Nokia N900 out of space? Repartition it, here's how

This post is an up-to-date version of the repartitioning guide from sumodou.org.

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala: Games submenus and stylish notification icons

Blogging has not held my interest recently, but tonight I thought I should jot down some things about Ubuntu 9.10, the Karmic Koala.

The new release is shinier and fancier than before, and contains genuine improvements, such as the ibus input method (Chinese works out of the box in all programs!), the Bluetooth manager (almost as good as Blueman), and the new, more informative grayscale notification icons.

verminds-alarm-clock 0.5.4.4

verminds-alarm-clock is now at version 0.5.4.4.
Changes include removal of the save button, since the program now saves settings on exit. Also, all actions on the user interface cause the alarm thread to refresh, meaning that your changes now reliably take effect instantly.
Get the new version here:

• For Linux
• For Windows

PyGTK - the easy way

Someone with a bit of free time made an installer that has everything needed to run PyGTK on windows. So, now people interested in an alarm clock that uses a media player for playing the alarms, can just download and install this, and then unzip and double-click my alarm clock. This 2-step process replaces the previously mentioned 6-step process.
Edit: It would seem that the installer cannot be downloaded any more. Therefore, I looked for and found another one. Enjoy.

Verminds Alarm Clock 0.5.4.2

Changelog:
0.5.4.2

• Background the player process

Links to packages:

• Ubuntu and Debian
• Windows

See previous posts for installation instructions.

Verminds Alarm Clock 0.5.4.1

The alarm clock is now version 0.5.4.1. Changes:

1. Works on Windows, requires the .svg icon in the same folder as the .py. Further requirements:

   
   
   • Python (I recommend 2.5.4)
     
   • GTK+ runtime (development version)
   • PyCairo
   • PyGObject
   • PyGTK
     


2. Fixed song selection file chooser associating with player selection
3. Playing the alarm now hangs the alarm clock, until the player command returns. This is because I use the subprocess package for launching the player, this was the only way to get filenames with spaces in them to behave correctly on Windows. To be fixed.

Packages available:

• Linux (debian, all architectures)
• Windows

Installation instructions:

• Linux: double-click on the .deb, follow instructions. The alarm clock can be started from the Accessories submenu. The console command verminds-alarm-clock.py also does the job.
  
• Windows: Install the requirements mentioned above. Then extract the .zip and double-click verminds-alarm-clock.py to run.
  

Verminds Alarm Clock

Verminds Alarm Clock is now version 0.5.2.1. The new version is compatible with GNOME systems with or without python-indicate. This means it works on both Ubuntu Jaunty and earlier Ubuntu systems. It requires the installation of Python GNOME libraries, i.e., the python-gtk2 package. The deb will request that to be installed when you click on it. Get it here.