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2006-12-06: inputd-0.0.6 and 0.0.7

inputd 0.0.6 is out. It fixes a few bugs, including a segfault when the uinput module is not loaded.

Update later that day: Since I just felt like it, I released inputd 0.0.7. Only small changes.

2006-10-30: inputd-0.0.5

inputd 0.0.5 is out.

2006-08-22: inputd-0.0.4

Today, I’ve released inputd 0.0.4. It should be much more usable than earlier versions.

2006-08-07

They killed the PowerMac.

2006-08-06: Released inputd-0.0.1

First version of inputd released. Release early, release often.

2006-06-23: dugong shut down

Today, I shut down dugong.forkbomb.ch, a Sun SparcStation 4 working for forkbomb.ch. It had an uptime of 553 days and hit the 32-bit limit on jiffies once. RIP. :-)

2006-05-20: Header picture

In case someone wants to know where I took the picture you see in the header: It was taken in the summer of 2003 in Sardinia, Italy. See also the Google Maps map.

2006-05-15: Using an Apple keyboard with Linux

New article on how to use an Apple keyboard with Linux.

2006-04-16

New source code for the WRAP: wrap-leds.c

2006-04-10

forkbomb.ch got a new server, core.

2006-02-27

Refreshed the Random Password Generator. It’s now able to exclude or include special characters.

2006-02-21

I’ll attend the FOSDEM 2006 next weekend in Brussels.

2006-02-15

Gefunden bei kju.de:

Wer ist Schuld am Mißbrauch von privaten Daten: Derjenige der sie preisgibt oder derjenige der sie mißbraucht? Ist schuld an Telefonterror, wer im Telefonbuch steht? Ist schuld an Belästigung, wer - rechtlich dazu gezwungen - Daten im Impressum einer Webseite angibt? Letzterer hat ja nicht einmal eine Wahl. Wer eine Gesellschaft möchte, in der jeder peinlich genau darauf achten muß, was er/sie über sich preisgibt, der gibt dem Opfer die Schuld. Eine solche Gesellschaft wäre aber alles, nur eines nicht: frei.

Recht hat er.

Aktualisierung 2006-02-21: Offenbar ist die Domäne jetzt ganz verschwunden.

2006-02-13

The old design stuff had its disadvantages, so I decided to drop the styleswitcher at the bottom of the page and create a totally new design.

2006-01-15

Another patch with much work from me got into the kernel:

2006-01-12

A bit late, but I wish you a happy new year!

In the last weeks, I submitted several patches for the Linux Kernel. Of those, these two got in already: