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"Reclama e sufletul comertului" - asa spun toti cei din marketing, publicitate.
Afirmatia lor are la baza faptul ca ei creeaza sau induc nevoi.

La fel si cu stirile. Poti sa traiesti si fara ele, fara sa urmaresti in fiecare zi diverse surse: radio, tv, situri, bloguri, forumuri, grupuri de discutii.

Poti cauta studia, cauta informatii cand ai nevoie de ceva specific.

Altfel este doar o pierdere de timp.

Requirements of tester job

eurodyn.com

Experience in Unit Testing and knowledge of Testing Tools such as
WCF Storm and Queue explorer;
Experience in an Agile project and knowledge of Team Foundation
Server or any ALM tool will be considered an asset;Tester


Mozilla
http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/o3QiWfwR
Requirements:
* Scripting experience in Javascript and Python
* Strong experience using and maintaining automation tools
* Proven ability to read and debug code
* Intermediate Linux system administration skills (installing, configuring and running Linux, Apache, VMs, etc.)
* Strong understanding and some experience with Cloud-based technologies: web services, stacks/frameworks, software and applications
* Strong knowledge of internet protocols, networking, and browser technologies
* Strong understanding of test methodologies and test case development
* A deep understanding of the complete SDLC process and its importance to measuring quality
* 2-5 years of experience in Quality Engineering
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
 * 4-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience

Skills Desired:
* Performance, Stress/Load, and Automation testing experience across server and client products/systems
* Knowledge of continuous integration tools like Buildbot, Hudson, Jenkins
* Knowledge of version control tools like Git, Mercurial, Subversion
* Knowledge of central repositories like Github, Sourceforge
* A good understanding of web security and internet privacy issues
* Experience with testing open source products and open source community participation
* Knowledge of server-side software systems/frameworks like Node.js and Hadoop

Ubuntu
https://tbe.taleo.net/CH03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CANONICAL&cws=1&rid=525

Required skills and experience:

 

• 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or equivalent, some team lead experience would be a plus
• Experience with the Linux desktop, and related technologies
• Solid grasp of commercial QA practices and ideas on how to integrate them into Linux Community standards
• Understanding of mobile and embedded platforms
• Experience with common scripting languages, including Shell script, Python or Perl
• Comfortable with online communication and collaboration such as mailing lists, IRC, wiki
• Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Strong English language communication skills
• Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team

How to Disable a shortcut in Ubuntu ?

To Disable a shortcut in Ubuntu :
- go to Keyboard settings ,
- tab Shortcuts,
- search for the desired event ,
- select it and ...
- press Backspace

The text Disabled appears there.

This was needed when the shortcut for Evernote Clearly add-on in Firefox didn't worked: CTRL+ALT+Up was caught by Unity - it is assigned for Workspace Up. For me it is not needed - is enough a circular navigation with Workspace Right - ctrl+alt+right.

Unity - new Ubuntu interface

At first usage, the new linux interface - Unity - could be a headache.
It is a change from the way we were using the navigation on computers.
Understanding the principles would allow you to change the headache into pleasure.

The new interface serves the users to be more productive.
It is more task oriented.  Because the humans uses computers to do tasks. So instead to adapt people to computers, vice-versa is done: adapt computers to help humans.

The productivity is increased by 2 factors:
1. use more the keyboard instead of mouse.
2. just type what you want to be opened, instead to navigate thorough menus with applications.

Eg: you want to edit a text, press Start key (with win logo), type text and some applications are shown. Continue typing to properly identify the needed one if  it is not the first and press Enter. Press Alt+F4 to close it.

There is also a bar with 2 functions:
- list the favorite applications
- list the opened applications.

To navigate between:
- the  opened applications the keys are Alt+Tab.
- the windows of same applications Alt+~ (above tab key).

I hide the bar, gaining more space, because I don't need it since I can open using point 2 and use the navigation from above.

Move on new linux machine

- cp useful folders like ~/.
- install  Adobe Flash package
- cfg proxy in Network and for Software Center in
 cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire::http::proxy "http://u:p@proxy:8080/";
Acquire::https::Proxy "http://u:p@proxy:8080/";
Acquire::ftp::Proxy "http://u:p@proxy:8080/";

Adobe and Linux

I have to test an application that uses Flash.
Updated to last Flash player from Adobe.
On their page http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ was a strange text:
"NOTE: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security backports to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux."

(Your system: Linux 32-bit, Firefox )


After update, I noticed the YouTube is played with interruptions.

eg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YANGB9KqYo&feature=relmfu

Solution:
- DO NOT do upgrade on newer FlashPlayer if not necessarily

Cause:
- technical: on Linux, Adobe disabled Hardware Acceleration 
- Adobe passes the fault on others, when in fact they are unable to do a good software (fotomaniacu had problems with ACR on i7 with SSD):

http://gnome-scan.blogspot.ro/2012/09/why-doesnt-adobe-flash-player-11x-have.html
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The main reason for this move was:

1. Security concerns.
2. Unstable Nvidia/AMD/Intel and Open Source drivers - in combination with Adobe Flash Hardware-Acceleration.

Here the Link to the thread, where this has been discussed and confirmed: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/911321
Quote from the Link above:

"Unfortunately given the current landscape of graphics drivers and support for Linux based operating systems, we could not support Linux with Hardware Acceleration. Most drivers, including the ones provided from Intel/NVIDIA/AMD were too unstable to consistently work with the Flash Player. Sorry for the inconvienience." - Charbs09, Adobe Employee
"As of FP 11.0.1.152 there is no way to turn on HW Acceleration for Linux. We disabled it entirely facing security concerns, but we may re-enable an unsupported method in a future release." - Charbs09, Adobe Employee

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House hacking

Tips to reduce the annoyance of house tasks.

1. Keep week-ends free. They are for relaxation, not for work.

2. Do the tasks during the week, morning and evening.

3. Iron few shirts when started, instead of one.

4. Iron when watch a movie or match.

5. Clean the water droplets from bath immediately with a towel - no disgraceful stains will remain.