Finally got Palm TX to synch in Ubuntu

Well after several attempts, a couple of hours in the forums and several different apps, I finally got my Palm TX to synch in Ubuntu. The trick was the settings need to /dev/pilot even though this is only a link that gets created once the palm is connected. (Some rule makes it change the serial ttyUSB0/1 change over.) So you have to click the hotsynch on Palm TX then the hotsynch action in jpilot. The Gnome-Pilot applet however seemed to work without this particular order issue.

Test using Gnome's blogger applet

Just a quick test.

I am trying out several of the Linux bloggi ng tools. The first I looked at B! GTK looked nice and functional but was unable to login correctly. The same was true with the Drivel Journal editor as it gave error messages of unable to connect. The third, Gnome-blog, resulted in this post. While it functioned as designed, I do not like the interface for switching blogging accounts and further more it was limited in the posting ability and only gave text options, no image or html (at least no immediate editing tools to support it).

IBM Lotus Quickr: Enhance team productivity with social computing

A review of Quikr's features.... Still need to find the info on installing personal...

IBM Lotus Quickr: Enhance team productivity with social computing

Another blogger on Ubuntu

Was searching an issue regarding user switching and found this blog... Looks like a good post to test out...

http://ubuntu1501.blogspot.com/2007/04/fix-logout-problem.html

Setting up Dial-up connection in Ubuntu -- Debian Admin

Some notes for dial up....

Setting up Dial-up connection in Ubuntu -- Debian Admin

Response to a Vista comment � Techno Lemming

Here is a discussion of Windows vs. Linux distros that I really enjoyed reading. If you don't know some of the finer details of the arguments for or against Open Source vs. Windows have a look:

Response to a Vista comment � Techno Lemming

Tab Effect :: Firefox Add-ons

A nice eye-candy effect for firefox to give it that 3D look, although I found that it didn't work well on either version 1.5 of firefox or on linux (needs windows only Direct X).

Tab Effect :: Firefox Add-ons

While I tried locating some info on running a Direct X equivalent in Linux (ie Cedega) I haven't ventured into this realm yet...

Update on my Ubuntu experience

So, I've just read an interesting article that Dell is now going to be offering Ubuntu as an option to some of their newest PCs. I don't follow these trends that closely, but did not think that Dell would be the first to attempt this (although they've tried previously according to the article).

Well, I've been playing around in Ubuntu for a few weeks now and why I find the interface pleasing and have gotten used to navigating around the platform a little better, I am still having a little difficulty getting a few items working. I have yet to successfully get Beryl working, fortunately the crash recovery works well. The instructions found (will need to edit this in Ubuntu as I have the link there) here were pretty good.

Mac On Stuff: How to run Windows XP under Ubuntu Dapper

So far I am linking the Linux setup of Ubuntu discussed in my previous entry, but haven't figured out if the GMail chat or some variation will work. So I thought I'd try to run WinXP within Linux (got the dual boot working, but wanted to see other alternatives).

I am going to try using wine, but if that fails I will be attempting to follow the steps below...


Mac On Stuff: How to run Windows XP under Ubuntu Dapper

Linux Ubuntu Dual Boot with XP

I decided to finally take the plunge into installing a Linux OS on my home PC. After reading a very good review from Ferdy Christant, on his success and how it seemed to be a pretty painless process, I decided to give it go. After a minor issue during the install ( batteries died on wireless mouse and I thought my system was completely unresponsive for 15 minutes and then decided to leave it for morning and left for work...), all went well and I been playing around with getting a few customizations done.

Don't quite have the room to do the same dual boot on my lap top, but depending on how much I use it here, I may be persuaded to continue.