Yesterday I tried again to get jhbuild working on my debian installation. This script from jamesh seems essential. gtkmm and SUN Forte C++ I am still very concerned that I have no access to a SUN box with the Forte C++ compiler to fix the build issues. I guarantee that the Forte users will resurface [...]

If anyone knows what I need to apt-get to make my Dell Inspiron 8100 touchpad work with kernel 2.6 in debian, please email me. Apparently there's some new X driver that I need. Or maybe I'm supposed to configure it as a PS2 device. Update: I received several answers, mostly involving installing a synaptic touchpad [...]

The weekend in London was much more fun than I expected. As ever, London depends on who you are with. We met my sister at the Tate Modern. The sun thing is really fantastic. I like that loads of Londoners now have the shared experience of basking in the orange light and watching the crowd [...]

Recent events Thanks to prodding from various people, notably julian and the Inkscape developers, gtkmm is now in Fink, so it's easy to get it on MacOS X. For the SUN Forte build, I badly need a login on a SUN box with the SUN Forte C++ build. I sent an email to SUN, asking [...]

We've done 2 releases now. Everyone is on track. GNOME New modules The release team must make the new modules decision soon, so it's your last chance to speak up if you don't think your favourite new modules have had the support that you expect. The release team try to keep reminding ourselves that we [...]

Wonderful news. danielk (Daniel Elstner) is alive. I was really starting to worry that something fatal must have happened. But frehberg tracked him down in Berlin. It doesn't sound like things are going so well, but I'm just incredibly glad that he's still in the world. It sounds like Daniel is looking for work, so [...]

Istanbul was refreshingly festive-free and distracting, though I managed to leave my bank card in an automat and leave my house keys in the hotel. Istanbul is hilly, with lots of little neighbourhoods that are mazes of little streets, and 2 huge waterways, one of which marks the end of 2 continents. The turkish economy [...]