DoK – Where Dreams Come From

C’è chi vede il bicchiere mezzo pieno e chi lo vede mezzo vuoto… Per me, l’acqua che manca, è traboccata fuori ;)

How to purge unused packages on Debian

If you want to automatically purge unused .deb packages on your debian distro (perhaps after an aptitude upgrade), you can safely use this piece of code:

#!/bin/bash
 
while [ `deborphan | wc -l` -gt 0 ]; do
        deborphan | xargs dpkg --purge
done

iPhone 2.0 and Killed message… A solution :)

So, you wrote your first application on iPhone, you compiled without any error, you downloaded on PDA and… a strange Killed message appear… GRRRRRRRR “/(&(/”$!)”$!)”$()!”)$”.

I tried lot of ancestrals rites before solution icon smile iPhone 2.0 and Killed message... A solution :)

[Tech Mode On] You need to sign your app before iPhone can run it icon sad iPhone 2.0 and Killed message... A solution :) If you, like me, are still waiting damn Apple certs, you can use ldid (install it with apt-get install ldid directly on your iPhone). Syntax is very very very simple: ldid -S YourUnsignedAppt.

Enjoy iPhone icon smile iPhone 2.0 and Killed message... A solution :)

Safari – Wine – Linux

Yes, finally Apple Safari 3.1 can run on Linux with Wine aid icon wink Safari Wine Linux

It’s very very very very simple. After downloading Safari from Apple site you can install it on your Linux box with wine SafariSetup.exe.

Installation work ok and you not see any error.

After nice icon appear on your desktop (at least with KDE), you need to delete (yes yes, delete) your winsxs~/.wine/drive_c/windows (lowercase) directory on and copy your original WinSxS (case sensitive) from c:\windows to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows.

After that… you simply type wine Safari or click to nice icon and all is ok !!!! icon smile Safari Wine Linux

Good surfing icon smile Safari Wine Linux

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SMB4K and KDE 4.0.x and KDE 4.1.x

Someone currently use KDE 4.0.x or KDE 4.1.x ???

Someone is a nostalgic user of SMB4K (currently only for KDE 3.x) ???

Well, if you want to use a CVS debianized version of SMB4k, you can use my repository (here you find URL link).

I hope it’s useful for someone icon smile SMB4K and KDE 4.0.x and KDE 4.1.x

Bye,
Salvatore

CVS client without password prompt

A very little tip for very fast people icon smile CVS client without password prompt

If, like me, you need to make a lot of CVS nighly update, sure you need to create a cron job with a simply bash script.

If you use cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@yourserver you’ll asked for a password !!!

DAMN #@#@#²³¼@¹²#@ icon sad CVS client without password prompt

If you want to really really really automate this operation, you simply use
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@yourserver !!!

So remote CVS server think you’re using a blank password icon wink CVS client without password prompt

Enjoy,
Salvatore

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