Linux-Mac software Български

October 31st, 2007 2 Comments

So, I’m also using the latest Ubuntu at home. I decided to keep it for 1 reason: I’m too used to Expose from mac, and only Xgl allowed me to run compiz. I tried to run it under slackware, but it took me a while to get to nowhere. After I had the look and feel and all servers running, I started to look for programs under linux that I’m using for my daily work and here is what I got:

Linux (Gnome/GTK) Linux(KDE/QT) Mac Purpose Note
Evolution Kmail Mail.app Mail client I like it a lot that Mail.app combines (on the screen) all my mailboxes and I don’t have to go through all of them when I check my email. The other two programs create separate mailboxes and I have to click on one at a time.
Firefox Firefox Safari Web Browser I definitely like Firefo as a browser more, but I miss the way Safari handles RSS feeds
Rhythmbox Amarok iTunes Music here the situation is a little tricky, but so far I think I like Rhythmbox the best.
Totem-xine Kaffeine VLC Movies I like VLC the best of all, but it has a problem with the Passthrough spdif option, that’s why I don’t use it under Linux. Sometimes I change VLC with mplayer.
TexLive TexLive TexLive TeX backend no comment
Texmaker TexShop TeX frontend TexShop the best. This is one of the best programs I’ve used!
Quanta Plus Quanta Plus Dreamweaver CS3 Web Development Here Dreamweaver is a definite leader and in both cases I’m not even considering the visual editors.
Photoshop CS2 Photoshop CS2 Photoshop CS3 Графична обработка Photoshop is Photoshop.
pidgin kopete Adium IM client Like TexShop, Adium is one of the great programs for Mac. I love it
Azureus 2.5 Azureus 2.5 Azureus 2.5 Torrent client I think it works best
gnome-terminal konsole iTerm terminal I used to use aterm a lot, but now I don’t mind much which terminal I use.
Firefox RSS Reader Safari RSS reader see the browsers
OOo OOo TextEdit Text editing Since quite some time, if I don’t need some special formatting, I use the simplest features and I don’t care where I write. Otherwise, for larger papers I use LaTeX

And someone rides a bike Български

October 26th, 2007 No Comments

Last Sunday I didn’t work. Vassil stopped by on Saturday and because the weather on Sunday was nice we decided to go for a ride on the bikes to the close park. So, as we were getting close to the park there is a bridge with a slight downhill slope. We started accelerating a little bit and just when I was about to pass the bridge, a kid jumped in front of me. I squeezed both brakes and the rear of my bike lifted from the ground causing me to take off from the bike. Fortunately, the kid moved away on time and I managed to land on my hands. The consequences were 2-3 places on my hand with a missing skin on the knuckles of the fingers. I didn’t think it’s a big deal then, but it turned out that when you type, you bend your fingers a lot. The bike also survived.

I’m glad I had my first aid kit with me so I cleaned the wounds very fast but opted for not putting any bandages to make the healing process faster.

That happened 4 days ago and all that’s left from the wounds are the scars. The healed pretty fast.

Geodar running Linux again Български

October 26th, 2007 No Comments

After the last update of OS X86 something went bad and I decided to put back Linux. All services were down for about half a day, but now everything should be fine.

Few pictures from Bulgaria Български

October 17th, 2007 No Comments

I opened the DVD with all the pictures from our last trip to Bulgaria and I picked a few from the groups for my gallery:

Please, if you are a protector of animals and animal rights do not look at the album Haskovo.

Road test Български

October 15th, 2007 4 Comments

I couldn’t take my road test :) . There are two possibilities : either I cannot drive ( I have a BG license for almost 6 years without a single violation ) or the guy that was testing me was having huge problems with the world. To get a license in New York you need less than 30 pts, I had 75! The worst thing is I have to wait 1 month for the next available date. At least it’s free…
I guess I’ll be driving with my license and that’s it.

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