Attention! Super news!! The SUPER mobile operator MTS is launching a new tariff — “Super Unlimited Without a Contract”!!!

• 25 MB of internet!
• 25 MMS!
• 25 SMS!
• 1500 minutes across Ukraine with no connection fee!!! Package price — 49 UAH!!! …

In the Firefox that comes with Mint, there is a customized Google search — unusual and inconvenient. And I couldn’t disable it the standard way — you can only remove it entirely, but then there’s no way to add it back. I found somewhere …

The program takes a long time to start.

Writing on the run, before I forget. Got mobile internet working under Linux. 1. Deleted a file in the modem firmware 2. Installed the Leonardo_WebKey app (download here) 3. Fixed /etc/wvdial.conf

That seems to be it — will need to reboot and try it out, …

The long-awaited kit finally arrived — a locked 3G USB modem ZTE MF100 and a Kyivstar SIM card. Under Windows everything worked right off the bat. They also provide drivers for Mac. I figured such a cool Linux would find it on its own (it did find my …

Received a letter:

I recommend reading this (setting aside all emotions) http://pravda.com.ua/news/2009/9/8/101146.htm

The guy is right on many points.

I read it without emotions. Then, when I saw it was written by Syoryozha Pidrakhouy — I was disgusted …

Testing another LiveJournal client, and at the same time reporting that today I spent half an hour trying to change the shell in Mint (from bash to tcsh) — without success. It does get changed, it’s written to /etc/passwd, but the terminal still …

This is what I’m currently working on.

I spread a sheet of drawing paper on my actual desk and drew up a diagram. The idea is to use an existing local network cable run to route a phone line into the server room, connect it there to a splitter and a …

I can’t find where in GNOME you set the week to start on Monday. Right now the calendar that pops up from the panel looks like this:

In Evolution there is a setting for it, but changing it doesn’t affect the system-wide calendar.