Using rsync, it is very simple to backup your personal data. Install it through the app manager and issue the following command from your computer
rsync -avz -e ssh user@10.0.0.1:. /home/foo/backup
Here, foo is the username you use on your computer and 10.0.0.1 is the ip address of the N900.
Tracking the number of downloads from google code svn repositories in real time is not currently possible. There is talk of adding this feature to google analytics in the future, but no official announcement has been made. Read on to learn how track downloads using Munin.
Installing the SDK for google’s Android platform can be a rather cumbersome process. To save you some time, I have created a Virtualbox Virtual Machine with Eclipse and Android SDK 1.5 r2 preinstalled.
PeerGuardian is a free, open source, IP address blocking software programs capable of blocking incoming and outgoing addresses. The application uses a blocklist of IP addresses to filter the computers of several organisations. The system is also capable of blocking advertising, spyware and government upon user preferences.
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Owners of the Asus eee pc 901 may have noticed that it makes quite alot of noise when the fan is on. In Ubuntu / Xubuntu / Kubuntu there are ways to control the fan that (almost) eliminates this. Read on for more.
Update: version two of eeefan has been released. Check it out here
An old friend once told me, that every blog post should have a nice image. This one shows an eee pc and a fan.