Feb

18

Debian: from Etch to Lenny

February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

Today (or yesterday as I write), Debian Lenny was released. If you with to upgrade, the procedure is as follow:

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace all occurences of “etch” by “lenny”
run apt-get update or aptitude update
run aptitude upgrade
run aptitude dist-upgrade

The little discovery I made tonight was that apt needed keys to update the package list. Sometimes these [...]

Feb

15

Customize Windows XP to look like Mac OS X

February 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

I frequently use Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux (Debian, KDE4). I have a MacBook which I use by default to browse the Internet, answer email, etc. I turn on my desktop computer and run Linux if I’m about to edit a video. If I am about to code a little something from home, [...]