Archive for the 'Debian' Category

Install Debian on Dell Vostro200

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Recently, at work we changed our desktop computers. I’ve been faced to difficulties with a Dell Vostro200. Vostro had no OS. The hardware is still very recent. After 2 days I finally succeed in it. :
The content of my box : (lspci and lspci -v).

migus@dazibao:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev […]

Surprising vim7

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Today I edited cryptonit’s debian/changelog with vim 7.

+- 6 lignes : cryptonit (0.9.7-1) unstable; urgency=low – Pierre Machard——————
+– 7 lignes : cryptonit (0.9.6c-3) unstable; urgency=low – Pierre Machard——————
+– 7 lignes : cryptonit (0.9.6c-2) unstable; urgency=low – Pierre Machard——————
+– 7 lignes : cryptonit (0.9.6c-1) unstable; urgency=low – Pierre Machard——————
+– 6 lignes : cryptonit (0.9.6-1) unstable; urgency=low – Pierre Machard——————

That nice but strange a first sight.

First Year of Master in Computer and Science

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Yeah, such as my friend acid I passed My Master of Computer & Science. Considering that I was away from the unviersity half of my first semester, I am proud of that result.

Adapt planetplanet with French settings

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

Today I hacked a little bit on planet in oder to suit with French settings such as timezone and dates.
I modified two files planet.py and planetlib.py. I had trouble to display dates in my timezone. The only solution I found was to add (3600 * 2) seconds to the current UTC time. (In France […]

Passing the TOEIC

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

After the TOEFL, today I had the results of my TOEIC. My score is 885, not as well as acid but I am proud of it (Yeah, a golden Certificate of Achievement) ;-)

My blogger code

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

Thanks to planet.debian.org I was informed of the blogger code.
My blogger code is the following:
B4 d++ t+ k+ s- u– f- i o+ x e l c–

Results for the TOEFL

Wednesday, February 9th, 2005

I finaly receive my results of TOEFL last saturday, I am proud to announce that I get 227 as Total score. For those who would worry about such score, please do not. It’s a computer based test. That is to say that if I had taken the paper based test, I would get 567.

Passing the TOEFL

Saturday, January 8th, 2005

Yesterday, I passed the TOEFL. The computer based test. I am waiting for the results however, at first sight it does not seem that bad:

Computer-Based Test Score Scale

Listening
23 / 30

Structure/Writing
09 - 27 / 30

Reading
23 / 30

Total Score
183 - 243 / 300

The final score will provide the mark for Structure / Writing. I do not […]

Lobbying for a decent French localization in mozilla

Monday, November 29th, 2004

Last night on the topic of #traduc on irc.oftc.net, the topic mentioned the following URL:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194498
In French typo we have non-breakable spaces. The problem is that currently mozilla does not handle these non-breakable spaces correclty. It simply replaces non-breakable spaces by “normal” spaces. It renders some forms, filenames and wiki very dirty. You could help solving […]

Does my Real life come back ?

Thursday, October 28th, 2004

I am always in convalescence after the aggression I was victim on september 6th. My body is now in good shape, but my moral is very low. I am not doing many things. But that’s not the subject of this post. These last days at home, my family decided to install a wifi network. Since […]

Back at Home

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

I am back at home. I left the hospital yesterday. I still need to stay at home a month to be in better shape. I have several fractures of the petrosal part of the temporal bone (on my right side). The skin of my auditory canal has been removed. My tympanic membrane has also been […]

Aggression

Friday, September 10th, 2004

Exceptionally, I write in Pierre’s blog.
Pierre was attacked monday evening.
He is currently at Vannes hospital and he seems to be quite well, although he fell from 3 meters.
His health is stable and he should be back in a few days.
You can leave here your comment for him.

I am a politician

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

I found the link to this quizz on a recent post of Jaldhar Vyas on planet.debian.net
Wackiness: 34/100
Rationality: 24/100
Constructiveness: 66/100
Leadership: 56/100
You are an SECL–Sober Emotional Constructive Leader. This makes you a politician. You cut deals, you change minds, you make things happen. You would prefer to be liked than respected, but generally […]

News From the LSM at Bordeaux

Thursday, July 8th, 2004

Last night we had a Debian dinner here at LSM. We were in a nice restaurant with Andreas Tille, Werner Heuser, Bart Cornelis, Herman Robak, Julien Delange, Julien Danjou, Bill Alombert, Martin Poirier (a Blender developper). There are many Debian developers and helpers here. However most of them have several hats on their […]

Postpone changes until Sarge releases

Saturday, July 3rd, 2004

it seems that we will “Puts the recent changes made in the social contract in abeyance for the next release of Debian. (Choice 2 on the ballot)”

The winner of the vote is:
Option 2 “Choice 2: Postpone changes until Sarge releases [needs 3:1]”
Well proposal B was my 4th Choice, I would really have […]

A 70s Geek

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

If you wonder about my personal philosophy I guess that this quizz will give you some idea.

I’m A 1970s Geek

You’ve decided for the world that it’s time for a change. JOIN THE GEEK REVOLUTION!

find your geek decade at spacefem.com

Petanque Tournament at LSM

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

I will attend the LSM from the 6th to the 10th of July 2004 at the ENSEIRB school located on the campus of the Bordeaux I University.
My association (tuxfamily.org) is organizing a petanque Tournament. Feel free to subscribe by sending an email at petanque<at>tuxfamily<dot>org. (Don’t forget your boules!)
As far as I know there […]

My vote about “The General Resolution”

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

Since Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho ask for D-D to explain their vote, here is mine:

Vote #
Choice
Comment

[1 ]

1): Postpone changes until September 2004 [needs 3:1]

I seconded this proposal since it provides a strong deadline for Sarge so this is my first choice

[4 ]

2): Postpone changes until Sarge releases  [needs 3:1]

I really prefer the deadline of September.

[5 ]

3): Add apology to Social Contract [needs 3:1]

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