After developing a tool to manipulate the LEDs of the tablet in Part 1, the next step is to simplify the usage. The idea is to provide profiles which store a tablet configuration (this is, the button keys and the icons of the LED displays). A collection of such profiles is stored in an XML document. The user can choose the appropriate profile by using a command line tool. The setup and usage of the tool is described in the following. Continue reading 'Using The Wacom Intuos4 Tablet With Linux (Part 2)'»
This page summarizes the posts and software developed to support the Wacom Intuos4 tablet under the Linux operating system. Continue reading 'Using The Wacom Intuos4 Tablet With Linux'»
Wacom is a company which produces high quality pen tablets and touchscreens. The tablets are a number one choice for Linux users since they are well supported. The Linux Wacom project provides an high quality driver and the userland tool xsetwacom to change the settings of the tablet such as button keys or pressure sensitivity.
Continue reading 'Using The Wacom Intuos4 Tablet With Linux (Part 1)'»
The Legoland Star Wars Day is an annual event which takes place at the Legoland Germany. More than 200 members of the German Garrion – 501st Legion represented many characters of the Star Wars Universe. The visitors met Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, Stromtroopers and Sand People. One of the highlights was the scene of the battle of Hoth completely built with Lego stones. With more than 33.000 visitors the weekend was very successful.
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Motocross Racing
The MSC Schnaitheim organizes an annual motocross racing weekend. The races are part of the DM Open (German Open Championship). This year I took the chance to take some photographs. Some of them are presented in the gallery below. Continue reading 'Motocross Racing at Schnaitheim, Germany'»
Firefox is my favorite browser since a long time. Usually, I install the release provided by the Mozilla foundation. Unfortunately, there are only 32-bit versions for Linux. Since I have a 64-bit Debian running, I searched the web for 64-bit firefox packages, but I didn’t find anything appropriate for me.
But where´s the problem? Firefox is Open Source. Hence, everybody can build firefox from its source code. This post describes the steps which are necessary for this purpose.
Summers End Open Air 2009 Andernach
Last year I had the chance to take some pictures at the Andernach Summers End Open Air 2009. Axxis, U.D.O., Doro and Gotthard performed live on stage. Here are some of the shots I made. I used a Canon Powershot G10.
Special thanks to JTCozy for organizing a photo pass.
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After developing a tool to manipulate the LEDs of the tablet in Part 1, the next step is to simplify the usage. The idea is to provide profiles which store a tablet configuration (this is, the button keys and the icons of the LED displays). A collection of such profiles is stored in an XML document. The user can choose the appropriate profile by using a command line tool. The setup and usage of the tool is described in the following. Continue reading 'Using The Wacom Intuos4 Tablet With Linux (Part 2)'»
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