This open-source application originally hosted on Google Code is an awesome way to have a dock on Linux. I use Ubuntu as my distro and I’ve got to say that as this project progresses, it’s going to only get better. Eventually I think AWN will be fully capable to reproduce everything the Mac OS X [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Avant Window Navigator
Posted in beta stuff, linux, open source, software on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Launchy Application Launcher
Posted in open source, software on August 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Windows Only. This little open-source application is pretty sweet. At first I wasn’t too keen on these types of programs but Launchy is actually kind of cool. If you know Macs at all it’s supposed to be similar to Quicksilver.
Once you install the program in runs everytime windows starts and the default [...]
AMD To Release New CPU’s
Posted in amd, hardware on August 15, 2007 | No Comments »
From PCWorld:
“After launching Phenom, AMD will offer a high-end Phenom FX (in one or two quad-core chips), Phenom X4 and Phenom X2 (in quad-core and dual-core), Athlon X2 and Sempron.”
I’m excited for the new Phenom chips and I want to see how they will match up to Intel’s superb Core 2 Duo chips.
nVidia Releases New Graphics Drivers
Posted in graphics, vista on August 15, 2007 | No Comments »
nVidia has finally released some stable graphics driver for Windows Vista. I have installed many of the driver updates for the x86 version of Vista since the RTM drivers that nVidia shipped, and they all made things worse not better.
But now we’re at a point where their new driver actually works! This combined [...]
Firefox is a Public Asset
Posted in firefox, mozilla, open source, software, technology on August 9, 2007 | No Comments »
This is from a blog entry on Mitchell Baker’s Mozilla Blog. Everyone should read this…
Firefox is a Public Asset
Recently a Mozilla observer and contributor asked why Firefox isn’t treated as a typical for-profit, commercial effort, and why we are giving up the chance to get rich. This is a great topic for [...]
Google to Rescue Linux from Microsoft
Posted in linux, microsoft on August 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Google has joined the fight to save Linux from an army of patent-waving Microsoft lawyers.
With Redmond threatening to collect royalties from Linux users and distributors across the industry, claiming that the open-source operating system violates 235 of its patents, Google has thrown its considerable weight behind the Open Invention Network (OIN), a consortium [...]
Microsoft Releases Performance Updates
Posted in microsoft, vista on August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Check out this post from Bink.nu. Microsoft released two updates for Vista that improve reliability and performance.
The Performance update:
This update resolves the following issues on a Windows Vista-based computer:
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You experience a long delay when you try to exit the Photos screen saver.
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A memory leak occurs when you use the Windows Energy screen saver.
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If [...]
Make Ubuntu Look Like OS X
Posted in apple, linux, open source, software, technology, ubuntu on August 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sorry there haven’t been updates to this for a while but I’ll try to get back on it. Here is an awesome way to make Ubuntu look like Mac OS X Tiger. The site doesn’t tell you quite how to do everything, but it gives you all of what you need to do it. Very [...]
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