If you get the following error message when launching the Android SDK Manager: Failed to fetch URL https://dl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml, reason: File not found most likely the owner/permissions are not set correctly for the ~/.android directory. This error message is very confusing
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The latest Android OS version 2.2 (“Froyo”) was announced at the Google I/O conference on the 11th of May. As you already probably know it adds multiple enhancements like tethering, wifi hotspot functionality, full support for Flash, etc. Since I
How to Resume Partial File Transfers
I work primarily with UNIX and Linux machines and scp is my main choice to transfer files with. It is both convenient, short and secure. Example: scp localfile user@remotecomputer:/path/to/target/dir Recently I was transferring an 8GB file and due to a
Convert Quicktime Movies to AVI encoded with MPEG-4 (MOV to AVI) with Linux/Ubuntu
A lot of camcorders record in the .mov (Quicktime) format. It has high quality video and depending on the underlying codec it provides a good compression, but it is too proprietary and very often you might not be able to
When a Linux User Buys Apple
I just came upon two articles by Thomas Driemeyer. The author seems to be very sincere in his attempt to describe his experiences in switching from Linux to Apple (and subsequently back) and his good sense of humor makes the
Has Apple become like Mirosoft? Or may be even worse?
I love Apple! I cannot live without my iPod, much less without my iPhone! The “I am a Mac, I am a PC” commercials on TV are so adorable… Sometimes I rewind my DVR just to see one of those