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This article was first written in April 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/115)

To set the default HTTP proxy configuration for GNOME using GConf in command-line:

$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type string --set /system/http_proxy/host proxy-name
$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type string --set /system/http_proxy/port proxy-port

I was playing around a little bit with a code metrics tool on the Ohloh website and, although I'm sure there's some kind of arguable element there as some included libraries add a lot of "noise" in code contributions, I was happily surprised to see that Dokeos isn't doing bad at all and is starting to get back at Moodle, in terms of code, contributors and global activity.

In case it would be of any interest to you, I am currently developing a kind of "branch" of Dokeos (although nothing legally-binding about the branch stuff) in Latin America, and more specifically in Peru. Peru is still what I would call a developing country, so at the same time it is hard to get used to (living there) and possibly excellent for future business opportunities.

This article was first written in March 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/114)

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The present article has been obsoleted by the recent packages for XAMS, which already does that for you by default.

Introduction

Setting up the DB for XAMS is still somewhat tricky, not because of XAMS, but because of MySQL.

This article was first written in March 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/113)

You have to be root to do this, so be careful [1]. Edit the file evolution-mail-message.xml in /usr/share/evolution/1.4/ui/ or /opt/gnome/share/evolution/1.4/ui/ (depending on your distribution). Search for example for MessageReplyList and add/change the accel-key you want. Restart GNOME for the change to t

This article was first written in February 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/111)

To activate the spell-checker in Ximian Evolution (tested on Debian Sarge, but should apply to any Evolution 1.4.x and later), install the gnome-spell package and the aspell dictionaries matching the languages you want to use. Then go in the Tools / Parameters / Composer / Spell-checking menu and activate the dictionaries ou want to use.

The UK government is opening a competition (up to £20,000 in prizes) for original ideas on how to use public data they have to provide useful combined information or value added services. Check out their website: http://www.showusabetterway.com/

This article was first written in February 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/107)

The default values for Shared Memory in Sun's Solaris (starting from 2.6, at least) are set too low to run. Here is how to change it (see also PostgreSQL's Admin Guide, Managing Kernel Ressources): The relevant settings can be changed in /etc/system, for example: set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=0x2000000 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=256 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=256 set semsys:seminfo_semmap=256 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=512

This article was first written in February 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/105)

Here is HOWTO patch Sun's Solaris using Sun PatchPro 2.2.

This article was first written in January 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/103)

You should always try to answer right under the question when replying to an e-mail. This is only to ensure maximum readability, which is the goal of what you write. Here is a (fake) short example: 1) No! 2) I've been there on holiday once.