Markus Thielmann

Adobe updated the Linux Flash 10 Beta today.

Fortunately, they fixed the windowless mode, one nasty issue with the previous beta version.

Have a look at the new features and the list of fixed bugs of this release.

I updated my Personal Package Archive (PPA) accordingly. If you already added my PPA to your sources list, you'll get the updated flashplugin-nonfreebeta within the next upgrade.

From time to time I need to start some applications from command line, either to watch for debug messages, or to run the application as a different user.

Most times I'm unable to remember the correct filename to start the application. So I end up using Ubuntu's menu editor to watch for the correct command line, unfortunately the Gnome main menu applet isn't capable of showing it's configuration otherwise.

I accidentally discovered a neat trick to shorten the procedure a lot: Instead of using the menu editor, just drag and drop the menu entry to an open Firefox window:

Should have thought about that earlier.

[via Volker Weber]

German scientists developing green bombs
New environmentally friendly, nitrogen-based explosives could deliver more of a bang while being safer to handle than traditional charges, according to chemists at the University of Munich in Germany.

Read more at http://news.cnet.com/

I guess a year has gone since Ekiga offered packaged SVN Snapshots of the upcoming Ekiga 3.

Today Ekiga project leader Damien Sandras announced the availability of new Snapshots.

In order to add these to your Ubuntu Hardy install, you just need to add the Ubuntu repository to your sources list, make sure Ubuntu multiverse is enabled also :

Import the Ekiga signing key

In order to install the Ekiga snapshot, just run:

Enjoy a much improved Ekiga 3!