Monthly Archives: March 2010

Kitchen Sink Melodrama

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Aaron Mangoroban

For today,  we will have to deviate from the normal linux geek squak and talk about something else that I am very much into: Indie Pop.  No, it is not an independent release of Britney’s latest album . Contrary to … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Install Skype in OpenSUSE 11.2 64bit

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Aaron Mangoroban

As my close friends in the Freenode community where I hang out have known, I am very much particular with the applications I install on my machine depending on what desktop environment I am currently using.  If I am using … Continue reading →

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Who’s Fichte?

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Aaron Mangoroban

As you might have noticed, most Linux distros have their version naming conventions or codenames.  I have always wondered if OpenSUSE have codenames for their releases.  A bit of googling answered my question.  Actually, OpenSUSE just started this trend recently … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Enable Subpixel Hinting FreeType Fonts in OpenSUSE 11.2 (Fichte)

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Aaron Mangoroban

After deciding to switch to OpenSUSE, one of the things I first noticed is how ugly looking the default desktop looks (KDE).  I didn’t last for a week and I switched back to Ubuntu Karmic Koala.  I have been using … Continue reading →

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