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Sun.com redesign
I was asked to download a copy of Sun’s Solaris and in the process needed to install the Java runtime environment on my Linux server/mess-about-workstation. Sun have redesigned their website since I was last there, and it looks great. I found it odd that it didn’t work correctly in Konqueror as it’s a browser for…
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From Salon.com
You’ll need to be registered at Salon to view this article, but here are some points I found particularly interesting: More urgently, the Bush administration’s delusional state about the progress of its war suggests that it is incompetent to safeguard the nation’s security. and The Sunni Arabs, who largely did not vote, have only 17…
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Words of wisdom from Number 43
“The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership” – George W Bush
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The flipside….
Funny bugger – from “Windows rapidly approaching desktop usability” The SimplyMEPIS version of GNU/Linux I run on my “workhorse” laptop computer includes a full-featured office suite, ftp, chat, and graphics software, and dozens of other useful programs on its installation CD. Windows XP included none of these, and most of the equivalent packages available for…
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Mac and Intel
The Mac is soon to have an Intel processor at its heart. I’ve never been a Mac-head, but it seems like a shame. A little less diversity in computer land. Does this mean that I’ll be able to buy Mac OS and run it on a PC? Will it mean cheaper Macs? Does it matter…
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Three years of bucketFountain
I missed the birthday myself. When I put the site together I doubted that I’d be able to keep it going for a year, but there you go….