Comments for Open Warrior

Comment on nokia music store disappointment by Errol

Errol — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:04:08 +0000

Ok so Mac users can now download Nokia’s multimedia transfer app and get access to the store too. I doubt whether something will be done for us Linux users… for firefox or chrome. I’d consider buying music BUT there is NO way I’m doing so via anything on Microsoft. And if its locked up with DRM… well just another reason not to be bent outta shape by Nokia’s short sightedness with their business model.

Comment on great open source game by Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:17 +0000

@Wesnoth
Hmmm…I wouldn’t say it’s up to the standard of Warcraft 3, but I agree that comparing it to Warcraft 2 could be seen as a bit harsh.
These screenshots should illustrate my views…
Wesnoth 1.6: http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.6-4.jpg
Warcraft 2: http://www.flatredball.com/frb/docs/images/d/d0/Warcraft2_Screenshot.jpg
Warcraft 3:http://www.freakygaming.com/gallery/strategy_games/warcraft_3:_the_frozen_throne/new_units.jpg

Comment on great open source game by Wesnoth

Wesnoth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:04:46 +0000

Bit unfair to say it looks like Warcraft 2, it’s more up to the standard of Warcraft 3.

Comment on nokia maps bad gps signal workaround by Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:17:46 +0000

@DrZook Thanks for the heads up DrZook, I'll check it out. Hopefully Nokia will fix this problem soon so that we don't need to use other programs to get a signal lock...

Comment on nokia maps bad gps signal workaround by DrZook

DrZook — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:13:05 +0000

Instead of google maps, I used the “Trapster” application to the same effect. Opening the app first locked onto the GPS quite quickly. Then I opened Nokia maps and the fix was in a couple of seconds.

Comment on About by Xoluqobo

Xoluqobo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:20:16 +0000

Hello Kyle. nice blog. never knew u had one.

p.s. the marimba is pretty cool.

Comment on nokia maps bad gps signal workaround by Jeroen

Jeroen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:46:57 +0000

This solution worked for me.
Without maps.google my signal was fixed sometimes even after 30 minutes.
Now with maps.google i got a fix within 20 seconds. After the fix i started Sygic (my navigator) and it picked up that fix inmediatly.

Thanks for this helpfull post!

Comment on getting the lenovo sl300 camera to work on linux by George

George — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:31:41 +0000

Kyle, thanks for this post. I also own a SL300 (w/ Nvidia Graphics Card) It helped me run my webcam under Ubuntu 9.10. Just followed the instructions you laid out on Jaunty.

George L.

Comment on dropbox-servicemenu-kde by Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:26:40 +0000

Hi Hans

Ah yes, I did make a few assumptions with the install script. I’ll edit it to reflect the changes you recommended.
When you say that the menu doesn’t work for you? In what way does it not work? I’d like to fix it

Comment on dropbox-servicemenu-kde by Hans

Hans — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:12:44 +0000

Hey,

I wrote that I would post come comments on the service menu, and here they are:

1. The install script assumes that your KDE config files are stored in ~/.kde4. This is not always the case – some distros use ~/.kde, for example. I think you can use ‘kde4-config –localprefix’ (without ”) to get the path instead (not sure using $KDEHOME is safe; it was not exported on my system).

2. Another problem with the install script is that it also assumes that ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/ exists. This was not the case here.

3. Here’s an icon with transparent background: http://hanswchen.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dropbox-icon.png

4. The desktop file looks for the icon in /home/kyle/Dropbox/dropbox-icon.png.

And finally, the menu doesn’t work for me, probably because I use a symlink to my Dropbox directory. Not much to do about this, I guess. =)

Keep up the good work!