May 15, 2009
by sjvn01
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I love Google Chrome. It’s faster than fast and I really like the clean, but still helpful, interface. But, since it only runs on Windows and it didn’t support extensions, I usually recommend Firefox. Google is making big changes to … Continue reading
May 13, 2009
by sjvn01
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Sun may have the MySQL name, but every one has its open-source code and MySQL co-founder Monty Widenius is taking the popular open-source DBMS (database management system) and forking it in a new directions. It came as no surprise to … Continue reading
May 13, 2009
by sjvn01
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Over the years, Adobe has become more Linux friendly. First, Adobe released an excellent version of its Flash Player for Linux, and, more recently, the company launched a version of AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) for Linux. Now, however, with Strobe, … Continue reading
May 11, 2009
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The latest version of the open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 3.1 has just arrived, and it’s a good one. While some of the improvements are visible to the naked eye, I found that the most important changes were hidden under the … Continue reading
May 7, 2009
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I like Ubuntu 9.04 a lot, but ATI graphic drivers don’t work and play well with it. This is especially annoying since, for a while there, ATI was working hand-in-glove with Linux and even ATI’s proprietary drivers worked well with … Continue reading
May 4, 2009
by sjvn01
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I won’t rehash my feelings about earlier versions of KDE. Suffice it to say I didn’t like it and you can review my comments about KDE 4.0 and KDE 4.1 elsewhere. At first glance, I also wasn’t impressed with KDE … Continue reading