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Backing up all your Flickr photos using Linux
I've been a Flickr pro user for 4 years, but the pro account costs 24,95$/year and I was looking for something cheaper. Anyway I was thinking that after all, even if I don't renew my account, I can...
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Nokia QtSDK installer crash on Ubuntu: how to fix it
If you try to install Nokia QtSDK on Ubuntu using the Nokia installer (that provides a newer version than the one distributed in Ubuntu Software Center) you could get an error like this:...
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Ubuntu Global Jam – March 3rd 2012: Pistoia (Tuscany), Italy.
Even this time Pistoia Linux User Group decided to join the international event "Ubuntu Global Jam" organizing it in collaboration with Ubuntu-it Community. The international event will be on March...
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Ubuntu: synchronizing settings among multiple computers using Ubuntu One
Using more than one computer, often it would be useful to have a way to synchronize settings among multiple computers. For example you change the desktop wallpaper on your office PC and you want to...
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Sharing your PC monitor with your Xbox using a VGA Switcher
Few days ago I decided to move my Xbox 360 from the room where is the TV to the room where I have my desktop PC. I wanted to avoid wasting precious space on my desk, so I decided to share my 22''...
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Ubuntu Global Jam Italy (Pistoia): a quick review
Yesterday in Pistoia (Italy) we had the Ubuntu Global Jam and about 15 people attended the event. We began with an introductive talk by Paolo Sammicheli about the Italian Ubuntu Community and how it...
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Ubuntu 12.04, Nvidia 8800 GS and Nouveau drivers
After upgrading my desktop PC to Ubuntu 12.04 (actually my main machine) I started experimenting many Xorg crashes and instability issues. I reported the bug, but I had to find a solution or I should...
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Ubuntu Release Sprint: a proposal to improve Ubuntu development
Yesterday, during the final UDS party, I had an idea to improve Ubuntu development, but I didn't know if it could be a good idea or a stupid one, so I talked to Daniel Holbach and David Planella about...
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Social Connect QML plugin: access Facebook, Twitter from your Qt/QML...
Social Connect is a library written in Qt that allows applications to easily connect to services like Facebook and Twitter. Recently I had the opportunity to work on this library improving it and...
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Ubuntu Release Sprint: calling for feedback!
During the last UDS party, I had an idea to improve Ubuntu development, but I didn't know if it could be a good idea or a stupid one, so I talked to Daniel Holbach and David Planella about it and they...
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Leaving Finland (and Nokia), coming back to Italy!
After a very pleasant experience in Finland (Tampere), I've finally come back to Italy. I had the opportunity to work for three months in Nokia as "Qt Expert" in "Nokia Developer Forum" and it's been...
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Using Cloud9 IDE to develop Django applications
Django is becoming very popular for dynamic websites development (actually it already is) so I decided to start learning it, with the help of a good book. To develop Django web applications you need a...
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Spotify 0.8.8 for Linux crashes if it cannot connect to Internet: how to fix it
If you upgrade Spotify for Linux to 0.8.8.x version and you have some network connection problems (for example you're behind a company firewall and need to set a proxy...) the application will...
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Using QtCreator to deploy and run a Qt application to a remote Linux device
QtCreator is a very flexible IDE and can really be adapted for a lot of things. I usually use it to develop mobile applications for Nokia N9 and BlackBerry 10, but it can be used for more generic...
View ArticleHow to install latest stable Node.js on Ubuntu
If you develop with Node.js and you want to be sure to have the latest stable version, luckly there is a PPA for it. All you need is to follow these instructions: sudo apt-get install...
View ArticleUsing Twitter Bootstrap with Node.js, Express and Jade
I've decided to write this post as a note to myself. I'm still learning Node.js and digging into Express/Jade, but I've read many people using the nice Twitter Bootstrap and I was wondering if there...
View ArticleUDS happening online only: pros and cons
When last week Canonical announced the usual UDS was not going to happen I was a bit shocked and disappointed: starting from the next UDS (that is going to happen tomorrow!) the event will be online...
View ArticleUsing virtualenv to manage multiple Python/Django environments in the same...
Developing Python applications sometimes it's useful to be able to test the code with different environments, for example a particular version of Python or a specific Django version etc... Setting up...
View ArticleHow to fix pip under Debian 6.0 (squeeze): ImportError: cannot import name...
The pip utility distributed with Debian 6.0 has a bug once you upgrade it with pip install -U pip. You will easily get this error when you try to install a new package with it: root@worker2:~# pip...
View ArticleHow to fix a WordPress website hacked by “zend_framework” malware
I admit. This website, like thousands of others, has been hacked! I still have to identify the precise source of the attack, but I've found out that is very common. I was able to discover about the...
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