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Setting up Gaim with Jabber / Gtalk (google talk)
Now im really getting ticked off. AOL MSN YAHOO are all playing up. Mails sent are getting dumped into the junk / spam folders. They call it anti-spam, I call it playing spoilt sport. There are better non-intrusive methods which we use to block spam . They are simply scared of the competition. Google for news on this....
GNOME GUI tweaks....
after a strong 6+ hrs of coding,planning and finishing of a lot of backlogged work.., I Felt like doing something else, just to take my mind off code.
Was playing with GNOME and decided to see what can I do to make it feel more user friendly. Did not like some of the defaults. so here they are, the changes (gnome 2.8, debian sarge sable)
Linux Downloads for Acer Aspire
all related to Aspire 5002NWLMi
The Configuration Page for installing Debian linux
The fixed DSDT, DSL file : (also available from acpi.sourceforge.net)
My X Config file
Installing Debian Sarge (AMD64) on ACER ASPIRE 5002NWLMi
Details on Installing Debian Sarge (AMD64) on ACER ASPIRE 5002NWLMi. Links to download the config files I used, bios (dsdt) fixes, programs I used.
General Hardware Specifications of Acer Aspire 5002NWLMi
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WPA with ndiswrapper, wireless lans, security
Debian sarge (amd64) does not come with the software needed to enable WPA authtentication on wireless lans.
before you are tempted to give up and go with WEP security, read about the security flaws here.
Security of the WEP algorithm:
http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html
