Tag: perl

“The Thing about Volunteers and Civility” (#modernperlbooks.com)

I copy the post The Thing about Volunteers and Civility by chromatic on modernperlbooks.com. Though the text refers to aspects of the Perl community, I believe the message is more general. The formatting (numbered list, etc) is mine. The thing about volunteers is that they don’t have to do what they’re doing. If you’re getting …

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Playing with Git

Git is a version control system (VCS) software that is used for source code management (SCM). There are several examples of VCS software, such as CVS and SVN. What makes Git different is that it is a distributed VCS, that is, a DVCS. Being a DVCS, when you use Git you create fully capable local …

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Éńĥãǹčīṅǧ·ẗḧë·ẃṛīťıñĝ·ṩụṗṗọṙẗ·ıń·ǦŤḰ+

These are the presentation slides of my talk on improving the writing support in GTK+. It relates to several posts I have in my other (now not used anymore) blog at http://blogs.gnome.org/simos/2008/07/23/guadec-2008-presentation-slides/. Enhancing the writing support in GTK+ Note: The title may not appear properly because I use a fancy effect that does not support …

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Multimedia support in Ubuntu Linux 6.06

With Ubuntu Linux 6.06, it is much clear how to install those codecs in order to get broad multimedia file support. In Ubuntu, the multimedia infrastructure is handled by GStreamer; you install GStreamer plugins and any application that uses GStreamer can immediately benefit from the new codec support. A typical installation of Ubuntu will bring …

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Taxis and security

It is quite encouraging that citizens taxed in Greece are able to file their tax reports through the Web, at the Taxis Website. Sadly, it has been reported that standard-compliant Web browsers are not supported by the Taxis Website. If you are affected, do complain about it! If you file taxes and you are affected, …

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Ελληνικά στην αλληλογραφία, μέρος πρώτο

Πρέπει να λαμβάνετε γράμματα / ανακοινώσεις από μερικούς δικτυακούς τόπους όπου η κωδικοποίηση για τα ελληνικά δεν είναι σωστή, είτε στο σώμα του μηνύματος, είτε στην κεφαλίδα (From: “Ανακοίνωση” ). Συγκεκριμένα, δεν καθορίζεται η κωδικοποίηση οπότε είναι θέμα εξ ορισμού ρυθμίσεων του παραλήπτη για να δει το αποτέλεσμα. Ας δούμε πως μπορείτε μέσα από μια …

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