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A long time ago, my friend Ismael asked me for pubs and clubs for going out at night during a Hipalinux congress, so I updated a guide I wrote several years ago for my friends in Madrid. Ismael published this … Continue reading →

Thanks to the great Olav we have XML-RPC on GNOME bugzilla (testing version). So I finally committed to an experimental branch the new bug-buddy “less is more”: No more application/product/component selection No more long descriptions No more mostfreq stuff No … Continue reading →

Ross: Maybe you want: gst-launch-0.10 v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=352,height=288 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! tee ! xvimagesink tee0. ! theoraenc quality=8 ! oggmux ! filesink location=test.ogg magic GStreamer pipeline to view and record webcam feeds. I’m playing a bit with GStreamer to make … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago, kernel developer Arjan van de Ven posted on lkm a hypothetical doomsday scenario:Linux in a binary world. He talks about propietary drivers and about ABI/API compatiblity for kernel drivers. But what about the present and open source … Continue reading →

‘Mi bella Princesa, your funny little dwarf will never dance again. It is a pity, for he is so ugly that he might have made the King smile.’ ‘But why will he not dance again?’ asked the Infanta, laughing. ‘Because … Continue reading →

I’m excited about fon: a nationwide semi-public WiFi network. The model is simple but brilliant:Everyone “subscribed” to fon (foneros) has an AP running an special software sharing its DSL connection. If you are sharing your connection for free you are … Continue reading →

Lot of users are doing a forced migration to Linux / Free Software. That is because that is the preinstaled OS on their computers at school/work . That’s ok, but why a home user, non-techie would say I am going … Continue reading →

I was talking with my friend SemiElf and he didn’t know what enteletar means, so I redirected him to La hora chanante dictionary, but it was missing there. Then we tried to search it in google… with zero results!. That’s … Continue reading →

I’m in Castellon, at iParty 7.Tomorrow (well, in some hours) I’ll give a talk about past, present and future of GNOME. I was trying to build X11R7 modular tree on my laptop to demo some cool X effects with the … Continue reading →

Finally I can tell you: I’m arranging the glorious Ariel Rot‘s Milonga del marinero y el capitan, that it’s the best pirate song ever. I’m doing this arrangement with new lyrics and music (solo voice plus piano in a caribbean … Continue reading →