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Run iexplore.exe under wine
Submitted by gfranken on Monday 17th of December 2007 06:36:26 PM Filed under
I hate having to use Microsoft Tools. At work, however, we have a web page that we have to update each week--and, it only works with Internet Explorer.
Since I'm now running my work workstation full-time under Linux instead of Windows XP, I've need to get MS iexplore.exe running under wine. It was simple--here's how I did it.
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray war...Why is it going nowhere?
Submitted by stmok on Wednesday 5th of December 2007 07:12:14 AMIs there a conspiracy as to why this format war is going nowhere? Or a real insidious plan?
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How to get SLAB working with SMART
Submitted by munkii on Tuesday 4th of December 2007 07:23:18 AM Filed under
If i had to name one thing that i sincerely hate about openSUSE, it'd have to be YaST's package manager with its zypper backend, so, as you may have guessed from the title, i use Smart instead, and i don't think i'm the only one here.
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Motherboard Fails
Submitted by gfranken on Wednesday 14th of November 2007 04:32:55 PM Filed under
Hardware is getting reasonably reliable if you are careful to buy components of decent quality. Recently, a bargain motherboard/CPU purchase at Fry's Electronics came back to bite me in the fanny.
Simmer Down!
Submitted by blackbelt_jones on Wednesday 14th of November 2007 06:38:01 AM Filed under
We get it! You like Vista. Some fans just carry it a little too far.
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Hacao EEE PC & Vietnamese Xandros
Submitted by Hacao on Wednesday 14th of November 2007 02:48:33 AM Filed under
Hacao EEE PC & Vietnamese Xandros for Vietnam.
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An obstacle for Linux desktops: Windows applications
Submitted by stmok on Monday 12th of November 2007 10:11:04 AMA discussion of one of the biggest obstacles facing a "Windows to Linux" transition.
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There's always hope...
Submitted by stmok on Saturday 10th of November 2007 08:08:41 AM Filed under
I guess there is some honesty in Nigeria after all...
It took about a week, but the government of Nigeria stepped in: "We are sticking with that platform," said the official.
Web survey numbers...How do they calculate them?
Submitted by stmok on Friday 9th of November 2007 07:14:55 AMWho should we trust? Are the numbers, right?
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Microsoft and "Interoperability"...LOL! That's a good one!
Submitted by stmok on Friday 9th of November 2007 05:56:15 AMDon't you get the feeling that Microsoft isn't all that serious about interoperability to begin with, and everything they do has a catch behind it all?
Why is the choice of distribution so important and contentious?
Submitted by Bezdomny on Tuesday 6th of November 2007 01:49:12 PMA quick question to help shed some light on this topic. You needn't bother reading my blabble, just the usual rantings but I would like to see some views on why this whole area generates so much emotion when basically every distribution is a Yum or Apt away from being exactly the same as the next.
Why I hate Ubuntu (even though it's awesome)
Submitted by blackbelt_jones on Tuesday 6th of November 2007 03:58:17 AMWhen you put up a detour in Debian, put up a signpost.
My distro is redder than yours, so ner!
Submitted by Bezdomny on Monday 5th of November 2007 01:47:54 PM Filed under
What is needed here is a celebrity distro match, battle to the death. And in the blue corner, weighing in at 70lbs, wearing knobbly knees and a tank top, master of the inane, lord or pointlessness, it's Faaaaaaaanboy! And in the orangy corner, weighing in at 71.123984775lbs, taking into account a floating point error, compiled 1 second faster, the spark of the unholy distro...'buntu basher masher.
Don't complain. Do something useful instead.
Submitted by stmok on Sunday 4th of November 2007 11:42:05 AMLife throws us curve balls, but how we react or respond to a given situation is what really matters.
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From a PCLinuxOS user: Kubuntu Gutsy doesn't totally reek.
Submitted by gfranken on Saturday 3rd of November 2007 10:05:40 PM Filed under
I'm a confirmed PCLinuxOS and KDE user. But, I've given a brief trial on my test box of Kubuntu Gutsy-X86_64. Aside from the whole sudo vs su issue (I hate sudo), Kubuntu Gutsy doesn't totally reek. Actually it's usable. Either I have changed as a Linux user, or Kubuntu has gotten better.
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Why you need the command line. How many reasons can I come up with before breakfast?
Submitted by blackbelt_jones on Saturday 3rd of November 2007 05:15:46 PMI'm hungry, so let's put this bad boy to bed.
The Command Line is Part of the Desktop!
Submitted by blackbelt_jones on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 06:29:05 PM Filed under
Don't be a "Putzbuntu!"
Why Mr. and Ms. Desktop Distro need to discover the Command Line. Part one of a series that may never end.
"Is Open Source Dying?"
Submitted by blackbelt_jones on Tuesday 30th of October 2007 03:56:52 PM Filed under
Ask a silly question...
Hacao Classmate PC available soon !
Submitted by Hacao on Monday 29th of October 2007 02:11:56 AM Filed under
What is a Hacao Classmate PC?
"An Intel powered classmate PC is a small, mobile learning assistant and educational solution that Intel specially developed for students in emerging markets. It's a rugged learning device designed to provide affordable, collaborative learning environments.
A classmate PC has been designed as a "tool to think and learn with" with the aim of transforming education. Toward this goal, Intel has devised a platform that meets the needs and goals of different players, namely, students, teachers, parents, school staff, and policymakers, while addressing the pedagogical, technological, social, and physical requirements of school environments
Intel.
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The Cult of Linux
Submitted by dralnu28 on Sunday 28th of October 2007 03:12:35 PM Filed under
Ever wanted to comment out multiple lines of code while writing shell scripts in vi, but didn't want to pound your keyboard for half an hour doing it?
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Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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