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Desktop Java and Desktop Linux: A Match Made in Heaven?
[Both] Linux and Java benefit from using Java on the Linux desktop, since both of them want the same thing, and can mutually contribute towards the same goal. Both Linux and Java want greater desktop market share. Java can give this to Linux by providing a more productive, more secure, and easier to debug platform [...]
Downloading OpenSUSE 10.3 Alpha 1
Ubuntu has started to bore me lately. Nothing really new and exciting seems to be added to Feisty. And they just can’t seem to ditch the brown.
I actually installed OpenSUSE before (I think it was 10.1) but I quickly went back to Ubuntu again. However, I can’t really remember why I didn’t like OpenSUSE so [...]
Google Talk with Video Calls?
I read at the Swedish IT website IDG.se that the Nokia N800 internet tablet comes with a version of Google Talk that supports video calls. Is this really true? Then why isn’t it available in the Windows client? And why hasn’t Google Talk been released for PC Linux when it’s obviously available for internet tablet [...]
Mono
I’m excited about the progress of Mono, the open-source implementation of the Microsoft .NET development platform. The software I’m developing at work is written in C#. This basically means that in the future, we could switch from Windows XP to Linux with relatively little effort. The only things that would need to be re-written, I’m [...]
Just four years, eh?
Wow, only four years were required to fix a major usability issue in Gnome:
Bug 102501 – Drag-and-drop extract operation should run instantly in background
An impressive sign of just how dedicated these Gnome developers are! Do they ever sleep?!
I can’t count the number of times I’ve thought File Roller is broken when it’s just taking an [...]
Release Week
Interesting week this was.
Firefox 2.0 was released.
Ubuntu 6.10 was released (with Firefox 2.0 as the web browser).
Fedora Core 6 was released (with Firefox 1.5.0.7 as the web browser).
To me, the choice of Linux distribution was easier than ever this time.
Fanatic Debian Geeks
I discovered this over at Daniel Glazman’s blog:
Embarrassing… And by the way, it’s Firefox, not FireFox!
The complex world of calendars
Organizing your life digitally is hard.
When it comes to e-mail and calendaring, I’m very picky about keeping it universally accessible. I want my mail available whenever I need it, regardless of where I am and what computer/mobile/OS is the current flavor of the month. My mail and calendars are the most important digital bits of [...]
Replace Evolution with Thunderbird in Ubuntu
Ubuntu ships with Mozilla Firefox as their web browser, and Evolution as their mail client. However, this poll in the Ubuntu forums clearly shows that a majority of Ubuntu’s user base forum regulars prefer Thunderbird:
I think Ubuntu should change the default mail client to Thunderbird, especially now when the Thunderbird developers team up with Eudora [...]
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