Migrating mail from Evolution on Linux

Migrating mail from one installation of Novel Evolution (formerly Ximian Evolution) to another is possible, but if not done carefully it is easy to lose messages and corrupt files. The simplest method, and the most error prone is probably just to copy the .evolution directory from one machine to another. The problem with doing that is that you will be carrying over all of the internal indices and data files created by Evolution, in addition to the actual mail files. If you are migrating to a different version of Evolution, or if the target installation is already set up with its own data directory, you are very likely going to cause problems. Read more

Using The Audiovox DC400 DV Camcorder With Linux

I was going through my collection of random electronic devices recently, and came across an Audiovox DC400 DV camcorder that I had acquired awhile back. The DC400 is an affordable camcorder with limited functionality... perfect for a webcam. I decided to get it set up on my Fedora Core 6 linux machine so that I could use the video conferencing functionality of Ekiga.

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