You know usually I don’t give much about ads on website. Usually. But this one interested me. It loaded and then said “Spin the cube!”. Which I tried. The ad obviously praises the new NVIDIA chips which are now also built into new Macs (and I think MacBooks). However what impressed me the most was …
Category Archive: Linux
Aug
10
Pimp My MythTV: Now with YouTube support
So this weekend I was kinda bored and was thinking about something productive I can do so I wouldn’t be sitting at home, alone, lonely, and dying from boredom. Well of course some geeky stuff comes to my mind. I was thinking that it would be cool if MythTV, my PVR solution of choice, would …
Feb
26
Like Apple TV Take 2, but looks nicer
And, well, it’s more customizable, and no iTunes is required. Sounds strange from someone who otherwise likes Apple so much, yes? Don’t get me wrong, I think the Apple TV Take 2 is a great thing, but it still is tied to the fact that either iTunes and your movies, TV shows etc. is required. …
Feb
09
SEtv (BAtv Take 2)
Some months back I was showing off a multimedia PC I have built, that I named BAtv. The first two letters are the initials of the street in which the house is from which I have moved away last weekend. The box had the aim to provide a richer, centralized multimedia experience that should also …
Sep
15
SCO vs. Linux: It is over!!
If you don’t know the story: Many years ago, the company SCO Group (which means Santa Cruz Operations), accused and sued IBM and Novell of having taken source code of SCO’s UNIX, and used it for their own profit. This has sparked one of the greatest open source discussions and debates ever seen. The company …
Sep
01
Mono developer gives us the Ribbon
The participant Laurent Debacker in Google’s Summer Of Code has come up with something, that most non-experienced users will enjoy, as it will make the transition from a widespread flawed operating system even easier. The entire thing resembles the Office 2007 Ribbon interface, and has been written in GTK#. To be more exact, it are …
Aug
27
Goobuntu. Coming or not?
Alright Google, what’s the deal? We know that you are using a distribution called Goobuntu in your internal labs and stuff. But are you planning to give it to us? I mean, will you make Goobuntu available to download? For those who don’t know: Google is apparently working on a Linux distribution based off the …
Jul
13
“OMG You are not using teh Debian!”
Here’s a little tale of a professor who teaches classes using Linux. Which I totally support. He tells a story about how a student tried to mess around with the setup, not paying attention, and doing his own thing. I won’t post the entire story, but a part of it… you should read the entire …
