We now have KDE running on
NixOS ( obligatory\
screenshot). Just kdebase for now (Martin
Bravenboer already added kdelibs a long time ago so
that we could run the wonderful KCachegrind),
but it contains all the important stuff (Konqueror, KDesktop,
Kicker, Konsole, Control Center, … ⌘ Read more
NixOS progress report
NixOS is now almost usable as a desktop OS ;-). We
have an X server, a bunch of Gnome packages, basic wireless
support, and of course all the applications in Nixpkgs that we
had all along running on other Linux distributions. Here are a
few screenshots:
- X server\
with Compiz window manager.
- [Emacs a … ⌘ Read more
NixOS manual
There is now some basic\
documentation for NixOS. ⌘ Read more
New build farm hardware at TUD
To quote
Eelco Visser: new
hardware for buildfarm at Delft University of Technology has
arrived.
Here’s what we have: 5 Intel Core 2 Duo DualCore machines
with 1GB RAM, 2 Mac minis with 1,83-GHz Intel Core
Duo-processor, another Core 2 Duo a UPS to deal with spikes in
power supp … ⌘ Read more
Wired News: Apple’s iPhone is Calling
Wired News: Apple’s iPhone is Calling
The most likely scenario, as Jupiter analyst Ian Fogg has pointed out, is that the iPhone will be a stand-alone device that will accept a standard SIM card. You’ll pop the SIM card out of your current cell phone and plug it into the iPhone. It’ll be just like buying an unlocked handset from Asia, except you’ll buy it at an Apple store instead o … ⌘ Read more
Nixpkgs 0.10 released
Nixpkgs\
0.10 has been released. See the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.10.1 released
Nix\
0.10.1 has been released. It fixes two obscure bugs that
shouldn’t affect most users. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.10 released
Nix\
0.10 has been released. This release has many
improvements and bug fixes; see the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Why e-mails are so easily missunderstood
Very interesting read and, in my case, it has proven to be as close to truth as it can be. Go read the whole thing, it is worth it.
Though e-mail is a powerful and convenient medium, researchers have identified three major problems. First and foremost, e-mail lacks cues like facial expression and tone of voice. That makes it diffic … ⌘ Read more
Learning HTML | https://wiki.xxiivv.com/programming
Nixpkgs 0.9 released
Nixpkgs\
0.9 has been released. ⌘ Read more
You can’t do that!
Technology, Technology news, Times Online
“I can’t believe that your company would allow people to make money from something that you allow people to have free access to. Is this really the case?” she asked.
“If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, it makes it virtually impossible for us, from a practical point of view, to enforce UK anti-piracy legislation, as it is difficult for us … ⌘ Read more
PhD thesis defended
Eelco Dolstra
defended his PhD\
thesis on the purely functional deployment model. ⌘ Read more
The Chocolate Imbecile
I can’t get it out of mind. How a person can be so idiotic? The major of New Orleans, Ray Nagin said, among other things:
“Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it’s destroyed and put stress on this country”
[…]
“Surely he doesn’t approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses.”
[…]
“But sur … ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.9.2 released
Nix\
0.9.2 has been released released. This is a bug fix
release that addresses some problems on Mac OS X. ⌘ Read more
Nix 0.9 released
Nix 0.9
has been released. This is a new major release that provides
quite a few performance improvements and bug fixes, as well as a
number of new features. Read the release\
notes for details. ⌘ Read more
Secure sharing paper accepted for ASE 2005
The paper “Secure Sharing Between Untrusted Users in a
Transparent Source/Binary Deployment Model” has been accepted at
ASE 2005. This
paper describes how a Nix store can be securely shared by
multiple users who may not trust each other; i.e., how do we
prevent one user from installing a Trojan horse that is
subsequently executed by some other user? ⌘ Read more
Service deployment paper accepted for SCM-12
The paper “Service Configuration Management” (accepted at the
12th\
International Workshop on Software Configuration\
Management) describes how we can rather easily deploy
“services” (e.g., complete webserver configurations such as our
Subversion server) through
Nix by treating the non-component parts (such as configur … ⌘ Read more
Downing Street Memo
I have known about this since it was released to the News media, but I haven’t comment about it here. I am providing a link to the contents of the Memo (pretty small read, I assure you) as they showed on the Times Online on May 1st, 2005. Draw your conclusions. I just want to quote a few parts of it. … ⌘ Read more
Patching paper accepted for CBSE 2005
The paper “Efficient Upgrading in a Purely Functional Component
Deployment Model” has been accepted at CBSE 2005.
It describes how we can deploy updates to Nix packages
efficiently, even if “fundamental” packages like Glibc are
updated (which cause a rebuild of all dependent packages), by
deploying binary patches between components in the Nix store.
Includes tec … ⌘ Read more
Google’s Doodles
Google is well known for altering its homepage logos to commemorate a special event or Holidays. They have done it since 1999 —at least, that is the earliest documented year.
This year Olympic Games are not an exception. Google Doodle VIII celebrates the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Below is a loc … ⌘ Read more
Software gentlemans
Guidelines to help fight deceptive Internet software. “…We will strive to distribute our software only in bundles where all applications meet the above guidelines…” ⌘ Read more
Gmail Hype
Everybody is talking about Google’s upcoming Gmail. Since I wasn’t choosen to beta test, I can not offer any [excellent insider view](http://jogin.com/weblog/arc … ⌘ Read more
**Paper “Imposing a Memory Management Discipline on Software
Deployment” accepted for presentation at ICSE 2004!**
The first Nix paper. ⌘ Read more
Yet more changes
I am contemplating, once again, some changes around here. As a matter of fact, some changes have already happened, whether you realized it or not. I am now printing the four previous entries on any archived entry, as well as providing the navigation to the previously and afterwards entries after those four. It might look confusing; it is an acquired taste. It is not as structured as [some](http://www.ftrain.com/ftrain_faq.html “Read … ⌘ Read more
Mid-Autumn Festival, Mooncake!
It is mooncake holiday again! Taken From Travel in Taiwan Festivals, the following “Legends of the Moon”:
Hhou Yi was a great archer and architect, who shot down nine extra suns that had suddenly appeared in the sky and thus kept the earth from being scorched. He also built a palace of jade for the goddess of the western heave … ⌘ Read more