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Windows 7: What happens if I just keep the trial?
For those of us with a full cup of Windows Vista hate, the answer is to run to Windows 7. The release candidate (RC) is out and I too plan to overwrite Vista with this as soon as I can get my head above water. But this article from Lifehacker made me laugh this morning. [...]
Amarok2: The Weekend at Bernie’s 2 of Software
Amarok 1.4 WAS by far the best music player I had ever seen. So many options, a great functional layout with nearly everything you wanted no more than a single click away… I did say was. My recent upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 automagically left me with Amarok 2. Not only was it not playing out [...]
Only 2 minor hickups after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04
I’m up and running with the latest Ubuntu release. It’s an upgrade from 8.10 which was an upgrade from 8.04.. you get the idea. Only two hick-ups so far. The first, compiz boogered up on my leaving my Panels (or menu bars as some call them) not displaying properly. I finally had to reset them [...]
Was this a problem?
Really?? This was a problem? You were accidentally hitting Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? Personally I loved the combo and found it very handy during extreme (albeit rare) lockups. The Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination to force a restart of X is now disabled b default, to eliminate the problem of accidentally triggering the key combination. Users who do want this [...]
The Perfect Vista Wallpaper.
Broken Vista No wallpaper sums up my feelings about vista as much as this one. Sweet. Well.. maybe this mod of it
Dvorak Likes Linux – Columns by PC Magazine
Dvorak nails it on this column. But a couple points: I look forward to the day when I read an install review without any minor glitches (yes, they are far and few between – but there’s still work to be done). Secondly, when you take his advice and you hit a snag. Don’t give up.. [...]
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