Author: Martin Henze

SD-card reader and Ubuntu Linux

Martin Henze February 4, 2006 1

I finally managed to get the built-in SD-card reader in my DELL Inspiron 6000 working and this should work for most other built-in card readers, too. Before I start with the how-to, big thanks to the developers of the Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver and Mark Lindeman, who’s instructions were very helpful.

I won a DVD player

Martin Henze February 2, 2006 2

Today I recieved a DVD player I won at Boersengame.de, a virtual stock market.

MeinProf.de – rate your professor

Martin Henze January 30, 2006

Few weeks ago I found a nice homepage where you can rate your professor’s lecture (while searching for old “Analysis für Informatiker” exams).

GNOME: Thumbnails for OpenOffice.org 2 files

Martin Henze January 23, 2006

I found a nice little how-to, if you want to display OpenOffice.org 2 files with thumbnails in Nautilus (as you know it from images and pdfs). It can be found at the Ubuntu Forums. A German Translation can be found at UbuntuUsers.de.

Wallpapoz – different wallpapers for different workspaces

Martin Henze January 9, 2006

Ever wanted to have different wallpapers on each GNOME workspace? I found a program called Wallpapoz (written in Python), that offers this to you. Wallpapoz comes with a nice GTK interface and can also change the backgrounds randomly or by order. Check it out!

Ubuntu Linux on DELL Inspiron 6000

Martin Henze January 5, 2006 8

Last year I got a Dell Inspiron 6000 with a 15,4″ WXGA TFT-Display (1280×800) and the Intel shared memory graphic-chip. Installing Ubuntu 5.10 (the Breezy Badger release) on it worked like a charm.

Random GNOME-Wallpaper

Martin Henze January 4, 2006 3

You always wanted to have a random Wallpaper for GNOME? Read ahead, I found a public domain script and modified it, so it works fine with Ubuntu and supports more image types.

Ubuntu Linux on Fujitsu Siemens AMILO M1437G

Martin Henze January 3, 2006 33

A friend of mine recently bought a brand new Fujitsu Siemens AMILO M1437G featuring a ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 and a 15.4″ WXGA display with a resolution of 1280×800. After hours of trying different stuff, we finally managed to install Ubuntu 5.10 (The Breezy Badger Release).

Here we go!

Martin Henze January 3, 2006

Welcome to my little homepage. Here you’ll find information on my hobbies and stuff that floods my mind. For more information, visit the about page.