Archive for September 2009

vrms: 16 non-free packages, 0.9% of 1712 installed packages.

Well yet another meem on planet ubuntu, and so without further ado:

earobinson@MinusOne:/media/data/personal/hackergotchi$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on MinusOne

fglrx-modaliases          Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.28 modules helper script
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels
nvidia-173-modaliases     Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-180-kernel-source  NVIDIA binary kernel module source
nvidia-180-libvdpau       Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
nvidia-180-modaliases     Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-71-modaliases      Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-96-modaliases      Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-glx-180            NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
opera                     The Opera Web Browser
picasa                    Image management application from Google
sun-java6-bin             Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
sun-java6-jre             Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
tangerine-icon-theme      Tangerine Icon theme
unrar                     Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)
Reason: Modifications problematic

Contrib packages installed on MinusOne

flashplugin-installer     Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
flashplugin-nonfree       Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional pack
nvidia-common             Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
nvidia-settings           Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ttf-mscorefonts-installer Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts

16 non-free packages, 0.9% of 1712 installed packages.
5 contrib packages, 0.3% of 1712 installed packages.

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8 Open Source Websites I Use, and 2 I Don’t

I love lists, and I love open source software. Whats more I find that I am using more and more open source websites in my daily life. Without further ado here are 8 open source websites I use:

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Site
Comment
Source
1 Wikipedia Great free encyclopedia Source
2 Reddit Social news site, similar to digg. Source
3 Planet Ubuntu Ok well I mostly just use the rss feeds. Source
4 earobinson.org That was a bit of a shameless plug but really any wordpress blog would do. Source
5 Identi.ca micro-blogging service similar to twitter. Source
6 Trac Great project management tool! Source
7 Launchpad Another great project management tool, used by the ubuntu community and many more. Source
8 Pastebin Great way to share snippets of text Source



and two that I don’t:

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Site
Comment
Source
1 Drupal Like Wordpress another great CMS Source
2 Libre.fm The open source version of Last.Fm a great music tracking service Source



Update: I just realized I also use tr.im as my url shortener and they will be going open source.