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by John59
Sat May 01, 2010 5:26 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Ubuntu 10.04 post installation mega guide!
Replies: 1
Views: 2198

Ubuntu 10.04 post installation mega guide!

Hello all,

I linked to this guide for the last release and I will do the same here:

http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-what-to.html


Very good in my opinion and some awesome software listed!

Regards :D
by John59
Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:52 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Lenovo launch Skylight ARM Smartbook
Replies: 0
Views: 704

Lenovo launch Skylight ARM Smartbook

Hi all, I thought some might be interested in this story, with all the recent talk of ARM tablets and smartbooks anounced it is nice to see an actual product from a tier one company that will be available soon. Looks alright to me but a little pricey for what it is: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/0...
by John59
Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:08 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: IE9
Replies: 8
Views: 1565

Re: IE9

My hopes for IE9

1)SVG support
2)HTML5 Theora support
3)SMIL support
4)DOM2
by John59
Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:54 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Looking for a good MP3 player
Replies: 48
Views: 7254

Re: Looking for a good MP3 player

I really have to second the suggestion for a Sansa Clip, they are fantastic audio players. Inexpensive, light, great audio quality. As a basic MP3/OGG/FLAC player that can use FM radio you can't go wrong and was voted MP3 player of the year on http://www.anythingbutipod.com/ . Buy a good pair of ear...
by John59
Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:55 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Should I install Ubuntu on my parents' PC
Replies: 14
Views: 4828

Re: Should I install Ubuntu on my parents' PC

Hi Rewertz, as has been said already, you really can't go wrong with testing a 'Live CD' out on your new system. As your parents are using Windows 98 they would still see a big difference with going to Windows 7. Of course it is up to you but Ubuntu out the box will give you a good performance and p...
by John59
Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:32 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Ubuntu 9.10 post install 'mega guide'
Replies: 4
Views: 3276

Ubuntu 9.10 post install 'mega guide'

Hello all,

sorry if this overlaps with other threads, but I stumbled upon this website and wanted to share the goodness around :wink:

http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2009/09/top-things-to-do-after-installing.html
by John59
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:59 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Web server problems today?
Replies: 3
Views: 1914

Web server problems today?

Hello all,

I was unable to browse the techreport.com website for 5 hous this morning and so missed my morning fix of tech news :D . This is a really long downtime for such a large/well known site. Are there any upgrades taking place or were the gremlins at work again?
by John59
Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:23 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Google to buy On2 technoligies
Replies: 2
Views: 1795

Re: Google to buy On2 technoligies

I think the issues with the html5 video are three fold for Google / Apple. 1) Patent concerns 2) Video streaming quality vs. data rate 3) Hardware support 1) If Google buy the company they can grant a royalty free patent license to stream/use their video codecs in a non discrimatory way. 2) With the...
by John59
Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:54 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Google to buy On2 technoligies
Replies: 2
Views: 1795

Google to buy On2 technoligies

Hello guys, I think this is interesting news, http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/ir_20090805.html On2 are the company that came up with the codec that is used now in Ogg Theora. Their newer codecs invented such as VP6/VP8 appear to be very advanced and are used in Adobe Flash player. Could...
by John59
Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:13 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Mozilla Firefox passes 1 Billion downloads
Replies: 2
Views: 799

Mozilla Firefox passes 1 Billion downloads

Conratualations to Mozilla!

Firefox has now been downloaded more than one billion times,

http://www.onebillionplusyou.com/
http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2009/07/31/one-billion-downloads-of-firefox/

:D
by John59
Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:29 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: HTPC OS (Windows or Linux?)
Replies: 8
Views: 3471

Re: HTPC OS (Windows or Linux?)

Hi there, have you heard of MythTV? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythtv This is a home PVR system for Linux, it is well known and many distributions of Linux have released a version of their OS that incorporate this. Mythbuntu (based upon Ubuntu): http://www.mythbuntu.org/ for example. You can use l...
by John59
Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Super Budget Build
Replies: 17
Views: 2932

Re: Super Budget Build

Hi, Ubuntu comes as standard with a DVD/CD burning application called Brasero and very good it is to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasero_(software) or another choice that you can install for free in Ubuntu is K3b, which is as equal or better to any autoring application you will find on Windows. ht...
by John59
Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:28 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Super Budget Build
Replies: 17
Views: 2932

Re: Super Budget Build

Hello, yes Ubuntu would be a good option for you to try, it is free and if you don't like it then you loose nothing. It comes with many applications by default including OpenOffice as you mentioned. You don't even need to install Ubuntu to your harddrive to try it out, you can simply boot off of the...
by John59
Tue May 26, 2009 4:33 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Netbook runs on AA batteries
Replies: 18
Views: 3244

Re: Netbook runs on AA batteries

Apparently this netbook uses an X86 system on chip at 1GHZ that consumes just 1.2 Watts. Has anyone ever heard of the included processor Xcore86? I know Intel are working on a SOC but who are these people? http://xcore86.com/ I found this video on youtube about the laptop: http://www.youtube.com/wat...
by John59
Tue May 26, 2009 6:55 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Netbook runs on AA batteries
Replies: 18
Views: 3244

Re: Netbook runs on AA batteries

You would use rechargeable AA batteries in the same way as a 'traditional' netbook uses a rechargeable battery for its energy and a five hour battery life sounds okay to me. The advantage is a set of eight AA batteries will be considerably cheaper to replace than a single battery on an eeepc or Aspi...
by John59
Tue May 26, 2009 6:13 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Netbook runs on AA batteries
Replies: 18
Views: 3244

Netbook runs on AA batteries

Hello all, I was reading Linux devices (hope this is the correct forum, but will run any X86 OS)and found this Netbook that runs on AA batteries and thought it was quite an interesting product. With energy requirements getting less and less in this product space this might be the way to go forward? ...
by John59
Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:14 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Linux is sweet!
Replies: 29
Views: 11429

Re: Linux is sweet!

Eclipse all the way :)
by John59
Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:40 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Linux is sweet!
Replies: 29
Views: 11429

Re: Linux is sweet!

Hello Madman, if you are looking for an IDE that is 'like' Visual Studio then I would suggest that you take a look at Mono and Mono develop, you can code .net applications with this program. http://mono-project.com/Main_Page Also QT creater from Trolltech is well worth taking a look at along with Ec...
by John59
Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:40 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: OpenGL 3.1 Released Plus New Audio Standard
Replies: 1
Views: 1005

OpenGL 3.1 Released Plus New Audio Standard

For those interested Khronos has just released the OpenGL V3.1specification

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n ... &px=NzE2Nw
http://www.khronos.org/opengl/
by John59
Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:59 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Using linux as primary OS for parent's pc
Replies: 19
Views: 10088

Re: Using linux as primary OS for parent's pc

Hi again Traz, the easiest way to try if if your parents are happy with the Linux OS of choice is to boot your computer off of one of the many 'live' installation CDs, you get access to the whole OS in an unrestricted way so you can test out if the distro is something you want to keep or not. Almost...
by John59
Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:42 am
Forum: Apple Sanctuary
Topic: Mac Office vs iWork
Replies: 20
Views: 8050

Re: Mac Office vs iWork

Another free Office application suite to try is neo office, based upon open office version 3 but with a few extras included like better vba support more clipart and arguably better docx, pptx and xlsx support. http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php Koffice 2 is an option if you don't mind to ...
by John59
Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:26 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Using linux as primary OS for parent's pc
Replies: 19
Views: 10088

Re: Using linux as primary OS for parent's pc

Hi Traz, I am currently using Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 5 and am very happy with the stability so far, the final release will be next month. But I guess the requirements for your parents won't be to run bleeding edge software. My recommendation would be Linux Mint... the most current distribution is based u...
by John59
Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:03 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Awesome new touch screen netbook with 15 hour battery life!
Replies: 3
Views: 2471

Awesome new touch screen netbook with 15 hour battery life!

Hi all, I just saw this netbook and thought some of you guys might be interested in this, completly silent, 15 hours battery life... ARM based, touch screen can also be used as a tablet! Just what I always wanted.... role on the Ubuntu! Web comics here I come! And all starting from $299... time to s...
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