Παρασκευή, Δεκεμβρίου 05, 2008

My first impressions for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

Ubuntu Intrepid was released one month ago. Although I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 from the time it was officially released I don't have much time to blog.

I made a clean installation of Ubuntu. Mostly because some of my last projects demanded to use applications that needed quick-n-dirty actions so I had to take rid of all the garbages. In fact I was waiting for the Ubuntu release in order to do that.
I can't say that Intrepid has changed a lot but the changes I will mention are practical.
First of all it starts up faster. The "problem" is that it doesn't shut down as fast as Hardy did. I use quotes because I never used a timer to say that Hardy needed x seconds to shut down and Intrepid needs more than x. Hardy shut down when the progress bar was about 80% while Intrepid much reach the 100%.
Extremely useful is the tabbed interface of Nautilus. I had to open two or three Nautilus windows when I wanted to cut-paste some files from my USB Flash. Now I open only one window and three tabs.
Interesting is the new firewall. I like the name a lot, Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw). Simple and really uncomplicated. I didn't like Firestarter a lot because sometimes it halted.
There are some files I installed but time is running out...

Τρίτη, Ιουλίου 22, 2008

Τετάρτη, Ιουλίου 09, 2008

Different needs create different opinions

As I was looking for PHP and Python web frameworks I ran into one article of James Bennett with the title "Python Web Frameworks". It is very interesting because the arguments fit into every controversy I have seen not only in the web but everywhere.

The author separates the Python web frameworks into two categories. The first category is the "full stack frameworks" and the second is the "glue frameworks". He describes the different features and functionalities that each category provides and wisely says
"There is no perfect framework. There are only different frameworks that suit different kinds of people."

The most interesting part of the article is how he explains that when both parties claim that their framework is better they are both wrong!

I have seen people saying "X is the best Linux distro/framework/programming language/etc" - "No you are wrong! Z is the best ......" and so on. Even recently in one examination some students from side (A) said "the other side (B) has easier exercises" and at the same time students from side (B) said "side (A) has easier exercises".

When you see such controversies or hear such things you don't have to get involved because it won't help anyone. Remember that "there is no perfect opinion, only different needs served by different opinions"

Call for papers

Call for Participations: IEEE ICCCN 2008 at US Virgin Island

[IEEE BWA 2008] CFP: 4th IEEE WORKSHOP ON BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS

[ICCCN 2008] Apply NOW: NSF Student Travel Grant!

IFIP/IEEE Wireless Days 2008: Extended deadline

IEEE CCNC 2009 - CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 14

Τρίτη, Ιουνίου 10, 2008

Call for papers

[ISCC'08] ISCC 2008 Marrakesh, Morocco
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[ICCCN 2008] Call for Participations: IEEE ICCCN 2008 at US Virgin Island
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Πέμπτη, Απριλίου 24, 2008

Some form validation javascript functions

I am working on a web project and I needed some javascript functions to validate my forms. A good resource is this site . I downloaded some functions and created some others. My collection of now includes the following:

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Παρασκευή, Απριλίου 18, 2008

Call for papers articles

Are you looking for conferences? Here you will be able to find conferences related with telecommunications, computers and IT. From now on I will provide information about new conferences. For now I will list down the last 5 I have.
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Τρίτη, Μαρτίου 04, 2008

Ways to bypass disk encryption

Most of us have read articles about how to hack or extract the encryption key of a hard disk by using software with special algorithms. It turns out that there are some more easy ways to bypass the encryption without using software at all!

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Πέμπτη, Ιανουαρίου 31, 2008

GPSR patch for ns-2.31

Sorry for keep you waiting but obligations come first and unfortunately they never end. You can download the patch through here . Just read the README file and follow the instructions. For comments and anything else click here

It would be very useful if one or a group of students were assigned the project of developing some additions for GPSR like the format and anything useful for the simulations.

I will try to find time and present some scripts I used for collecting statistical data, creating the traffic etc.

Τετάρτη, Ιανουαρίου 23, 2008

Joomla 1.5 is ready!

Joomla 1.5 is up and running! Click here to download it and here to see the functional overview.

I still remember the first announcement of the roadmap for version 1.1 . I think two years and some months passed. Until now we saw many changes, many delays and, after some time, 2 beta versions and 4 Release Candidates. Many JoomlaDays were settled and with a lot of PBF (Pizza, Bugs and Fun) we have the stable version of Joomla 1.5 with the name Khepri. Strange names but why not?

Personally, I say "thank you developers and everyone who participated in the JoomlaDays".