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- GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation
- I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- What's up with the rabbit penis, doc?
- Could it apply to......brain and spinal cord injuries? Damaged hearts, lungs or kidneys/livers? A new finger/arm would be nice for amputees etc, but the above are far more debilitating and the victims in greater need of organ regeneration.InterestingBesides the obvious medical benefits from growing new tissue and organs, another thought...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, High Blood Pressure, rabbit, organ
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Preview Party: Windows 7 makes a big splash in a Mac house
- No, they're not.[i]How sad that PC users are impressed and astonished when the following problems DON'T happen:[/i]Such events are abnormal for Windows too. Have been for years. If you're experiencing any of these then there's a problem you need to investigate and resolve. It's not normal behavior for Windows. Sam...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, desktop, Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Sam
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Remote code execution exploit for Firefox 3.5 in the wild
- Remote code execution exploit for Firefox 3.5 in the wildinstall "noscript" now!This is exactly the type of exploit noscript is designed to prevent - unless you allow the untrusted web site, you will be protected.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722cheersShields Up!:Noscript? Check. Adblock? Check.Ubuntu 9.04 Linux? Check.AppArmor Firefox Profile? Check.Everything is super fine and safe...
- Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Web site development, Microsoft Windows, Web technology, Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Web site
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- XP to Windows 7 handoff expected to boost PC sales
- XP to Windows 7 handoff expected to boost PC salesAnother clueless analyst.[i]Security patches for Windows XP SP2 end in July 2010, says Egbert.[/i]Security patches for Windows XP will end in 2014.The word analyst is almost synonymous with clueless.Average corp PC 6 years old? So what?My office phone is going on...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 handoff, Microsoft Windows XP, handoff, PC sale, Microsoft Windows, sales, Microsoft Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- AMD grabs "impressive" market share from Intel in Q1
- AMD grabs "impressive" market share from Intel in Q1AMD will do well to become very pro Linux.With the purchasing power of FOSS builders and installers behind them, they could take another huge chunk whilst doing FOSS a service at the same time.The New AMDEvery time I see Adrian "what's his...
- Tags: Linux, Processors, OPEN SOURCE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Windows 7 to open another round in Apple-Microsoft rivalry
- Windows 7 to open another round in Apple-Microsoft rivalrywhat crap is thatthe crap you sit onOf course it does.Most people I know that use Macs use it for one reason:the OS. It doesn't hurt that the hardware looks great too, but to get OSX was the #1 reason they...
- Tags: Tablets, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., rivalry, operating system, tablet, Microsoft Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear
- Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclearMakes you wonderStarOffice/OpenOffice is so far behind MS Office that it isn't even funny. They are lagging in performance, usability, innovation, features, programmability. It looks like Office 97. featurewise and quite literally.It is the cheapo free/cheap alternative you only accept because...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- The netbook blacklash
- The netbook blacklashYeah well...[i]It sounds like a netbook won?t work for you. Don?t buy one.[/i]Sound advice of course, but these backlashes aren't really about the gadgets etc, but the hype that surrounds them.RE: The netbook blacklashAgreed. Netbooks work for a lot of people, but not everyone. Buy whatever the heck...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgrade
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgradeAnecdotal evidenceThis is the Nth time you use this particular setup of the two 690s as a basis for comparison between AIX/Power and Solaris/Whatever. As stated in another post the problems with that system has nothing to do with AIX but with design.I can counter...
- Tags: Blade servers, Databases, Enterprise software, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, PCI, P690, T5440, Oracle Real Application Cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Who needs another Windows 7 beta?
- Who needs another Windows 7 beta?They may as well go straight to RTMbecause no matter what happens, we'll be patching the bloody thing for the next 5-10yrs.RE: Who needs another Windows 7 beta?Just give us Windows 7 now! ;) From a purely PR perspective?The PDC release definitely should have been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Storage networks
- Storage networksBack me upThe main selling point of SANs was the promised ability to do "offline backups". IOW since you have moved all of your data into one place, you should be able to back that stuff up to tape - in the background. Every sysadmin would welcome giving up...
- Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Storage management, Backups, IP storage, network, storage, SAN, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network File System, backup
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Can open source saving gaming companies?
- Can open source saving gaming companies?Can open source saving gaming companies?What is that, Stephen Colbert's next book title?RE: Can open source saving gaming companies?Save gaming companies? Maybe.This might not be in the same league but, there are a lot of dedicated end users that have patched and modded existing games.Look...
- Tags: Games, Cyan, game, open source, open source saving gaming company
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Linux to out ship Windows by next year ... maybe not!
- Linux to out ship Windows by next year ... maybe not!What version are you using?The one I use it 100% GUI driven and doesn't require a recompile of anything nor does it require command line. Update to a modern distribution already. The 90's are over. ]:)Congratulations - that's a 10...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Instant-On, Fast Boot, Linux, Microsoft Windows, predication, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- The end of Mac clones: Apple sues Psystar
- The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarfinallyI was wondering what was taking Apple so long to respond. I mean why Psystar even did this cloning. They don't know about infringements, or that they can get in trouble? Weird.The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarI hope Psystar pulls a...
- Tags: Desktops, Virtualization Technology, Apple Products, Psystar, Apple Inc., Mac-clone, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on Linux
- First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on LinuxRidiculousPoor W32 support. Basically no .NET support.It must be wonderful to spend 15 years working on something billed as a 'Windows Compatibility layer' and, in spite of not meeting any sensible compatibility benchmark with perhaps the exception of Photoshop, declare oneself at version...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux User, Microsoft Windows, wine, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Frequent open source miles
- Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...
- Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Is it Microsoft of Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?
- Is it Microsoft of Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?Does Red Hat’s exit now leave the desktop Linux field open to Ubuntu?Red Hat was never really in the desktop field to begin with, and has stated so rather pointedly on many occasions, so I don't see how...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, Blizzard, Eve-Online, Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed
- Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed...LOL... get too greedy and lose your focus. This is the eventual outcome, and Like IBM, Microsoft will have to pare down, rethink and take some serious blows. I don't think Microsoft will go away (too bad...) but they are sure...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Oops IT, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Costs: Wintel vs. open source
- One of the true wonders of our age is the ability lots of otherwise reasonable people have to tell you with every evidence of believing it themselves that PCs cost a few hundred bucks and last for years - and then go off to spend well over a thousand replacing...
- Tags: Wintel, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
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