| TV Mosaic Released ! |  | | by Thomas, 08-Oct-2007 @ 20:16 |
| | I recently discovered DVB possibilities on Linux. I had a DVB-T USB key for a while and then, as mentioned in user's guide, his use was "dedicated" to Windows XP and afterward M$ versions likely. Fortunately that's wrong and simply using VL4 drivers and MPlayer I got pleasure to see it works fine and quickly on Linux (you can have a look at my How To). Then I searched for DVB viewers and particularly for a nice feature included in the poor vendor software attached with the key : a mosaic view of the channels... I've only found such possibility in the great VLC player but setup sounded too complex for me. Then I tried to create a modest but to the point piece of software to realize this. After hours of efforts I'm proud to announce the release of TV Mosaic, which is not solely my first pure Linux application but also my first Open Source program ! :o) This is my modest contribution to the Open Source world which gave me yet so much pleasant stuff ! All the details and download are on My Freeware (Linux) page. It is also proudly referenced on Gnomes Files (may be more to come...). I coded this small application during my spare time and as I'm far to be the best developer ever seen any suggestion, comment, improvement or fix will be greatly appreciated. Hope this application will be useful for you ! Enjoy ! :o) PS : 0.02 version is on the rails...
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| Busy Months... |  | | by Thomas, 30-Sep-2007 @ 19:03 |
| | New short comment here after a long idle time due to very busy last months... Some abroad moves, job change... Website will be updated with new content (pictures, Linux stuff...) very soon...
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| Back from Pyramids... |  | | by Thomas, 19-May-2007 @ 23:10 |
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Just back a few days ago from Cairo, Egypt, where we have seen the top tourist stuff : Gizeh Pyramids and Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, Saqqarah, Old Cairo... Web page with pictures in the MyTravels section soon...
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| Dubai... | | | by Thomas, 15-Mar-2007 @ 22:54 |
| | Back from Dubai ! :o) Page with pictures is now available in the My Travels section.
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| Merry Christmas | | | by Thomas, 24-Dec-2006 @ 10:33 |
| | Just to wish a Merry Christmas to all... :o)
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| SwishMax + Wine on Linux... It WORKS now ! :o) | | | by Thomas, 20-Dec-2006 @ 18:34 |
| | Most of the people that will read this post will likely not understand what I'm talking about... But that's a great news for me ! :o) Well it needs a further explanations : Swishmax ? That's a Windows based cheap program, allowing to build amazing flash 
animations, widely used on my website. Wine ? This is an Open Source "program" capable of running Windows applications on Linux (and other POSIX compatible OS). Up to now running Swishmax on Linux via Wine worked more or less but led systematically to crash while attempting to open any SWI file, which made it finally unusable... Yesterday I upgraded Wine to 0.9.27 version and without any conviction I tried Swishmax with this new release (as usual)... And then BIG SURPRISE : opening the files (probably the main problem) seems now work fine !!! I was able to open several simple or complex samples, played and exported them WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM ! :o)  I went on my tests by opening one of my existing complete project (with images, sounds, effects, scripting...), modifying it deeply, testing and export it and... it works perfectly !!!
Swishmax editor seems have ignored multiple wish requests (in forums) to port their (wonderful) application on other OS (Linux and MacOSX) but once more Open Source Community has found a workaround... One step further outside the WindowZ world ! Links : Swishzone - WineHQ - Swishmax in WineHQ's Apps Database
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| Linux Distribution Test : Impressed by Freespire ! | | | by Thomas, 12-Dec-2006 @ 19:11 |
| | I've heard about Freespire for a couple of months now without taking time to check it further. May be because the default environment is KDE (which is not my favorite) and because it is a distribution derivated from Linspire, a commercial product. Freespire is simply the communal and open source version of Linspire. Anyway I've seen that ISO allows both LiveCD and Install, as often now. So I downloaded the 1.0.13 version (there is currently a V2 Beta also), burned it and bounced my laptop to test LiveCD. First  feeling sounded very positive : Nice graphic & icons, clear and well ordered menu with transparency (by default !), complete software suite immediately installed... So I finally decided to install it my laptop in a few Gb partition available. Like the rest the install was very easy, fully graphical and fast ! I was also really surprised by the resolution screen management. Actually Freespire was able to manage automatically (and correctly !) a 2nd resolution when the laptop is plugged on a dock station with an external 19'' screen. The only problems I've seen up to now are on Wifi (cannot connect despite it identifies my hardware) and use of CNR via a proxy, but I did not tested a lot yet... Despite Freespire FAQ I also have difficulties to find the real border with Linspire commercial world (except for Support)... Anyway even if it needs further tests (like on the "famous" CNR ie Click'n'Run) this is definitely a worth to try distribution, especially for people who want to migrate smoothly to Linux... Links : Freespire & Linspire
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| Back From Berlin ! | | | by Thomas, 05-Dec-2006 @ 20:20 |
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Just back from a pleasant 3 days week-end in Berlin... History, tasting of local food and Christmas atmosphere were the main themes of this trip... As usually a complete page with pictures, comments (...) in the My Travels section will follow soon ! The Berlin Wall ->
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| Elephants Dream : The 1st Open Movie... |  | | by Thomas, 28-Nov-2006 @ 00:28 |
|  There is now a couple of months that I've heard about the Elephants Dream project but I'd never taken time to watch it. That's now done. Elephants Dream is the world’s first open movie, made entirely with open source graphics software such as Blender ! The result ? An amazing 10 minutes movie with excellent images, animations, sounds (...) quality (even if the story is a little bit strange for me) ! Another proof, if it was necessary, of the power of the Open Source Software !
Websites : Elephants Dream & Blender
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| Pétition : Ras-le-Bol des PC Neuf avec Windows & Co Pré-Installés ? |  | | by Thomas, 28-Aug-2006 @ 20:19 |
|  Comme le dit le site Racketiciel.info :
"Un ordinateur neuf grand public est le plus souvent vendu conjointement avec Microsoft Windows et avec d'autres logiciels. D'un point de vue légal, cela représente une vente liée, interdite. D'un point de vue financier, cela représente un coût de l'ordre de 100 à 300 euros (masqué puisque le prix détaillé n'est pas accessible). Il faut des logiciels, mais pas forcément ceux-là".
Clair non ? Alors Signez la Pétition ! :o)
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| Back from the Beach... :o) |  | | by Thomas, 07-Aug-2006 @ 13:18 |
| We are back from a relaxing summer stay on the Costa de Cocos (Coconuts Coast) in Dominican Republic...
As usual a webpage with pictures and details will be available shortly in the My Travels section.
Stay tuned...
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| Ubuntu Dapper Drake Released ! | | | by Thomas, 06-Jun-2006 @ 12:22 |
| The new version of Ubuntu Linux, the Dapper Drake (version 6.06), has been released a few days ago ! Yipee ! :o)
Download, install and enjoy !
Website : Ubuntu.com
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| Back from Asia... | | | by Thomas, 15-May-2006 @ 11:40 |
| We are back from a nice trip in Singapore and Malaysia...
Webpage with pictures and details will be available soon in the My Travels section...
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| StarWars Expo |  | | by Thomas, 24-Apr-2006 @ 17:22 |
|  We went to the StarWars expo at La Cité des Sciences in Paris la Vilette.
Quite interesting to see even if I expected more exciting stuff...
Website : www.cite-sciences.fr
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| NON au projet de loi DADVSI ! | | | by Thomas, 14-Apr-2006 @ 12:35 |
| | Dites NON au projet de loi DADVSI et signez la pétition !
DADVSI ??? Kezaco ??? Cette loi va entre autres :
- Rendre le P2P illégal
- Sonner la fin de la copie privée
- Tuer les Webradios en France
- Imposer les DRMs comme standard
- ...
Liens utiles : eucd.info
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| Deep Purple is Still at the Top ! |  | | by Thomas, 25-Jan-2006 @ 12:00 |
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We attended yesterday evening the only (!) Parisian concert of Deep Puple, my favorite band, for their new album Rapture of the Deep... I had the pleasure to see them twice in the past (1996 and 1998) and they are still excellent in 2006 ! :o) As usual, the concert was a mix of songs from their last album and of course of their legendary titles like Pictures of Home, Lazy, Smoke on the Water, Black Night... If Ian Gillan (vocals), Steve Morse (lead guitar), Roger Glover (bass guitar) and Ian Paice (drums) were "well known", it was the first time that I saw Don Airey, who replaced Jon Lord, on the keyboards. And I was very impressed.
Well they are still at the top I hope for many more years !
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| Welcome and Happy New Year 2006 ! | | | by Thomas, 01-Jan-2006 @ 12:00 |
| | Hi !
Welcome on my blog and...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006 !
:o)
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After a significant period I can provide a feedback on this Linux distribution and release. 2.5 months later it appears to be one of the most stable release I've ever seen ! The system has never gone down or even been shaky despite high load and tests done. Yes sometimes an application crashes but actually it is the same on any other OS... Associated to the (nice) Gnome I put some useful and funny stuff like the robust Engage toolbar (from E17) or conky (monitoring system) to get a nice and very functional desktop ! I'm also still impressed by the power and easiness of the combination of Deb packages + APT + Synaptic systems for applications intallations/uninstallations...