KDE 4.0 has been released, with a large number of improvements to the KDE desktop. I tried it. Unfortunately, I don’t think it is really ready for everyday use yet as there are lots of (mainly minor, at least from my brief trial) problems and issues. I’m going to stay with Gnome for the time [...]
The Tombuntu blog has posted an interesting method for improving the really ugly “early Win95″ look of Windows programs running under WINE. Unfortunately, it slows some Windows apps running under some versions of WINE to a crawl on some systems — mine included. The ability to “theme” WINE applications is a new feature in recent [...]
Have you ever wanted to set up a web server just so you can easily provide a few files to friends and family (or to yourself when you are at another computer) via a program they understand - their web browser? If you’ve looked into this, you’ve probably discovered that setting up a full web [...]
Roguelike games are not for everyone as they lack all the pretty graphics that many people think are absolutely necessary for a good game. However, roguelike games have very deep gameplay hidden behind their text “graphics.” Incursion is a new roguelike game of the standard fantasy dungeon hack-and-slash fest variety. Its claim to fame is [...]
As most people reading this blog probably know, I’ve decided not to upgrade to Vista. I would need a new computer and really have no need for one, other than to run Vista. I have, however, upgraded to 1 gig of RAM over the weekend and this has finally allowed me to run Windows and [...]