Windows 7 woes, defeat, change of the war plans..

I’ve been using Ubuntu Linux 90% of the time, and Windows XP 10% of the time, for about a year and half now. I’ve been keeping an eye out for Windows 7, though, as it seemed like a good Windows after the disappointing Vista.
So when I saw that Windows 7 RTM was already available [...]

Qt 4.4 released + plans for summer

Qt 4.4 framework was recently released. Hopefully PyQT 4.4 soon follows. Qt just rocks. =) Having been working with Java Swing (*cough*h o r r i b l e*cough*) these last four months, Qt 4.4 brings some light to the end of the tunnel..

Now that that’s out of the table, I can talk a little [...]

Why I use Linux more than Windows on these days..

Yesterday I dug up my Jewels-project from under the thick layer of frost it had gathered during the winter days. As it is a XNA-game, I have to boot into Windows to develop it. I installed XNA 2.0 and started porting the game. After a few head scratchers I finally got the game working properly [...]

My adventures with Python / PyQT

First of all, let me just say that Python + PyQt just rocks.
I’ve been recently learning Python. Just for fun, basically. Additional benefit is that now I have a better understanding on how to cope with Zope/Plone at my work. Anyway, apart from the Zope/Plone stuff the first thing I did in Python was a [...]

I Have No Delete Key

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS aka Hardy Heron was released yesterday. I had previously installed 7.10 aka Gutsy Gibbon on my new laptop, and upgraded to Hardy last night. The update process went quite nicely, except for one strange thing: my delete key no longer works! O.oWhen I press delete, the laptops WLAN led goes on – [...]