This is probably my shortest post, but I hope it’s as helpful to others as it will be for me as I need to remember how to auto start a program in Gnome 3.
Open SUSE 12.1 comes with the completely redesigned Gnome 3 desktop, which in my opinion is the best one so far. I have been using Gnome for a few years now and even though I like the clean design of Gnome 3, I still like to have some desktop icons. To Show your Desktop icons on Open SUSE 12.1 is a very simple procedure,
For other Versions of Linux you may need to install dbconf
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If you are a thinker, a mad scientist in the making or just a curious ADD person like me, the Arduino boards are just what you are missing in life.
Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple micro controller board, and a development environment for writing software for the board.
Arduino can be used to develop interactive objects, taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, and controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other physical outputs. Arduino projects can be stand-alone, or they can be communicate with software running on your computer .
Arduino hardware can be used in Windows, Mac or Linux. The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased pre-assembled and the open-source IDE (programming environment) can be downloaded for free.
There’s a great starting guide at http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage, but I have also been recommended this book:
30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius
This guide shows you how to program and build a variety of projects with the Arduino microcontroller development system. Covering Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms, it gets you up to speed with the simplified C programming you need to know–no prior programming experience necessary.
You can find more books and arduino boards and components on here.
Examples of what one can accomplish with Arduino:
I have been using Spotify on Linux for quite a while now, under Wine. Suddenly it decided not to work a any more. I was getting the following error when trying to run the new 0.6.2 version. “The program Spotify.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close.”
Trying to run it from the command line showed me yet another error message: “wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0×00000068 at address 0x7bc368b5 (thread 0042), starting debugger…”
UPDATE: Please first try the WinHTTP.dll fix posted by Nick in the comments section.
My simple solution: After searching in various forums and blogs and trying a myriad of “fixes” that took me nowhere. The simplest answer I found was to remove the Spotify app from Facebook. I can now listen to my Spotify play lists on my Open SUSE Linux. It does mean that you will be without the Facebook integration, which for me is not a big deal.
To delete Spotify from your Facebook account go to Privacy Setting >> Apps and Websites >> edit (Spotify) >> remove application
Spotify does have a Linux version of its software, which is currently in preview version and only available for Debian/Ubuntu paid subscribers. On their website they said: “As we haven’t found a reliable way to display ads yet, this version (Linux Preview) is only available to Spotify Premium and Unlimited subscribers. “ Fair enough I would say…
According to numbers from StatusCounter, the iPad has bypassed Linux in terms of web surfing in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and The Netherlands. As a Linux enthusiast I find it disturbing but at the same time it makes complete sense.
The OS battle is between Windows, Apple and Linux. Windows and Apple dominate but Apple has a very strong grip in the market, due to its great fan/user base.
I would say, with no fear of being wrong, that most users browsing the web with an iPad, do also from their Mac[add here you preference] computer. Without playing down the quality of the product, I believe the iPad is basically taking a piggy-back ride.
Initial source: http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/04/20/ipad-used-more-than-linux-computers/
