finepix in linux

finepix in linux
Originally uploaded by thadphole.

Whoa! 2.6.8.x kernel rocks! superb as i can now mount my digital camera and download my pics via usb. I can use Gimp for photo manipulation and gThumb as my viewer.

Not only my camera by my thumb drive too (thanks mench). The moment a USB thumb drive (including a digital camera) is plugged in, hotplug detects it, udev assigns it a device node, and with a message passed on via D-BUS to HAL, GNOME detects it and automatically mounts it as the user currently logged in. An icon for the drive is placed on the desktop (unless it is a digital camera, which is automatically mounted but behaves differently). A user can now access her files just by double-clicking on the icon placed on her desktop â?? when done simply closing the open window and ejecting the device is all that's required.

Such automated operation also extends to digital cameras, mine is E510 Finepix from Fujifilm (plug in your camera and if it detects new photos it offers to sync them), data and audio CDs, and portable MP3 devices like the popular iPod. The new File Alteration Monitor, gamin, provides notification to the GUI tools within the system about the file system when changes such as creation, modification, or removal occurs. Gamin prevents unnecessary â??lockingâ?? of devices, even after they're used â?? a common problem that plagued older releases of Fedora.

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Originally uploaded by thadphole.

I did not flex my muscle today but rather i spent my time to flex my rusty mind to optimize my Fedora Core 3 installation.

After doing a lot of RTFM and Googling, I finally figured out how to disable the bundled gnujava that is in default with Fedora and Redhat. This by simply removing java, javac and jar at /usr/bin and make a symlink of java from /usr/java/xxxx/xxx which is the default installation directory of java sdk from Sun.

Next problem i need to solve is how can i make this desktop play mp3. A plugin is downloadable at this page and it is solve. Now I can play Theolonius Monks and emos i got from limewire.

So what are the other things i need to do?

1. Install Sylpheed Claws, my favorite mua to download gmail. I recently gave up some of my pop account that have become a source of trouble in my winsuck box.
2. Play dvd, vcd, mpeg and avi. No need to reboot just to watch CSI5 and CSI New York. Hey i need to install BitTorrent too!
3. Install Eclipse and go back in renewing java knowledge.
4. More administrative skills in *nix.
5. Learn emacs.

Last! WRITE POETRY IN EMACS