Tag Archives: apple

Can’t get Ubuntu 9.10 to boot from EFI.

By Fırat Can Başarır | Published: December 21, 2009
It’s rather ironic that after a week of research on free software, software compatibility and protocols I was unable to get Ubuntu 9.10 to boot from EFI on my MacBook Pro 5,1 (late 2008). It’s not the fault of Ubuntu or grub2 developers. It’s Apple’s implementation of EFI, they weren’t loyal to the standards. I [...]
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A change of development environment.

By Fırat Can Başarır | Published: July 1, 2009
I have been developing on a Mac for 3 years (give or take). I used to do projects using RubyOnRails and PHP Frameworks. For a year now I have been enjoying Django. Ruby (and Rails), Python and PHP all come built-in latest Mac OS X (Leopard). It may sound good enough but it is really [...]
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Apple iCal and Google Calendar synchronization

By Fırat Can Başarır | Published: February 13, 2009
Just like a lot of people out there, I use more than one computer. I have my laptop, my desktop computer at work and various computer terminals at school… So I like to keep my data online as much as possible. The best solution for synchronization between computers is MobileMe. But I find the service [...]
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  • Hello, I am Fırat.

    I am a CS student from Turkey. I can't stop learning new things every day and rant about them!