Comments for proyvind's ra(n)thole http://proyvind.net/wordpress ..feeding the attention whore within Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:44:02 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Poor review with heartwarming community response by wobo http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-56 wobo Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:44:02 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=60#comment-56 Such bad reviews are often the result of authors who do not know anything about Mandriva Linux and do not take their time to look for infos. Sometimes such authors also have their own opinion about how a Linux distribution should be. As nice as all theose comments are, the damage done (as Jackson Browne would say). To avoid this Mandriva users should write their own reviews and offer them to sites who publish reviews, to online magazines and the print media. If such a review is straight, pointing at the strong AND the weak points and does not sound like a fan-boy's praise, many editors will accept such reviews. They bring a benefit for the reader, the media, for the author and for the distribution. It's a win:win for all. After reading such a bad review about Mandriva 2008.1 another community member and I had this idea and offered it to the chief editor of the German print magazine LinuxUser. Since then he keeps asking for a new review whenever a new release is out. The current review shows 5 pages including screenshots and is not only published in the print edition but also in the online edition. And we even get paid! :) Now, how about it - start nagging your magazine's editors! Such bad reviews are often the result of authors who do not know anything about Mandriva Linux and do not take their time to look for infos. Sometimes such authors also have their own opinion about how a Linux distribution should be. As nice as all theose comments are, the damage done (as Jackson Browne would say).

To avoid this Mandriva users should write their own reviews and offer them to sites who publish reviews, to online magazines and the print media. If such a review is straight, pointing at the strong AND the weak points and does not sound like a fan-boy’s praise, many editors will accept such reviews. They bring a benefit for the reader, the media, for the author and for the distribution. It’s a win:win for all.

After reading such a bad review about Mandriva 2008.1 another community member and I had this idea and offered it to the chief editor of the German print magazine LinuxUser. Since then he keeps asking for a new review whenever a new release is out. The current review shows 5 pages including screenshots and is not only published in the print edition but also in the online edition.
And we even get paid! :)

Now, how about it – start nagging your magazine’s editors!

]]> Comment on Desperately looking for a job by proyvind http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-53 proyvind Fri, 08 May 2009 11:37:07 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41#comment-53 Yupp, I know, I've already applied at Tandberg actually. :) Feel free to let the right people there know how amazingly cool and good looking guy I am. ;p Yupp, I know, I’ve already applied at Tandberg actually. :)
Feel free to let the right people there know how amazingly cool and good looking guy I am. ;p

]]> Comment on Desperately looking for a job by Haakon http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-52 Haakon Fri, 08 May 2009 08:34:08 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41#comment-52 The company I work for are looking for people to fill summer jobs: http://tandberg.easycruit.com/vacancy/288681/4635?iso=gb The company I work for are looking for people to fill summer jobs: http://tandberg.easycruit.com/vacancy/288681/4635?iso=gb

]]> Comment on Desperately looking for a job by Olivier FAURAX http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-51 Olivier FAURAX Mon, 04 May 2009 10:35:19 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41#comment-51 I can't help a lot but, for girls, you can get some advice at http://www.pickupevolution.com/ Finding a nice girl should not be harder that understanding lzma ;) For the job, I will tweet it, in case it might help... I can’t help a lot but, for girls, you can get some advice at http://www.pickupevolution.com/
Finding a nice girl should not be harder that understanding lzma ;)

For the job, I will tweet it, in case it might help…

]]> Comment on Desperately looking for a job by proyvind http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-50 proyvind Fri, 01 May 2009 03:42:01 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41#comment-50 hehe, yeah, it's not really a relationship problem anymore, more a matter of paying the rent without any source of income, but it'll work out eventually. :) hehe, yeah, it’s not really a relationship problem anymore, more a matter of paying the rent without any source of income, but it’ll work out eventually. :)

]]> Comment on Desperately looking for a job by friend and companys http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-49 friend and companys Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:45:08 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=41#comment-49 I wish you good luck and may God help you. My personal circumstance are complex but I am not complaining, I have two divorces, I have my kids with me and I have recently become unemployed, but still ahead ... Ah! I have 50 years old you are young and you should not desesperarate, problems with women are ridiculous. Forget it and fight I wish you good luck and may God help you.
My personal circumstance are complex but I am not complaining, I have two divorces, I have my kids with me and I have recently become unemployed, but still ahead … Ah! I have 50 years old

you are young and you should not desesperarate, problems with women are ridiculous. Forget it and fight

]]> Comment on Interviewed by MAGNUM by Ant Bryan http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=37&cpage=1#comment-48 Ant Bryan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:56:04 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=37#comment-48 cool! dune was such a great game! cool!

dune was such a great game!

]]> Comment on post-FOSDEM by proyvind http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=27&cpage=1#comment-47 proyvind Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:39:41 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=27#comment-47 Ah, so that was what that big screen was for. :o) I really regret not checking out other peoples' booths in general, I bet there must've been some quite cute and interesting stuff in the various booths that I missed out on this year.. Ah, so that was what that big screen was for. :o)

I really regret not checking out other peoples’ booths in general, I bet there must’ve been some quite cute and interesting stuff in the various booths that I missed out on this year..

]]> Comment on post-FOSDEM by yoho http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=27&cpage=1#comment-46 yoho Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:15:19 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=27#comment-46 Well, I had a look and chat a bit at Ubuntu's booth : they were presenting an eee-pc and eee-box running Ubuntu (of course). The eee-box was acting as a media-center with elisa, connected to a big flat-screen TV, playing big buck bunny and could be remotely controlled using a regular phone by using bluetooth. All that stuff was working really well and I've never seen such a system working in front of my eyes. But nothing was really Ubuntu specific. Well, I had a look and chat a bit at Ubuntu’s booth : they were presenting an eee-pc and eee-box running Ubuntu (of course).

The eee-box was acting as a media-center with elisa, connected to a big flat-screen TV, playing big buck bunny and could be remotely controlled using a regular phone by using bluetooth. All that stuff was working really well and I’ve never seen such a system working in front of my eyes.

But nothing was really Ubuntu specific.

]]> Comment on xz (formerly known as lzma utils) has gone beta! by proyvind http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-35 proyvind Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:27 +0000 http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=7#comment-35 Well, I guess that doing a release just adding support for xz can be done in fairly short time, I have more features to add related to that, but those are less critical.. So I guess it's just a matter of motivation, maybe sometime this week maybe.. For the name, I will keep it, the library is still named liblzma and will stay with that name, so same goes for pyliblzma. :) Well, I guess that doing a release just adding support for xz can be done in fairly short time, I have more features to add related to that, but those are less critical..
So I guess it’s just a matter of motivation, maybe sometime this week maybe..

For the name, I will keep it, the library is still named liblzma and will stay with that name, so same goes for pyliblzma. :)

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