Yesterday I released the second version of my “mass rename utility“, which is called pyRenamer. Hey, but what the hell is pyRenamer??
With pyRenamer you can change the name of several files at the same time easily.

→ You can use patterns to rename files.
→ You can use search & replace to rename files.
→ You can use [...]

Yesterday i got my first package uploaded to Debian.
It’s not going to be the last one…

Привет русский народ!
Просьба пользоваться pyRenamer!
Hi russian people!
Please enjoy pyRenamer!
Hola gentes de Rusia!
Disfrutad de pyRenamer!
No hay nada como salir en un foro ruso para que las visitas se disparen…
Update: por si a alguien le interesa…
http://www.linux.org.ru/view-message.jsp?msgid=2000414

Almost finished… 

So my little tiny apps for GNOME, Camera Monitor and Computer Temperature Monitor are now part of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, so you can install them just typing apt-get install cameramonitor or apt-get install computertemp.
Package pages for them on Ubuntu:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/gnome/cameramonitor
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/gnome/computertemp

I was playing with Window$ under VMware, when I decided to try if pyRenamer runs on the evil os. Well, it turned out that after a few dependencies installation, it works almost ok (see screenshot below).
You need to install these packages to run PyGTK apps on Windows:
python-2.5.msi
gtk-2.10.11-win32-1.exe
pygtk-2.10.4-1.win32-py2.5.exe
pygobject-2.12.3-1.win32-py2.5.exe
pycairo-1.2.6-1.win32-py2.5.exe
You will also need the mpodified beta release of [...]

I’ve just realized that computertemp is now officially part of Debian Unstable.
Now I will try to sync it to Ubuntu, so it will available for Gutsy…
Thanks to Adriaan Peeters and Loic Minier!
One more thing, i’ve released 0.9.6.1 with a bugfix for Feisty and a .deb.
To get it go to the usual place.

I’ve just rolled a new version of my infamous antiorwellian little Camera Monitor, with some enhacements (libnotify support, autostart with gnome session) and some bugfixes and updates:
* Added support for libnotify * Ported to new gtk.StatusIcon * Updated preferences panel * Updated about information * Removed notification on bad previous exit * Added option to [...]

 
pyRenamer 
Mass rename files

WHAT IS THIS?
With pyRenamer you can change the name of several files at the same time easily.
→ You can use patterns to rename files.
→ You can use search & replace to rename files.
→ You can use common substitutions.
→ You can rename manually selected files.
It is written using PyGTK for the GNOME Desktop, and [...]

I got mad trying to connect to my new Fonera from my laptop, which has a Intel Centrino ipw2200, using the Ubuntu Edgy release, but I finally managed to get it working. This is what i’ve done:
* Run wpa_passphrase essid, where essid is your wpa-protected-router essid.
* Copy the output from above command and paste them [...]