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Linux Kernel 2.6.37 installation guide for Ubuntu Linux

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This short walkthrough describes how to get the latest linux kernel working under Ubuntu Linux without having to compile it yourself.

This tutorial should work with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux (10.04 and 10.10 ) and most distributions based on these versions of Ubuntu Linux like Mint.

The included kernel files have been compiled using the generic ubuntu configuration.
Note: nVIDIA ForceWare drivers are automatically installed using DKMS, if you have these installed and up-to-date.

Installation Guide

  1. Download Download your kernel headers package;

    linux-headers-2.6.37-020637_2.6.37-020637.201101050908_all.deb
  2. And more of that;

    I386: linux-headers-2.6.37-020637-generic_2.6.37-020637.201101050908_i386.deb

    AMD64: linux-headers-2.6.37-020637-generic_2.6.37-020637.201101050908_amd64.deb
  3. Download your kernel compile;

    I386: linux-image-2.6.37-020637-generic_2.6.37-020637.201101050908_i386.deb

    AMD64: linux-image-2.6.37-020637-generic_2.6.37-020637.201101050908_amd64.deb
  4. Install the files in the same order (else it won`t work!)
  5. In the terminal run:

    sudo update-grub
  6. Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu

    If it`s not there check all steps (and ofcourse errors)

And if you want, you can find the source here:

Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers

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As I told you in SVG drawings I started to make SVG drawings in Inkscape.
Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor application, which has capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features such as markers, clones, alpha blending etc, and enables users to edit nodes, perform complex path operations and trace bitmaps easily.

This month I will be reviewing the book Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers by Packt Open Source.

More information in the press release below;

Packt is pleased to announce Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers, a new book that will assist readers to use the fascinating Inkscape graphics editor to create attractive layout designs, images and icons for their website. Written by Bethany Hiitola, this book will teach readers to create their own Inkscape templates in addition to using the built-in ones.

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor application, which has capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features such as markers, clones, alpha blending etc, and enables users to edit nodes, perform complex path operations and trace bitmaps easily.

Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers book starts off with an introduction to the basics of Inkscape and then walks readers through the implementation of each of these features in their websites.  Additionally, this book will teach users to create web page and desktop wallpapers with swirling designs, incorporate icons and interactive maps on their website, style and graphically manipulate text, and enhance their web pages using flowcharts, diagrams and site maps.

Using this book, web designers will learn to add illustrative and web-ready diagrams, maps and designs to their website, import and manipulate images for their web page, tips and tricks for “tracing” bitmap images to convert them into full vector graphics for both photographs and logos, and to create simple and effective animated GIFs for their web page with GIMP.

Written in a clear conversational style, and packed with illustrations and easy-to-follow examples, this book is ideal for web designers, who wish to add attractive visual elements to their website. The book is out now and available from Packt. To read more about it, please visit:
www.packtpub.com/inkscape-0-48-essentials-for-web-designers/book

RadioWalcheren.nl 2011

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Radio Walcheren.nl version 3 has been launched. this is the third major overhaul for this website. The layout is the followup the first and the second layouts (New website RadioWalcheren.nl online, 25-11-2007).
If you count properly you will also see a “third”layout. This was a temporary layout because of the switch of the owner of the site.

Like the second layout, the website runs  on WordPress, but also incorporates techniques like CSS 3 and jQuery.

Have a look yourself at www.radiowalcheren.nl

Time for uniform CSS3

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When you are using CSS 3 you already know that most of the time you need to use settings in triplo (three times) or sometimes even four times!!!
With this I mean special codes for Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari/IE9.

I have included a little piece of code to illutrate;

-webkit-border-radius: 1px;
-moz-border-radius: 1px;
border-radius: 1px;

This bit is compatible with all 5 browsers and needs 3 lines of the same thing!
There are tags around which you have to specify four times.

I think its time to stick to the standards.
Then my example above will look a bit shorter;

border-radius: 1px;

Why would you program everything multiple times? We all have better stuff to do. Like introducing more coffee breaks a day to celebrate that your working efficiencient. Why bother with things like CDN and minification if you still have to write good code multiple times.

The Essential Guide to HTML5

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Next month I will be reviewing The Essential Guide to HTML5: Using Games to learn HTML5 and JavaScript by FriendsOfEd. The review will be available on this site.

What you’ll learn from this book:

  • Use HTML5 and JavaScript to create interactive web sites
  • Program in JavaScript with the new HTML5 features
  • Draw on canvas and place text on the canvas
  • Create animated scenes using timing events
  • Handle mouse events for interaction with the user/player
  • Important concepts useful in any programming language/environment
  • HTML tags, canvas, Math.random, setInterval, setTimerout, addEventListener, Date, localStorage and other features

More information about this book can be found at http://friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1430233834