feb 17 2007
For how long have I been using my computer?
Do you want to check how many hours you have been using your computer/laptop? Do you want to find out if that second-hand hard disk salesman is saying the truth? Are you about to buy a second-hand laptop that had been used only sparingly? You can figure out what’s going on, with the help of …
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Jan 09 2007
Translating OLPC software
The core OLPC software is developed at http://dev.laptop.org/ using the GIT source code management system. For the tasks of the translator, one needs to look into the different projects and locate any po/ subdirectory. The existence of this subdirectory show that the piece of software is internationalised (=can be translated). For example, the core component …
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