Author Archives: VirtuAlex

Glade Catalog Tutorial

For some time now Glade allows to add custom widgets and objects to an interface file by making a catalog. Many people are asking how exactly it can be done. I did not see any hands on guide, step by step howto, or just any plain example of a custom widget catalog yet. Recently I’ve found some spare hours to play with Glade and experiment with the feature. It happens to be not that hard after all, and I decided it would be beneficial to share the experience by writing this little tutorial. Continue reading

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Spot Light

Pinky…

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Still Life

That’s how I used to live. I still do live something like that in a different sense. Maybe not much different – you can’t really change the way you live. By the way, everything in the picture makes perfect sense … Continue reading

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Who the Hell is a Hacker?

I am a hacker. I do like this word. It is neat and sharp. Unfortunately general population understanding of the word is distorted. The narrow meaning of it, as it is commonly used and promoted by the media, describes a … Continue reading

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Fedora 10 nvidia again

So, I have upgraded to Fedora 10. At first it worked fine, but after last week’s update to a new snapshot of nouveau it chose to ignore my dual head setup. The second monitor works but only as a clone, … Continue reading

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Fedora 9 nvidia Disaster Relief

Only brave or stupid people (some think this are the synonyms) upgrade on the day of release. It was not even 24 hours since Fedora 9 became available to the general public, and I already had started installation. It took … Continue reading

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Bugzilla on Fedora 8

My boss asked me to install Bugzilla on our local server. The task happened to be relatively easy, however Bugzilla needs functioning mail server to be anyhow useful. I tried my SMTP server, but it did not work very well, … Continue reading

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Human Rights

Wow! I did a good job exercising my right to remain silent…

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Stub on a Wire

Let the current flow. I shot this picture on the way home right after buying my first digital camera, so I think it is a good candidate to fill the default stub post and set the opening for the first … Continue reading

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About…

I am about to start exercising my right to type anything I please granted to me by myself and by complex circumstances. To start with, as it is appropriate for any software project, I compiled a little “About” page. That’s … Continue reading

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