By stotti | Published: April 28, 2009
Possibly a decade ago i discovered a programm called ’screen’ on a SGI IRIX machine. It was an enlightenment! Multiplexing different sessions on the console was so great for chatting on the IRC and surfing the web using lynx – at the same time! But the greatest feature was the persistence of the screens despite the terminals using them. So i could connect from place A, starting a screen, logging out from the terminal and logging in to the same screen from place B later. Wicked!
Time went by and i started to spot the more advanced features of screen. For example you could configure key-bindings and which screens to create at startup by default. But these advanced topics were not always easy to configure so i mostly stuck to the default screen package.
Now ars technica reported that the Ubuntu developers simplified the configuration of screen options using a new package called ’screen-profiles’
When starting screen for the first time the screen-profiles-helper menu will appear. There you may configure a load of options. Quoting ars technica:
Ubuntu’s screen-profiles will display status and task management bars at the bottom of the window. These are intended to serve roughly the same purpose as the GNOME panel. When the user creates additional screen “windows,” these will be displayed in the task list and the active window will be displayed with highlighting.
The status bar at the bottom shows colored bits of text that describe the system’s current status. Some of these include the current processor load, the amount of memory used, the number of users logged into the system, the current uptime, the version of Ubuntu, battery status, WiFi signal strength, and the current network load. When used in an EC2 instance, there is even one that will show you the current cost of your session. The user can configure which ones are displayed by using a text-based menu system.
The ’screen-profiles’ package was introduced in Ubuntu 9.04 (”Jaunty Jackalope”). For more usage information please check out the Ubuntu server guide documentation at help.ubuntu.com. Have fun using ’screen’!
By stotti | Published: April 25, 2009
The first CloudCamp Berlin will take place next week. This is an unconference dedicated to Cloud Computing and will bring together early adopters of this absorbing topic. I am eager to talk to people of Sun, Google and Amazon and other interested parties.
Tentative Schedule of CloudCamp Berlin, April 30th:
18:30 Doors Open
18:45 Welcome
18:50 Lightning talks
19:50 Coffee Break
20:00 Unconference workshops
20:30 Closing
20:40 Networking
gruenderszene.de has some more information about the event available in German.
Of course i will blog afterwards. Stay tuned, subscribe to my news feed and come back later!
By stotti | Published: April 24, 2009
The Ubuntu-Berlin crew celebrates the release of a new major release of Ubuntu again. This time the major is called “Jaunty Jackalope” and Ubuntu-Berlin hosts a great night at c-base to revel it – who said that geeks don’t like to party! 
This is the agenda of sessions held during the party. More information can be found at the related page over at ubuntu-berlin.de:
* 16:30 “Einleitung, Ubuntu-Community, Party Infos”, michazoet
* 17:00 “neues in Ubuntu 9.04″, ccm
* 17:30 “Verschlüsselung I: GnuPG, Email und Jabber”, vortex
* 18:00 “Ubuntu & UMTS”, berlinerbaer
* 18:30 “Ubuntu auf und von USB-Sticks installieren”, eremit7
* 19:00 “Verschlüsselung II: Dateien und Partitionen”, vortex
* 19:30 “fernöstliche Lokalisierung, CJK (Chinesisch, Japanisch, Koreanisch)”, frederyk
As for the last time the Berlin metro information system features the party with a 30 second advertising spot. Thanks to ccm i can show you a transcript of the spot here:
I’ve seen this spot several times in action today. It will run for three days and I think the guys at Berliner Fenster, what the Berlin metro tv information system is called, do a great job featuring Ubuntu for free!
By stotti | Published: April 23, 2009
The official ranking of new media agencies of Germany has been released this morning. After publishing the unofficial top ten yesterday evening you can find the official top 245 of agencies over at newmediaranking.de now. It lists all multimedia agencies that have turnover of 200.000 € or more. Aperto ranks on place 22.
By stotti | Published: April 22, 2009
The folks at SinnerSchrader published the unofficial top ten of the New Media Service Ranking today. It is going to be released officially tomorrow. The ranking grades all new media agencies of Germany based on their turnover.
1. T-Systems Multimedia Solutions: 75,9 Mio. Euro (+18,3 %)
2. Pixelpark: 41,48 Mio. Euro (+1,3 %)
3. Plan.Net Gruppe: 26,65 Mio. Euro (+14,8 %)
4. Syzygy Deutschland GmbH: 24,40 Mio. Euro (+9,3 %)
5. SinnerSchrader Aktiengesellschaft: 21,29 Mio. Euro (+10,5 %)
6. Sapient GmbH: 20,67 Mio. Euro (not in the ranking 2008)
7. dmc digital media center GmbH: 18,3 Mio. Euro (+11 %)
8. ]init[ AG: 17,02 Mio. Euro (+41,8 %)
9. Euroweb Internet GmbH: 15,64 Mio. Euro (+15,
10. Bassier, Bergmann & Kindler: 14,9 Mio. Euro (+26,3 %)
I am curious about the ranking of Aperto among the Top 20.
