With February I officially founded my own company! It is called Enaweg and creates software on demand among other things. This has been a busy time, planning for almost two years, reading lots of business stuff, calculating costs, getting enough financing going to start, talking to banks aso.
Also long time no post here! :( A lot has changed since 2013. I married a wonderful woman, become a father twice, first a girl then a boy! Furthermore, I travelled some parts of the world (Cuba, USA, Mexico, Island, Italy, North Germany, England, Ireland, Portugal). And there is even more, like I bought a house with a nice garden and am self-renovating it, almost finished with that! Also got a Surface Pro and bought a new powerful desktop system for work, newest stuff, watercooled. Maybe I find time to post more about some of that stuff. And I'm now converted from using Ubuntu to Arch which is awesome!
Anyways, nice to post again after way to many years, and check out ENAWEG!
Showing posts with label Ubuntu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ubuntu. Show all posts
Jul 31, 2018
May 11, 2013
The Humble Double Fine Bundle
And an other great Humble Bundle. The Humble Double Fine Bundle (pay what you want and help charity)
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition
I kinda like the XPS 13. Good hardware and looks nice. I just checked the Dell site and found the same with Windows 8. It looks to me like its exactly the same hardware, just different OS. So what's the difference in price then?
The Ubuntu one costs 1049 EUR and has a 50 EUR discount which puts it at 999 EUR. The same one with Windows 8 costs 1169 EUR and has a 120 EUR discount which puts it at a 1049 EUR price-point. So it's 50 EUR cheaper to buy the Ubuntu one. But somehow the Windows version has 70 EUR more discount. Which would make the Ubuntu version 120 EUR cheaper. I can buy a Windows 8 OEM version here for 80 EUR. So without the discounts it would even be cheaper to buy the Ubuntu version and a Windows 8 copy.
Additionally you wouldn't have all the preinstalled crap on your machine. The last two Dell laptops I reinstalled even before booting them once. Anyway I really like the XPS 13. Especially with this shiny full HD display.
The Ubuntu one costs 1049 EUR and has a 50 EUR discount which puts it at 999 EUR. The same one with Windows 8 costs 1169 EUR and has a 120 EUR discount which puts it at a 1049 EUR price-point. So it's 50 EUR cheaper to buy the Ubuntu one. But somehow the Windows version has 70 EUR more discount. Which would make the Ubuntu version 120 EUR cheaper. I can buy a Windows 8 OEM version here for 80 EUR. So without the discounts it would even be cheaper to buy the Ubuntu version and a Windows 8 copy.
Additionally you wouldn't have all the preinstalled crap on your machine. The last two Dell laptops I reinstalled even before booting them once. Anyway I really like the XPS 13. Especially with this shiny full HD display.
Mar 13, 2013
Dec 20, 2012
Nov 28, 2012
Ubuntu Powering Wii U Demo Booths?
Is Ubuntu Powering Wii U Demo Booths? | OMG! Ubuntu!
great! Ubuntu is just everywhere. And in lots of places you wouldn't know it is.
great! Ubuntu is just everywhere. And in lots of places you wouldn't know it is.
Game performance improvement for Ubuntu
Losca: Game performance improvement for Ubuntu available for testing
good that this issue is finally/soon resolved. Still waiting for my Steam beta invite. ... but not in a hurry, rather want things to work out of the box. I guess much more stuff like that will be introduced/fixed in the next year or so. Like how Steam pushes things there, will get easier and more straight forward to port other games.
good that this issue is finally/soon resolved. Still waiting for my Steam beta invite. ... but not in a hurry, rather want things to work out of the box. I guess much more stuff like that will be introduced/fixed in the next year or so. Like how Steam pushes things there, will get easier and more straight forward to port other games.
Nov 13, 2012
Oct 31, 2012
Ubuntu UDS R - Keynote
like the stage, looking good. Good things to happen in the next cycle but a lot of it on the back side. Which isn't a bad thing at all.
Oct 29, 2012
Valve/Steam Linux Beta
[Phoronix] Apply To Be Part Of The Valve Linux Beta
Valves Linux beta, finally here. Of course it did arrive just as I wasn't anywhere near my computer.
Valves Linux beta, finally here. Of course it did arrive just as I wasn't anywhere near my computer.
Oct 24, 2012
Mono 3.0 is out
Mono 3.0 is out - Miguel de Icaza
hmm .. so now how do I get that onto my Ubuntu box. Hope this is also soon used within Unity3D.
hmm .. so now how do I get that onto my Ubuntu box. Hope this is also soon used within Unity3D.
Team Fortress 2 Is Coming To Linux
[Phoronix] Ho-Hum: Yes, Team Fortress 2 Is Coming To Linux
more good Steam games is always a good thing :). Hope the beta is still on track for this month ...
more good Steam games is always a good thing :). Hope the beta is still on track for this month ...
Oct 20, 2012
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) release
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) released!
.. this is the first release in years I didn't have much time or motivation to install prior to release. Ubuntu 12.04 is a great release. And I haven't seen any compelling new feature that makes me switch. My laptop has Ubuntu 12.10 installed now. I'll post my usual findings as I used it for some time.
.. this is the first release in years I didn't have much time or motivation to install prior to release. Ubuntu 12.04 is a great release. And I haven't seen any compelling new feature that makes me switch. My laptop has Ubuntu 12.10 installed now. I'll post my usual findings as I used it for some time.
Open Source Culture: Problem #1
I like how Canonical decided to be more open about secret projects they work on. At least that they now involve some people outside of Canonical to get feedback is great. I think a lot of problems with the new "Amazon Suggestions" feature could have been avoided like that. Sometimes it just takes an outside perspective to see some problems.
And I don't think it is a problem between Open Source and secret projects. Sometimes this is a much better approach then to be open from the start. It's more about the psychological side than code improvements or testing. Often Projects fail because motivation of the contributors fades away. People just tend to move on as they loose interest.
That's why I really dislike bad comments to some newly released code. It's new, surely it has it's problems, just like anything new has. At least some others seem to share my opinion. I think Jono Bacon put it right on his blog:
Comments like "you should have used X instead!" are just wrong. Especially for things that are open and you get for free. Even more so if the one releasing something didn't event get paid to do so. The only thing these comments do is discouraging someone which cares about free and open software. So people writing such bad things are only discouraging other people to do such tings. You are destroying your own system here.
This is something I still see way too often on blogs. This is really bad for open software ...
And I don't think it is a problem between Open Source and secret projects. Sometimes this is a much better approach then to be open from the start. It's more about the psychological side than code improvements or testing. Often Projects fail because motivation of the contributors fades away. People just tend to move on as they loose interest.
That's why I really dislike bad comments to some newly released code. It's new, surely it has it's problems, just like anything new has. At least some others seem to share my opinion. I think Jono Bacon put it right on his blog:
The Genesis Of Free Software Projects | jonobacon@home: "when sometime decides to create Free Software either as an individual or as a company, they have the right to create the first iteration of that feature however they choose. Their investment of time, money, or both in building Free Software earns them a right to put together a first cut that meets their needs…this is the very nature of scratching an itch."
Comments like "you should have used X instead!" are just wrong. Especially for things that are open and you get for free. Even more so if the one releasing something didn't event get paid to do so. The only thing these comments do is discouraging someone which cares about free and open software. So people writing such bad things are only discouraging other people to do such tings. You are destroying your own system here.
This is something I still see way too often on blogs. This is really bad for open software ...
Sep 30, 2012
Sep 19, 2012
Sep 10, 2012
Linux on the (consumer) Desktop
Linux on the (consumer) Desktop
so much still to do. I hope that at least Canonical has plans for most of these. And I think that Ubuntu should jump to the systemd wagon. Riding one will streamline the efforts and resources needed to create an awesome product. Event if upstart is a better implementation (which I don't know much about) freeing the resources for years to come is something I would prefer.
so much still to do. I hope that at least Canonical has plans for most of these. And I think that Ubuntu should jump to the systemd wagon. Riding one will streamline the efforts and resources needed to create an awesome product. Event if upstart is a better implementation (which I don't know much about) freeing the resources for years to come is something I would prefer.
Aug 30, 2012
What Killed the Linux Desktop (so far)
What Killed the Linux Desktop - Miguel de Icaza
... (a) First dimension: things change too quickly, breaking both open source and proprietary software alike; (b) incompatibility across Linux distributions. ...good and valid points raised. This needs to be addressed somehow...
Aug 21, 2012
Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS
Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS by Uber Entertainment Inc — Kickstarter
Just AMAZING!! If they can pull this off it's gonna be sooo epic. Can't wait ...
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