By Marc, on June 30th, 2006%
Just what the world needs – another “Linux is better than Windows” post…
I installed Windows 2000 last night. I hadn’t done a Windows install in a while and I remembered what an awful process it is. Ah, the famous Windows 56 step install.
Install. Reboot. Install chipset drivers. Reboot. Install Intel Application Accelerator. Reboot. Install ethernet drivers. . . . → Read More: Linux is easier to install than Windows
By Marc, on June 29th, 2006%
Bill says:
I recently started getting spammed by Paypal. Not remembering ever using the service, I attempted to unsubscribe. The conclusion? They want me to fax a photo ID + current utility bill… to unsubscribe from their newsletters.read . . . → Read More: PayPal: Fax Us to Unsubscribe.
By Marc, on June 29th, 2006%
I wanted to build qemu-0.8.1 and the latest kqemu kernel module, but I haven’t yet figured how the heck to reconcile these facts:
When you run ./configure on a Dapper system, QEMU complains that gcc4 is not recommended. I can disable that check and build with gcc4, but then the build fails with a super gnarly error . . . → Read More: How to build QEMU on Dapper?
By Marc, on June 29th, 2006%
This video from Hitachi totally rocks. If you liked Schoolhouse Rock, you’ll love this. Make sure you have speakers or . . . → Read More: Getting Perpendicular
By Marc, on June 29th, 2006%
Got a chance to try out the Belkin F1DK102U USB KVM switch last night. I’m having trouble thinking of a time where I hated a product so quickly after removing it from the packaging. It took less than 5 minutes for me to be ranting and raving about this thing.
The first thing that is immediately apparent . . . → Read More: Belkin F1DK102U USB KVM switch: A piece of crap
By Marc, on June 28th, 2006%
By Marc, on June 28th, 2006%
Features:
New look and feel for OS X (Cocoa)
New features including Avatars, sounds, and display images
Coming soon: IM with friends that use Windows Live™ (MSN) Messenger
Stealth settings
Conferencing
“New IM” indicator in the OS X dock and support for Growl
Organize your contact list into groups
Unicode support
Webcam support, compatible across PCs and Macs
Custom Status messages, including links to music tracks
Animated . . . → Read More: Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 1 released!