I just updated the programs page to include a little bit of information about Sabre, the bluetooth AmaroK plugin that a couple of the UF Beginners Team members put together 
Check it out here 
Programs - Update!!
March 15, 2008 — Joeb454Nokia Customer Support
March 4, 2008 — Joeb454Some of you will like this one 
I emailed Nokia Customer Support the other day, following my reading of a thread on the Ubuntu Forums which made me realise that nobody has managed to successfully get Nokia PC Suite running on Linux. However there are client’s out for Windows & Mac OS , and you are asked what Operating System you use when you fill in the support request, where Linux is in fact an option.
Great! I thought, I might actually get directed to a Linux version, it’s more than most websites to even list it.
Oh how wrong I was…:( Below you’ll find the exact email reply I received (with the persons name removed):
Dear Joe,
Thank you for emailing Nokia Care.
With regard to your email, please note that Nokia PC Suite is designed to facilitate connectivity between your Nokia phones and Windows operating system. Your best option at this point in time would be to get in touch with Linux to see if they have any software that will enable the synchronization between the Nokia mobile phones and your Linux system.
Kind regards,
Nokia Care
How I laughed when I read that my “best option at this point in time would be to get in touch with Linux“. I’m wondering exactly how I’d go about doing this? Am I just supposed to send an email off to Linus Torvalds and moan at him that my phone isn’t properly supported?
Anyway, I just wanted to moan at the somewhat disappointing response I received, although I did receive it in less than 24 hours, which isn’t to be complained about
Sabre
February 26, 2008 — Joeb454I’m doing a bit of Shameless promoting now
Sabre is a plugin for the AmaroK music player (it’s a KDE application, but I still use it anyway), which will ping a Bluetooth Device (I use my mobile phone for this). If the device moves out of range, it will pause your music, and invoke the screensaver.
Currently it is in the early stages, but we are working on support for KDE distributions right now (currently works for Gnome only, though it is a key feature for v1.5). Feel free to download it from here, and report any bugs etc. here.
I hope you enjoy it!
//Also from the Sabre-Dev Team//
Wiki Editing
February 21, 2008 — Joeb454It’s not as geeky as it sounds. Purely because it isn’t Wikipedia
Instead it’s on http://wiki.ubuntu.com as I figured it’d be an easy way to get a little bit more involved in the Ubuntu community, without knowing how to get the program code and contribute through development.
I added a wiki page for myself, which can be found here.
On another note - I will be posting up my Pro’s & Con’s of Blu-Ray Vs HD DVD in the coming days.
Conky (Again)
February 15, 2008 — Joeb454So I’ve been asked by a couple of people to write a bit more about Conky such as, my config file for it. And how I installed it, how long it takes to configure, a few options that other people might like. So I’ll be posting it in parts in the coming days/weeks (it depends when I get a chance, I’m a bit busy at Uni right now :()
More to come soon!!
Conky
January 18, 2008 — Joeb454I got a little bored yesterday, so I downloaded Conky, it’s a kind of system monitor for Linux machines, though if you check it may run on Windows/Mac as well.
Anyway, I decided I wouldn’t download it from the repositories ready made and ready to run. I downloaded the source code and compiled it myself, so I had the very latest version I’m glad I did, it taught me some new things
I have to say that I REALLY like it. Especially because of the capabilities it has…and how much you can customise it…I spent around 2-4 hours customising mine!
Here’s a screen shot of the finished product (Click the thumbnail for the full size image)
64 / 2 = ?
January 15, 2008 — Joeb45432 of course.
Yes I posted a while back about how I moved my Ubuntu installation over to 64 bit, and I really enjoyed it, only had a very minor issue with Flash, but nothing that couldn’t be solved with a quick fix.
Yet I’m back to 32 bit…why? Because it’s less hassle with flash, and also the fact that I don’t really NEED 64 bit processing at the moment, I mean, I don’t do any Video Encoding/Re-encoding, or anything like that, or Image Editing. So when I managed to break the install, I just thought I’d go back to 32 bit.
I still would recommend 64 bit if you have a capable PC, to make the most out of your hardware.
KDE 4: My Opinion
January 12, 2008 — Joeb454Ok so I downloaded the Kubuntu KDE4 cd image earlier, and because I couldn’t find, nor be bothered to erase a CD to burn, I ran it in a Virtual Machine using VMWare.
I think it’s really good, I’m not a fan of KDE anyway, but it looks very nice, and I think the widgets could help Mac users migrate to Linux. Problem for me is that it reminds me a lot of Vista…you know, that ‘new’ OS from Microsoft .
Anyway I’d still say that it was definitely worth a look
KDE 4
January 12, 2008 — Joeb454I’m planning on trying out KDE 4 in the coming days, as there is now a Kubuntu 7.10 liveCD with KDE4 preinstalled. I’ll post something back when I’ve said what I think. So far everything I’ve heard is positive, which is good…but I’ve always found KDE a bit too bloated & Windows like in it’s presentation.
