Monthly Archives: May 2005

VoIP Client Twinkles Brightly on Linux

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Barry O'Donovan

A question came up today on ILUG regarding Skype on Linux which then spill-ed over onto a conversation about VoIP clients. KPhone was mentioned which is what I have been using to date with my Blueface VoIP account. Unfortunately I … Continue reading →

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Timing Work Periods with KDialog, DCOP and KAlarm

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Barry O'Donovan

Mikolaj Machowski posted an nice example of using KDialog with DCOP to the KDE Developers mailing list a while back: #!/bin/bash PROGRESS=$(kdialog –icon kalarm –title “Short rest” \     –progressbar “Take a break…” 30) if [ $PROGRESS ]; then   for (( … Continue reading →

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Software Patents – Kathy Sinnott Will Oppose

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Barry O'Donovan

I got CC’d a reply to an e-mail from Ms Kathy Sinnott MEP today which asserts her strong opposition to EU Directive COD/2002/0047 which includes the issue of software patentability. Even in one small paragraph she shows a good understanding … Continue reading →

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Easy Listening – KRadio

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Barry O'Donovan

I often listen to the radio in the background while working/coding and in particular I’m a bit of a news talk junky. Generally I use my TV/radio tuner card with KRadio so I can control the channel and volumes with … Continue reading →

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KDE frontend for o2sms

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Barry O'Donovan

o2sms is an excellent Perl script for sending SMS’s (or text messages) via the UNIX command line without the bother of logging in through the provider’s webpages (which are often slow, clumsy and non-standards compliant). Despite its name, it supports … Continue reading →

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