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http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/136740

Just install libopenssl-ruby package

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/09/18/windows-vista-secret-1-open-command-prompt-here.aspx

It doesn’t work exactly as the old powertoy. You have to right-click inside the folder (that’s on the right pane of Windows Explorer) and not over the folder in the Directory browser. I like more the old powertoy.

Tools I always install:

• Vim
• WinMerge: Diff & Merge, with the next two [Windows]
• TortoiseSVN: Makes easier SVN and is required for the following [Windows]
• VisualSVN: To integrate SVN to Visual Studio [Windows]
• Launchy: Makes you way more productive [Windows, testing on Linux]
• IMy: Integrates Live Messenger with Launchy. I’m thinking on extending it to Pidgin for Linux.
• Ext2 IFS for Windows: Access ext2/3 filesystems on Windows for dual boot environments
• 7Zip
• PuTTY and WinSCP
• Cygwin
• ViEmu: Vim emulator for Visual Studio.
• GIMP and Inkscape

Firefox addins:

• Firebug
• YSlow
• Clear Cache
• Cooliris

 

http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/magazine/17-02/ff_diygenetics?currentPage=all

Even if it’s absolutely improbable that Hugh’s quest turns successful, he MUST go on. He is in the land of uncertainity, with a huge payoff if he succed: his daighter’s health. That reward is so great that even with a extremely low chance, it’s worth trying. This is one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever read and send best wishes to Beatrice, Hugh and his family… I hope there’s anything we can do to help.

http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/fil/Class/b656/schedule.html

http://andrewchenblog.com/2009/01/19/how-to-create-a-profitable-freemium-startup-spreadsheet-model-included/|Para leer después

GIMP is great but I hate that sets the language to the current locale ignoring even Windows.

GIMP 2.6 path to locales is c:\program files\gimp-2.0\share\locale, and yes, delete all but en-* locales.

http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1994

http://rubyforge.org/projects/linalg/|Fortran based Linear Algebra Library for Ruby

– Touchpad: Had to use the .8042.nomux=1 boot param for Kernel as described everywhere.

– Problems with the webcam: Cheese and Camorama useless but VLC and Ekiga ok. Seems to be some GStreamer problem. Update: new version of cheese 2.42.2 now works

– Dual screens were quite quirky to configure. Use gksudo nvidia-settings, Twin display mode and set the layout for both screens.

– I’m having some problems with sound. Sound is very low although everything is set up and loud. The master volume control for ALSA mixer sounds no-linear. There seem to be some problems with the drivers, but for now I’ll leave things like that.

– Touchpad too sensible. Fixed installing GSynaptics and enabling it as in here. (The issue is hard to test since appears as a “crazy mouse” when typing)

References

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallingUbuntuOnADellXPSM1530

http://jesperdj.pbwiki.com/Ubuntu-on-the-Dell-XPS-M1530

http://python-history.blogspot.com/|By Guido