VESA framebuffer
Posted: 2020-02-02 Filed under: system | Tags: boot, elilo.conf, nvidia, vesa Leave a commentI never really cared about VESA framebuffer. Since Slackware 13.0, the system would automatically switch to the native screen resolution when booting. That is, if I used the open source video drivers. When using the proprietary drivers of NVIDIA for example, the system will boot into the default low resolution console. I do not particularly like that, so I decided to investigate the options.
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Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 driver
Posted: 2020-01-26 Filed under: system | Tags: ATA, ATA 300, ATA 600, BCM4322, broadcom, dell, e6400, latitude, sataii, sataiii, SSD 1 CommentI bought a refurbished Dell Latitude E6400. After changing the hard disk to a new SSD, I installed (of course) Slackware64 14.2 on it. Everything went fine, but the WiFi was not supported out-of-the-box. However, there was a very easy solution.
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Trimming trees with TreeBeST
Posted: 2020-01-18 Filed under: academic | Tags: ensembl, phylogenetic tree, subtree, TimeTree, tree, treebest Leave a commentI needed a program that can easily trim branches from a phylogenetic tree and came across TreeBeST (Tree Building guided by Species Tree). TreeBeST is a neat and versatile program that builds, manipulates and displays phylogenetic trees and seems to be perfect for the job.
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Color calculator
Posted: 2019-12-03 Filed under: drawing | Tags: color, colour, harmony Leave a commentI’ve been preparing some figures, where I needed a colour palette that is visually appealing and offers good contrast between at least two colours. I am not a designer and I have no experience with these things… So, I googled a bit and I found the Color Calculator, offered by Sessions College for Professional Design.
Rotate object around other object center in Inkscape
Posted: 2019-11-30 Filed under: drawing | Tags: center, inkscape, object, rotate Leave a commentI had do design a simple scheme of a cell with certain markers expressed on its surface. The idea is pretty straightforward: draw a circle for the cells and draw a rectangle for the protein. But what if I want to change its position, by rotating it around the circle center?
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