• How I use git

    Back in May last year I switched over several projects from Subversion to Git. It’s a shame that git doesn’t have a better project name, something that says “version control system” rather than being a mild insult. That aside, though, what a relief it was to finally use something that is Not CVS. At the…

  • Screenshots: system-config-printer 1.1

    As part of my work for Red Hat I’ve been working on the printing configuration program, system-config-printer.  Fedora 10 came with version 1.0 of this application, which provides a notification area print icon as well as the ability to configure printers, and I made the 1.1 version available earlier this year.  The most recent release…

  • Hustle: back on form

    The fifth series of Hustle is definitely back on form.  Glad that Mickey Bricks is back from “Australia” (oh, I thought he’d been off making films), and that the writing has got its edge back.  It’s much improved from before.  It’s a pity Jaime Murray is no longer in it, but you can’t have everything. …

  • Switching mail clients

    I’ve finally come to the end of my tether with the Evolution mail client.  It seems to have been getting less reliable over time, to the point that it is now no longer letting me update my inbox.  Deciding it was time to try out Thunderbird again, I have taken the plunge and migrated all…

  • New patchutils version

    I’ve just made patchutils version 0.3.1 available, with a few small improvements.