Published on Wed 06 November 2013
At work we produce our own distribution which is basically a downstream of RHEL / Fedora, adapted to the specific needs of our products.
We're looking to hire someone to do the following:
Most of the time, we usually just rebuild packages from RHEL / Fedora packages with some …
Published on Thu 03 October 2013
I have been hacking on Chinese input methods for Hong Kong people for more than a year now, and recently the project gained some momentum.
In order to increase participation, and make it less of a "one man show", I created some time ago the Cangjians team on Github, and …
Published on Wed 02 October 2013
I realize I should blog more often about The Loop, the Free Software hackfest we are running every two weeks at the Dim Sum Labs here in Hong Kong, so here's an attempt at doing just that. We'll see how long it lasts. :-)
I'm back from tonight's event, and it …
Published on Fri 13 September 2013
It's been a while since I last blogued about IBus Cangjie, but we've only been quiet, not inactive.
Something great happened just today: Haggen just finished uploading IBus Cangjie to his PPA. Thanks to his work, it is now trivial to install IBus Cangjie in Ubuntu 12.04. One step …
Published on Sat 27 July 2013
GNOME is working on a new music application, which should be available for 3.10 in September: GNOME Music.
It's not really ready for prime-time yet, so I haven't submitted a review request for Fedora, but if you want to give it a try, I've pushed it to a side-repo …
Published on Sat 25 May 2013
I recently released IBus Cangjie 1.0, and since then, I got it pushed to the Fedora repositories.
That means the following distributions now provide packages for easy installation of IBus Cangjie:
In addition, Anthony Wong has started the work to …
Published on Fri 03 May 2013
Following on the hard work we have been doing for the past few months, I released IBus Cangjie 1.0 yesterday evening.
I had been meaning to do that for a while, but kept thinking about a few details to change here and there, and constantly postponed it. Well, you …
Published on Tue 23 April 2013
This is a repost from the article I just published on the Dim Sum Labs blog. Go and check out the web site for more info on all the cool stuff that happens there.
Hackers know it: hacking is a lot of fun.
But what to hack on exactly? Well …
Published on Fri 19 April 2013
I was talking with a friend the other day (or should I say night?) about FOSS and the various ways in which it is rewarding for someone to contribute.
One of the arguments was about how contributing to FOSS helps you build for yourself an awesome, public resume. Indeed, any …
Published on Sun 07 April 2013
Just a quick to let everybody know that thanks to Anthony Wong's work, IBus Cangjie is now available in the official Ubuntu 13.04 repositories.
That makes it easier to install than ever.
Thank you Anthony!