Posts in category Misc
The Foresight Linux Search Engine
If you’re a Foresight Linux user, there are many resources you have at your disposal for documentation. First and foremost, you have the excellent guide shipped by default in Foresight accessible in the menu…but there are other resources you can search for a resolution to your problems. The Foresight Wiki and Foresight Forum are [...]
Dear Lazyweb, Microsoft Laser Mouse
I was shopping around for a mouse for gaming. After reading the reviews, I found that I wanted to give the Microsoft Sidewinder x8 a try (previously had a Logitech G5 that broke). It works great in Windows, which I dual boot on my gaming machine. However, when I try to use it in Linux…it doesn’t operate at all. (2.6.26 kernel)
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Is Usability Really Simplicity?
I prefer using KDE or Openbox as my main desktop when using Linux. I’ve used Gnome quite a bit too when working for rPath last year (Foresight is THE Gnome distro). Still, I prefer KDE…I really like the direction that 4.x is going also. Sure, they’re not there yet, but I trust they will be because I haven’t been let [...]
Call to the Linux Community
Demasiado Personal writes
“There’s a game studio made by only two people, that released an excellent game for Windows, called World of Goo. I recently saw that the piracy on this game is over 95%, and it’s only a 20 dollars game.”
The blog brings up another valid point
“Now, the fun begins. Some of you will ask, [...]
CodeWeavers Offers Free CrossOver ...
3 months ago, CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White issued a “Lame Duck” challenge for the President. If any of those goals were met, he’d offer CrossOver free for one day. Fast forward 3 months and at least one of his six lame duck goals were met. Thus, CrossOver is available today only for FREE.
To get in on the action, head ove [...]
PCLinuxOS Repositories
2007 Repositories
Something that is asked about quite a bit in the PCLinuxOS support IRC channel is “how to change repositories”. One of the main reasons this is needed is that not all repositories are reachable depending on your geographic location. Some of the repositories are also down at random intervals. To equip the stand [...]