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Fake: HTC now without Sense

According to official HTC sources all new HTC smartphones today running with Android 2.2 aka Froyo will also be available without HTC’s own launcher called HTC Sense. The preinstalled OS will be Google stock Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading ‘Fake: HTC now without Sense’

App Store vs. Android Market – Total Number of Apps on September 2010

I’ve been asking myself for quite a while if there is a nice chart, where I can see in one diagram the number of available applications in the Google Market and Apples App Store. Well – I just didn’t succeed, and that’s why I’ve fabricated one myself. It’s been done with Google’s Spreadsheet by the way.

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VDR Installation Guide for Lucid (VDPAU,xineliboutput,vdr-sxfe)

This is an Installation HOWTO for VDR with HDTV support for Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS).

I’m starting VDR from inside MMS (My Media System, a lightweight media center for Linux [wiki][forum][bug]), so it’s actually a HOWTO about installing a whole Media Center PC (HTPC). Continue reading ‘VDR Installation Guide for Lucid (VDPAU,xineliboutput,vdr-sxfe)’

Cyrus2.2 after Lucid Upgrade doesn’t start.

I’ve got running a Cyrus IMAP mail server with an EXIM4 as MTA [1]. Unfortunately after an system upgrade from Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 onto Lucid Lynx aka 10.04 LTS Server my Cyrus refuses to start. It prompts at the console:
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