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Pidgin MSN Certificate Error

Recently, I couldn’t connect to MSN using Pidgin IM, due to unable to validate certificate for omega.contacts.msn.com Here is the solution: cd $/home/.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers rm omega.contacts.msn.com wget http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/downloadfile/cd236baf6d00f3e1561a40974ce1828b793ea187/share/ca-certs/Microsoft_Internet_Authority_2010.pem mv Microsoft_Internet_Authority_2010.pem omega.contacts.msn.com

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Add Icons to Panel using Fedora Linux

Some of the icons disappear from the panel (taskbar) after I performed a upgrade. To add them back to the panel is quite easy. Right click on the Panel, select Add to Panel, select Notification Area, and click Add. Now, … Continue reading

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Huawei E1762 USB modem on Fedora 12

Installing Huawei E1762 USB mobile broadband modem in Fedora Linux is not easy. The problem arises because Fedora Linux detected this E1762 as a storage device instead of a modem. Plug the E1762 into the USB port, run lsusb -vvv … Continue reading

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GIMP hangs on startup

Recently, whenever I attempt to start GIMP 2.6 on my Fedora 12 system, GIMP always failed to launch. These are the error while starting the GIMP. (gimp:3428): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for type `GimpOperationPointFilter’ is smaller than the parent … Continue reading

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SciTE Text Editor for Linux

I used Notepad++ text editor at work, which running on Windows XP. Notepad++ has lots of advanced features, like edit multiple documents at the same time, auto-detection of file changes while opening the file, tabbed document interface, also support syntax … Continue reading

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