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I used Mint for about a year and loved it. But, t...

2009-09-26T10:11:27.210-07:00

I used Mint for about a year and loved it. But, the lead developer, Clem Lefebvre, decided to make a political statement that really frosted my drawers. Check this link.
http://abriefhistory.org/?p=774

Thanks for the howto. I installed it on Jaunty. I ...

2009-06-08T09:10:19.108-07:00

Thanks for the howto. I installed it on Jaunty. I use an easynote ml65 with an intel core 2 duo t5800. Now my laptop fan is running non stop, even with windows vista.

Does intel-microcode updates the microcode of the processor (permanently, even with another os)or just updates some files on jaunty?

Thanks!

Used Mint to replace PCLinixOS nearly two years ag...

2009-05-02T19:00:04.055-07:00

Used Mint to replace PCLinixOS nearly two years ago and have never looked back.

suggestions for improvment; an recovery item on the Live Cd like Mepis, but that's about all.

Keep it up Mint, I'm subscribed and will continue if it keeps itself this far ahead of the competition.

rackmount computer are popular today, we have litt...

2009-03-04T23:03:32.945-08:00

rackmount computer are popular today, we have little information for about rackmount computer, we can do update ourselves on rackmount computer. There is one source where we can get more information about rackmount computer

Wow, that's one heck of collection of douchebags. ...

2009-01-30T21:04:38.206-08:00

Wow, that's one heck of collection of douchebags.
Only one missing is Miguel.
(I actually like jono but there is only so much Ubuntosh koolaid one can digest)

Seriously, they have a guy who claims that "let's be honest: the Linux desktop is "utter crap" compared to either OS X or Windows when it comes to the thing that matters most: usability." as one of your judges?

Really?

Why not get Steve Ballmer to judge too?

Shouldnt a criteria for a judge be 'uses Linux'?

>Why would you buy this over an iPod >Touch?Gee, m...

2009-01-29T10:34:51.833-08:00

>Why would you buy this over an iPod >Touch?

Gee, maybe because reading on a 3 inch screen isnt for everyone?

People now have 22-24 LCD screens for their pc and 50 inch TVs in their living room and you want to sit on the john and read the news on a 3 inch screen?

Why?
Because the gadget which makes your life complete is made for every occassion?

Problem is this was a cute idea at 200$.
At 300$, its netbook price range.
(we bought our niece an Acer One for 289$ in Nov.)

I fear that there might be another price jump again after that.

But web surfing/reading/toilet, this is a nice form factor.

This is amazing, just what I am looking for. I thi...

2009-01-29T10:14:20.474-08:00

This is amazing, just what I am looking for. I think that the specs are just about right, although I'd probably like to have seen the most battery efficient CPU used, instead of peformance considerations (how much processing power do you need to look at YouTube?). I'd also recommend that they get a product designer on board to sexify the casing design a little (although I realise that this is just a prototype). Additionally, I'd like at least 6 - 8 hours of usage time and a boot time of less than 20 seconds (I realise that this conflicts with my previous statement about the CPU performance :-)). In return, I would pay about 250 English pounds for such a device :-)

Why would you buy this over an iPod Touch?

2009-01-29T09:54:36.277-08:00

Why would you buy this over an iPod Touch?

i was a ubuntu 8.10 user, it was really good, then...

2009-01-05T03:52:56.246-08:00

i was a ubuntu 8.10 user, it was really good, then i moved on to fedora 10 and sad as it may sound fedora just sucked. then i got my hand on mint 6. and it is not good it is great. excellent work mint team, keep up the work.

Terrific review! Linux Mint is the best. I've been...

2008-12-31T06:25:58.857-08:00

Terrific review!

Linux Mint is the best.

I've been hooked on Linux Mint since Daryna.

Elyssa had a few bugs.

But Felicia is the cat's meow. Flawless install. Everything just works.

There's also xTuple ERP (www.xtuple.com). The Pos...

2008-12-22T12:11:28.777-08:00

There's also xTuple ERP (www.xtuple.com). The PostBooks Edition is the free and open source product (consistently in the Top 10 at SourceForge), and the Standard and Manufacturing Editions are commercial supersets of the PostBooks core. It's a GUI built with Qt, and the business logic is in PostgreSQL.

Lots of videos at the website to get a sense of basic functionality.

Linux netbook return rates are the same as Windows...

2008-12-17T11:06:01.295-08:00

Linux netbook return rates are the same as Windows netbook return rates. This idea comes from the statements of 1 (one, uno) manufacturer, who by all accounts cocked up their Linux setup.

Acer have stated that return rates are the same for Linux and Windows-based netbooks.

Hola I start using homebank I can't compare it wit...

2008-12-17T08:42:00.249-08:00

Hola I start using homebank I can't compare it with others. but for personal finance it's great!

If you use Ubuntu a newer package can be downloaded from www.getdeb.net

Happy holidays!

+1 on LedgerSMB - we shifted to it from SQL-Ledger...

2008-12-16T12:15:12.813-08:00

+1 on LedgerSMB - we shifted to it from SQL-Ledger a few years ago and it's very nice, and moving in the right direction.

@Al MaverickThe sources of my 3rd party articles a...

2008-12-16T06:05:14.017-08:00

@Al Maverick

The sources of my 3rd party articles are, as always, linked at the bottom of the article. I just found this one to be of great help to me, so I thought I would share it.

Thanks for reading, and commenting, its always appreciated.

Regards,
Blake

KMyMoney does have support for OFX and HBCI. It lo...

2008-12-16T05:41:26.616-08:00

KMyMoney does have support for OFX and HBCI. It looks like you copied this from an old review or you are looking at a very old version.

You forgot LedgerSMB, the far more capable and bet...

2008-12-15T19:56:51.429-08:00

You forgot LedgerSMB, the far more capable and better designed accounting software with an actual user community around it:

http://www.ledgersmb.org/

The is a fork of sql-ledger and I find it to be far superior.

You said:<< Quasar is not open source (although a ...

2008-12-15T17:45:28.733-08:00

You said:

<< Quasar is not open source (although a purchased commercial license provides full access to the source code) >>

And I must tell you that according to that Quasar is open source, but not free. That's the difference between "free as in freedom" and "free as in beer" that the FSF/GNU talks about.

It might be helpful to comment on which products h...

2008-12-15T13:51:10.260-08:00

It might be helpful to comment on which products have international customization - GST, VAT, etc.mjmshaw

Good on you for trying new ones.Like I said, tryin...

2008-12-14T14:35:34.498-08:00

Good on you for trying new ones.

Like I said, trying different window managers (such as KDE, IceWM, Fluxbox, E16, Xfce and the like) within one distro (ubuntu, fedora, whatever works) and playing with it. It gives you an idea of what job the window manager (whether in linux or windows) does, because some of the more simple WM you pretty well get them to make the desktop for you, rather than a prearranged desktop.

Always enjoy keeping up with this.

#1 Flexbility: OS X (Leopard) is certified Unix. W...

2008-12-11T11:04:05.726-08:00

#1 Flexbility: OS X (Leopard) is certified Unix. Where is this argument coming from?

#2 Open Source: Agree, but they have the right to.

#3 Command Line: Again, UNIX

#4 Hardware requirements: Apple is a hardware company.

#5 Security: I agree, it's probably more a matter of secure defaults but I'm no expert.

#6 Portability: I call BS. I have OS X cloned on USB drives that I use to boot different computers. The migration utility that comes with OS X is amazingly superior to anything available on Linux at the moment.

#7 Cost: totally worth it for the hardware but, that's an opinion.

#8 More available software: Quantity vs. Quality. Linux has 10 options to do the same thing, and they all probably stink. You're right, searching freshmeat and google is completely unscientific.

#9 Dumbed down: Windows dumbs things down. OS X only forces you to deal with the stuff you need to deal with. If you want to deal with something, you probably can. The cost of adding a million configuration options to the number of people using each options doesn't always warrant the cost. This is why frameworks like Rails have taken off.

#10 Keyboard Efficiency: Use a full keyboard to get a delete key. I can use emacs keyboard commands around OS X. I can easily assign keyboard commands to ANY menu option in ANY program, without having to edit a textfile configuration somewhere in the depths of my path. As for the mouse, my mouse has at least 5 buttons and a clickable, 2-axis scroll wheel. I can also use up to 4 fingers to do different gestures on my touchpad.

My take: If you have a server, deploy on some unix variant. If you want to use your computer without having to mess around with stuff unnecessarily use OS X. If you want the sense of true freedom, you want to buy cheap hardware, or you do need to mess around with some crazy, obscure setting, feel free to use Linux. I have for 15 years.

Nothing new here, move along.

In the first paragraph is an error.Mac OS X is bas...

2008-12-11T11:02:26.227-08:00

In the first paragraph is an error.

Mac OS X is based on BSD, Mach and Nextstep. Linux is nowhere to be found on it (some of the GNU userland is there though).

What you might have intended to write that it is based on a Unix variant (BSD), which is closer to accuracy.

Great News! MvixUSA has just launched a new unit ...

2008-12-11T06:20:11.294-08:00

Great News! MvixUSA has just launched a new unit called MX-780DVI for $219.00. It's an upgraded version of the MX-760HD!

http://www.mvixusa.com/store/index.php?target=products&product_id=1588#main_description

@Vadi Thanks for being so active!! I'm trying to k...

2008-12-11T06:06:27.131-08:00

@Vadi
Thanks for being so active!! I'm trying to keep up on responding, but I've been crazy busy lately!! No worries though, I will get around to your suggestions.

@Ralf

All are valid points. However, coming from Windows myself, I found the 'new' command line to be very intimidating. It was nice to have SPM to gimp me along. Now, sense I have had more time to play around, I do not find the commands to be as daunting.

I think Both of the 2 are useful, and serve their purposes. Because, if you ask me...I'd rather just open my SPM click on a program and hit 'apply'. Rather and using command line. Not because im anti-command line, but because im pro-usability.

Thanks for posting up btw, I appreciate all posts. I hope you will keep reading and commenting, sense you seem to have a very good understanding of Linux.

Regards,
Blake

There are definitely differences.1) Add/Remove use...

2008-12-11T05:51:47.373-08:00

There are definitely differences.

1) Add/Remove uses the actual desktop icons and names. The package names are really only about internal organisation

2) Add/Remove only shows desktop applications

3) Add/Remove organises the programs by the menu it would be installed in

The truth is, 99% of the computer users wouldn't and couldn't use SPM.

It's just that those 98% of that group is using Windows.

Actually, I don't really understand why SPM even exists.

I mean the advanced users, like myself, just use a terminal.

SPM is targetted at those wanne-be sysadmins that can only use a mouse.

Whereas add/remove is targetting my mom.

So, if anything. They should remove SPM, not add/remove.

My mom needs a graphical tool. I don't. And if you can't use the terminal properly; you shouldn't mess with SPM either.