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18 <h1>GNU/Linux stuff</h1>
19 <p>Here's some random <a href=
20 "http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a> stuff
21 which may be of use.</p>
24 <li><a href="#scripts">Scripts</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#serialconsole">Serial console (very)
27 <li><a href="#screenshots">Screenshots</a></li>
29 <h2><a name="scripts" id="scripts">Scripts</a></h2>
30 <h3>Logitech Cordless Desktop Deluxe</h3>
31 <p>I've written <a href="logitech.shtml">a small howto</a> on how
32 to get the extra keys on a Logitech Cordless Desktop Deluxe to work
34 "http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml">the X Window
35 System under Debian</a>.</p>
36 <h3>Enlightenment scripting sample</h3>
37 <p>This <a href="e_launchOrMoveApp_sh.shtml">script -
38 e_launchOrMove</a> can be bound to the extra keys on f.i. a
39 Logitech Cordless Desktop Deluxe wireless keyboard. It launches a
40 program, or moves it to the current <a href=
41 "http://enlightenment.org/pages/main.html">Enlightenment</a>
43 <h3>The GIMP scripting</h3>
44 <p>While creating the site, I wrote <a href=
45 "website_quarter_circle_ll.pl.shtml">a script to generate a quarter
46 circle</a>. Using that script, and 3 others, the corners of the
47 navigation bar can be generated automatically.</p>
48 <h2><a name="serialconsole" id="serialconsole">Serial console
49 (very) mini-HOWTO</a></h2>
50 <p>Since I read about serial consoles being one of the many
51 advantages of UNIX-like systems, I decided I needed some hands-on
52 experience with them. While it seemed difficult at first, the
53 hardest part turned out to be finding a power cable to connect the
54 second box to the power grid.<br />
55 <a href="/Pictures/20021229_Serial_Console/index.shtml">Here's the
56 mini-HOWTO on getting a serial console to work</a></p>
57 <h2><a name="screenshots" id="screenshots">Screenshots</a></h2>
58 <p>No amateur geek site is complete without a section dedicated to
59 the beauty of <a href=
60 "http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/s.html#sexist">his</a>
61 desktop. As I am truly commited to geekness, I follow suit.</p>
62 <p><a href="/Pictures/shot_04-01-03_232439.jpg">My desktop on
63 January 4th, 2003</a> Look, I'm putting up the pictures of my Miami
65 <a href="/Pictures/shot_09-03-03_224036.png">My desktop on March
66 9th, 2003</a> Incidentally, I was also working on my site that
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