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Yesterday I installed a vnc server on my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server. I did this because I want to run some GUI applications like a BitTorrent client on it. The last time I installed a vnc server on a machine without a window manager was back when I was using Redhat. So I did a little search and found out that the best way is to install gnome-core and tightvncserver by issuing

apt-get install gnome-core tightvncserver

After the first start of tightvncserver I was able to connect to port 5901. Tightvnc only starts a simple window manager and an xterm. To get tightvnc start a gnome session I had to edit the file xstartup in the .vnc folder of my home directory. I removed the line

x-window-manager &

at the end of the file and added

gnome-session &

After stopping the vnc server with the following command line

tightvncserver -kill :1

and starting it again I was entering my gnome session when connecting with my vnc viewer (UltraVNC).

Looks like the Storm is the step of RIM trying to hit the consumer market.

On Saturday I finally got my BlackBerry Bold. On Wednesday last week, while I was in Croatia on vacation, I got a call from the Mobilkom shop telling me that it had arrived. I bought a 8GB micro SD card and updated the OS to 4.6.0.150 - now the Bold is ready to serve me.

After using the Bold now for three days I am really impressed:

• the screen is great - crisp, bright and sharp
• WiFi is works perfect - best for watching youtube vids
• The camera is better than the one of the curve, even with the same resolution
• Battery Life is good. First load on Saturday morning and now (three days later) it seems I will have to load it again overnight. This is quite good for playing around a lot with the gadget.

Now I have to fill my SD card with music and videos and test the entertainment qualities of the device.

Found on CrackBerry.com:

The Javelin looks very nice compared to the Bold. Still going to get the Bold as soon as possible.

Lately I had less time to write blog posts but that does not mean that I am not active in Web 2.0 - I tend to use Twitter more and more and keep on reading posts inside Google Reader and sharing them. I included both of them inside my blog (in the right column) so you can keep track of what I want to share with the world

I also encourage you to have a look at my friendfeed from time to time (or subscribe to it) where all my activities are summarized.

It seems that RIM changed the behavior of their BIS servers. Today I read on BlackBerryNews that they are experiencing their BIS mails getting to them with less latency.

I wondered yesterday about the same fact and after reading their post I tested my mail server. The email came to my BlackBerry within seconds. I looks like finally RIM uses the IMAP IDLE command for push email instead of polling the IMAP server every five minutes. I am really happy about that! BIS users had to wait a long time for that.

Now my BIS account is working better than my BlackBerry Professional account because it brings in the mails with the same speed and shows HTML rendering. For my Professional server there is still no update available that allows to activate HTML rendering.

As RIMarkable and BlackBerryCool say the Bold is now available on the T-Mobile Germany site. Interesting. I registered for an update per email as soon as the device is available but I did not get any information. There is also an article saying T-Mobile Austria launches BlackBerry Bold but it is not available in the online shop until now.

I am wondering how long it will take until I see the first Bold live in action and even more when it will be sold by Mobilkom Austria. I hope it will be earlier than the internal date 1st September.

found via bestofyoutube.com:

MountainGrafix.at verlost einen iPod touch 32GB unter allen die sich ihren RSS Feed abonnieren. Es müssen mindestens 150 Abonnenten sein am 3.8.2008 - also mitmachen!