Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
Serving your map tiles 30 times faster
Recently I’ve been experimenting with TileStache tiles caching system, which is similar to TileCache and other tile caching systems in scope. TileStache revealed itself as a powerful and flexible product and was very good to cache tiles generated with my Django-backed mapscript-powered WMS server. Caching and serving tiles with TileStache was by far faster then [...]
Category: Django , GIS , Python , Sysadmin , Tech , WebGis
2012-01-17
Linux day 2011 a Pinerolo
ItOpen partecipa all’organizzazione del Linux Day 2011 a Pinerolo. Il Linux Day è un’iniziativa a livello nazionale, volta a favorire la diffusione e la conoscenza del software libero e del sistema operativo Linux. Il Linux Day di Pinerolo si terrà il 22 ottobre dalle ore 10 alle 18 s Pinerolo, in via Brignone 9, presso [...]
Category: Linux
2011-09-21
QGIS mapserver test drive
QGIS recently added new WMS server capabilities to its software stack. Breaking into the server world, the new server can read a QGIS project project file and serve maps to the internet. This amazing new feature, really opens QGIS users to a new horizon of possibilities.
Category: Linux , Tech , WebGis
2011-04-20
Net neutrality and ADSL speed monitoring in python
If you are concerned like I am about net neutrality, you can consider using Neubot. Neubot is a python program which runs as a daemon and (with minimal overload) meters and logs the speed of various type of protocols from your PC to a central server. Neubot produces nice graphs and I found it very [...]
2011-01-20
SSH tunnel for postgresql
Nothing new under the sun, but this is how I use it, and I’m reporting it here since I’ve found some misleading indications out on the net. Remote machine is 192.168.1.2 with SSH running on non-standard port 12345 ssh -p12345 -L 3333:localhost:5432 root@192.168.1.2 After this, you can connect to port 3333 on localhost to access [...]
2008-07-30
KDE on Nokia N810 internet tablet
Thanks to PenguinBait and his packages, KDE installation on Nokia N810 installation is now possibile, this article targets the italian users since there are a couple of important differences in the installation procedure. The original procedure is described here: http://geekpenguin.blogspot.com/2008/01/kde-debs.html
Category: Linux , Linux Embedded , N800 Pills , N810 Pills
2008-01-12
Ubuntu Linux on a Toshiba Satellite U300
In a few words…
Toshiba Satellite U300-11S works quite well, almost everything worked without too much troubles (the only device that doesn’t work at all is the internal modem, the only device that works just partially is the webcam).
Category: Linux
2007-11-22
Maemo Mapper presentato al telemobility forum
This article in not available in English
Category: N770 Pills , N800 Pills
2007-11-15
GIS and WebGIS at Linux Day 2007
Sorry, this article is not available in english.
Category: Linux , Mapserver e mapscript , WebGis
2007-10-31
N810 The third tablet is out
The new internet tablet was announced two days ago. This is clearly an evolution of the last model N800, but a few substantial differences between the two open new possiblities for alternative use cases of this device. One of the most wanted features for the internet tablet was a sliding keyboard, the new model comes [...]
Category: Linux Embedded , N770 Pills , N800 Pills
2007-10-19
