My country, Czech Republic, has again expressed strong objections against future changes of the European Union. This is for the second time, after our president refused to sign the Treaty of Lisbon. I’m not going to analyze the reasons and legitimacy of those actions. (By the way, it’s necessary to remark that there is no…
I’ve been a free software advocate for nearly two decades. Supporting and promoting free software hasn’t been easy. Some effort and actions were more successful, some less. But we’ve achieved a lot during the time and we might get satisfied with the results. But after continual raise and success of free software in the last…
I bought a new input device, Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch tablet. I was careful enough to buy an older model and to check the device is supported on Linux. Based on my previous experiences I also tested the tablet on a Windows computer to be sure it actually works and I can handle it,…
In spite my recent rant about such devices I decided to buy an e-ink reader. The primary reason was that it’s uncomfortable for me to read long texts on a monitor. My requirements were: Large screen, stylus and a usable SDK. Considering the requirements there was only one acceptable e-ink reader I could find on…
People don’t like paying for music and they don’t like paying for software. It is not easy nor common for an individual or a small project to gather any significant money for free software development, i.e. to get real compensation for some work and to make living of it. But fundraising for this SBCL work…
Updates on my driver info pages: Updated information about Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 keyboard, especially a link to a guideline how to make the zoom key working was added. Added information about Genius G-Pen F610 tablet.
A famous businessman has died some time ago and the whole world has praised him as a hero who changed the computing. Well, there were some more realistic views (e.g. rms), but those exceptions were hardly noticeable. We like celebrities and we prefer listening to heroic myths rather than to unpleasant truths about less or…
My digital camera sensor got dirty enough and it was no longer possible to clean it just by softly blowing air to it. So I looked for a more powerful cleaning solution. After some searching I decided to try Pentax Image Sensor Cleaning Set O-ICK1. It looked simple and didn’t require any liquids. Does it…
Until recently I was a relatively satisfied Linux VServer user. But when I upgraded to Debian 6 about half a year ago, OpenAFS aklog stopped to work inside the guests. There were always problems with running OpenAFS clients inside VServer guests but this time I couldn’t find any workaround. I had to solve the problem and…
Na dohled od našeho domu se každý rok v červnu koná hudební festival Střelické strunobraní, ale ještě nikdy se mi nepodařilo na něj dojít. Když to dobře dopadne, tak letos by se to konečně podařit mohlo. Nechcete se někdo taky přijet podívat?