Lateral Opinion - Story Index

You know, some things are usable. Some things aren't. Read on, to see one that isn't and one that (I think) is. A semi-tongue-in-cheek usability article.

APT Pupil: your own repository

2004-09-20 16:48:16

A tutorial explaining how to setup your own APT-RPM repository, so you can install your custom (or custom-packaged) programs easily.

Package Management: APT for RPM

2004-09-13 12:55:44

Thousands of programs at your fingertips! Without hassle!

Linux packages the not so easy way

2004-09-08 11:26:08

A tutorial explaining how to create RPM packages using checkinstall.

There Goes Captain Beto, Through Space

2004-06-03 10:22:08

A new (the second) realtime tutorial.

Qmail Address Lister

2004-05-21 20:21:36

A simple program to list all valid email addresses on a QMail sistem.

Custom widgets using PyQt

2004-03-28 15:52:48

A short tutorial explaining how to make easy-to-reuse widgets using PyQt

Personal Backups with rdiff-backup

2004-03-13 10:58:24

Presenting rdiff-backup, and a few simple scripts for backing your personal data safely.

Opening and Saving Files made easier.

2004-03-01 14:36:00

Opening and saving files is not as easy as it seems for a GUI app. You have to check permissions, give meaningful error messages. And with very little effort, you can make it do a few nice tricks :-)

The Linux Booting Process Unveiled

2004-02-27 14:33:52

A step-by-step description of the Linux booting process.

Interface Designers and Free Software: A Realistic Proposal

2004-02-09 15:18:40

How can the world of UI and HCI designers interface with the world of free software coders? A realistic proposal.

Cooperative Qt apps using GNU pth

2004-02-03 13:02:08

Short tutorial explaining how to write a cooperative-multithreaded app using the GNU pth library. Old stuff, written in march of 2000!

PyBrowser: a nicer QTextBrowser

2004-02-02 18:09:20

Rapid Application development using PyQt and Eric3 ... in realtime!

2004-01-09 19:16:32

A non-educational tutorial showing rapid application development with Qt+PyQt+Eric3+Python

Hinges and integration

2003-12-28 18:32:48

Why integration matters for development

A quick look at KDE 3.2 Beta 2 (AKA 3.1.94)

2003-12-18 12:25:52

My first impressions after a day using the new KDE

Safe Remote Blogging with PyDS

2003-09-26 17:28:48

Blog remotely and securely using PyDS and a HTTPS reverse proxy.

Fighting Spam with Qmail (part I)

2003-09-24 20:36:32

This article describes how to integrate spamassassin with qmail with a minimum of fuss.

Fighting Spam with Qmail (part II)

2003-09-24 20:36:32

Step-by-step tutorial for the installation and configuration of a more spam-aware replacement for qmail-smtpd.

This article describes the queue system of qmail, and the tools you can use to manage it. Also, it introduces a new one, called qmail-cleaner, to find messages in the queue that match a given regular expression.

What was first, the chicken or the egg?

2003-09-16 14:01:52

Read to find out.

Squid authentication via POP or IMAP

2003-09-15 19:58:08

Tutorial on how to setup your Squid so it authenticates and allows http access only to users with a valid POP or IMAP account.

Setting up VPNs easily with CIPE

2003-09-14 15:10:08

This article explains how to setup and configure a VPN using a great, easy tool called CIPE.

SmartTags, a trigger for hypocrisy

2003-03-02 18:13:36

An article I wrote originally in Advogato, about a (sadly dead) Microsoft idea to enrich the web's linking network. Too bad some of the links are dead now, but it *is* an old article and I fixed everyone I could.

This was the original post, including feedback.

Small Linux

2003-03-02 18:13:36

What can you do with Linux and a computer that has less RAM than most graphic cards? Read it to find out!

This article was originally posted in the LUGLI Wiki, in spanish. I must thank Cesar Roldán, who did some very needed formatting of my Original Article !.

Simple KDE Trick #1: The right way to listen to internet radio

2003-03-01 01:41:36

This is the first article in what will hopefully will become a series explaining how a little creativity can enrich the KDE desktop experience, maybe using a not-very-popular feature.