Tag Archives: Windows

Drinking the Ubuntu Kool-Aid

For quite a while, I had considered nuking Windows from my laptop and starting fresh. A few weeks ago, I finally took the plunge. I started with a full backup (two, actually — a file-by-file backup, and a partition image). I toyed with the idea of dual-booting, but finally decided that I’d try to go completely non-Windows, and see how well I could get by.

After hearing one of my co-workers rave about how impressed he was with Fedora Core, I was going to give that a try. But the DVD he burned for me wouldn’t install for some reason. [...]

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ViaList

A couple of years ago, when we moved to the Atlanta area, I was working as a contractor doing some web programming on a project that I couldn’t say much about, because I had signed an NDA. But now I can talk, because the product is officially released (actually, I suppose I could have talked about it back when it was in beta). That product is ViaList.

ViaList is software that helps your club, group, committee, or family stay organized and up-to-date. [...]

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Dvorak stirs the pot

John Dvorak seems to thrive on controversy (much like the rest of journalism). His latest claim is that while Apple’s switch to Intel processors could threaten Microsoft, it also “could actually be most dangerous to the emerging Linux OS environment.”

Linux has other problems too. It’s likely that developer interest will wane when Apple is fully engaged on the X86 platform. [...]

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Eye Candy

Over the past few weeks, I’ve found some cool screen savers for Windows XP (well, for any Win32 system, really). Actually, I was searching for how to write my own screen saver, and I found a page full of screen savers. I particularly liked TwinkleGL, Rotating Galaxies, and ZoneRings.

Then a few days ago, I ran across references to ZMatrix and Drempels over on Matt’s site. [...]

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Blue Screen of Death

I got my first BSOD under Windows XP today. It’s a little darker blue, and the font was different than blue screens under Windows NT. I would have taken a screenshot, but MY COMPUTER WAS CRASHED.

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