an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE

I looked in Apache’s error_log file and noticed multiple lines like this: an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE After thinking a bit I recalled that I added the following line in the .htaccess file in the root directory for on one of my domains, but never tested it properly: AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml… Continue reading an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE

Highway to Dell, part two

(Continued from Highway to Dell, part one.) Yesterday I swapped hard disk drive in the Dell Inspiron 1525 (without even booting Windows Vista), inserted the DVD with ubuntu-dell-1525n-intelvideo-reinstall.iso downloaded from //linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/iso-images/ and installed Ubuntu. Everything I’ve tried worked out of the box except the wireless network. The Dell 1395 wireless network started working when I… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part two

Microsoft Interoperability

I browsed the list of protocols provided as part of Microsoft Interoperability but I couldn’t spot anything of use for SynCE. Anyway, I hope that this is a good move in general and not a new oxymoron.

Intrepid Ibex

According to Mark Shuttleworth’s announcement yesterday the name of the autumn release of Ubuntu will be Intrepid Ibex.

Mozilla Messaging

Today, Mozilla Messaging was launched. When thinking of it, I’d say that e-mail as a medium has kind of stagnated. Maybe this project can do something about it? (Thanks to Fredda for the link!)

I recently missed the 10th birthday of XML

The birthday on February 10th was celebrated with a blog post about the XML People. I’d like to add that XML is something like an eccentric coworker who manages to get entangled in everyone else’s work, either by invitation, pushed from above, or sneaked in by someone who knows him or her.