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Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows users: Let's face it, deciding to nuke your existing operating system installation and replace it with a completely different OS isn't the sort of task that you should approach lightly.Â One of the barriers to Linux adoption is the fact that many people find the idea of wiping their Windows installation...; Tags: Ubuntu, Beta, Wubi Installer, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-24

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Minimizing XP SP3 woes: I'm getting sporadic reports of Windows XP users having problems installing XP SP3 on some systems. Here are some tips to help make the install process a little smoother. Disable AV software It seems that some AV software causes the SP3 install to hang, while the...; Tags: Problem, Reboot, AV, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows XP, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Xippee Windows All-in-one Installer (jar): Xippee Windows All-in-one Installer is a free Xippee browser plugin works on all of your favorite search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN), with versions for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Bunn Technologies, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet; Software downloads 2008-05-08
Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!: Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!No LVM stuff required for WindowsAlso, all you need to do for windows is mount the image destination (could be a local USB drive) and run "partimage". The GUI does the rest.For restores, just do "partimage" and path...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Acronis, LINUX IS, GUI, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
Handwriting recognition coming to iPhone: A couple of weeks ago a Chinese developer released handwriting recognition software â€” for both Latin and Chinese alphabets â€” for jailbroken iPhones called HWPen. Similar to Graffiti, the classic writing software for Palm, you can setup HWPen from Installer.app. I tried it, and while fun to...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Handwriting Recognition, Apple Inc., Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-05

OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows upOpenSolaris at ZDNet open sourceI just posted a piece abou tthis at Open Source http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2387 but I was not under the impression that this is aimed at the desktop market at all -- only the server side.RE: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants...; Tags: UNIX, OpenSolaris, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wants; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista?: Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista?Wow!Jason who also publishes the Power Page blog is an avid Mac user. That Apple koolaid must stunt mental growth.i think you need to look again most of the blogers on zdnet arei think you need to look again most of the bloggers’ on...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, osx, Mac OS 10.5.2, Apple Vista, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machines: Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machinesXubuntu 8.04 on low-power machinesI plan to load Xubuntu on two old machines -- so thanks for the info. I have had some success putting Puppy on some very old (98) machines. Why don't you try Puppy 3.01 or the latest beta (very...; Tags: Linux, Memory, Microsoft Windows XP, OPEN SOURCE, Xubuntu, Xubuntu 8.04, low-power machine; Discussion threads 2008-05-04
Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machines: I finally had the chance to install Xubuntu 8.04 on a laptop for another of my kids this weekend. My first attempt to install Xubuntu (Ubuntu running the Xfce interface instead of Gnome and generally considered lighter and faster than other *buntus) on a seriously aging and memory starved...; Tags: Ubuntu, Video, Hardware, Xfce, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-04
Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC: The User Account Control feature in Windows Vista has been known to drive normally level-headed people over the edge with frustration. If you find it annoying, you might be tempted to turn it off. According to Microsoft research, somewhere between 12 and 16 percent of all Windows Vista users do...; Tags: Program, Account, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Dialog Box, OK, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout: Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...; Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-29
XP SP3 available for download from Microsoft: XP SP3 available for download from MicrosoftCheersI've been waiting all day over here in Australia (its 8:30 at night here right now) for the release of SP3 so cheers for the link mate :DPreviously Download was 544MB, now only 316MB?Adrian,Thanks for the direct link, but why is this download only...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, XP SP3, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
"Don't tell them that I love it": "Don't tell them that I love it"Skills cost moneyAll of this is predicated on one thing: Computers exist to get something else done.That could be me chatting with a friend, writing a document, or editing a photo. We are not interested in the system that gets that job done, we...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, job, Autodesk Inc., Hardy; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?: Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?I totally agree[i]But anyone who is doing actual work on a Mac should buy a Mac. And that means a kosher, Apple machine.[/i]If you are serious about your work, then you spend the money on a serious machine, (be it a Windows...; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Kalyway installer, Apple Inc., Kalyway, Psystar, open source, Apple Software; Discussion threads 2008-04-28
Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?: The video on Monday was posted to Gizmodo. A reader named Patrick (Whiskeyfrown) made a video showing the machine's connections to the back to the monitor (somehow making the demo more legit?) and then a video of its boot process into Mac OS X. ...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., DVD, Kalyway, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-04-28
If my kid doesn't like Linux now...: ...then I'll give him Vista. I finally had the chance to install Ubuntu 8.04 on his laptop last night, wiping out an unhappy 64-bit Kubuntu 7.10 installation. His final words before I took the laptop were, "Just save my music." Typical teenager. So I backed up...; Tags: Desktop, CD, NVidia Corp., Laptop Computer, Vista Business DVD, Linux, Notebooks, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04: Yesterday saw the release of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" so I grabbed myself a copy of the .ISO and took a look. So, what's it like? First impressions Hardy Heron is what I've come to expect from an Ubuntu release. ...; Tags: Ubuntu, Western Digital Corp., PIII System, Video Cards, Memory, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Drivers highlight Linux Summit progress: Drivers highlight Linux Summit progressThe proprietary world is filled with drivers that are Windows onlyThe cool part is that the major graphics card makers, all of them, have open sourced their drivers up to a point. They did not even offer anything in the way of support up until...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Printers, Windows Machines, Linux, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Linux World, software; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
Leopard mauls podcaster (updated 2x): For weeks I've been bedeviled by an audio bug on my MacBook Pro. The symptoms include poor audio quality by recipients of a Skype call using a USB microphone. While that may sound like an obscure bug, it affects one particular vertical market the hardest â€“ podcasters. ...; Tags: Microphone, Skype Technologies S.A., Bug, USB, Podcasts, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launch: Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launchUBUNTU RulesI have tried numerous distros of linux and have found ubuntu the easiet to useI am downloading the latest version nowVersion 7 had drivers for all of the harder on my pc and installed everything automaticallyCool features!Have been looking forward...; Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Lord Jesus Christ, Ubuntu, KDE, KDE 4, corporate case, Ubuntu 8.04, Shuttleworth, Kubuntu; Discussion threads 2008-04-24