Review of Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) new features and changes

Paul

Startup and shutdown screens won’t blink any more, so no more watching of a boring black screen even for a second. Desktop theme received some minor updates: some pixels changed at the mouse cursors to make them more eye pleasant. Evolution is now displaying popup at the tray in case of a message arrival. In the file manager an image thumbnails will be automatically rotated if they were taken with a camera. Buttons of the ‘windows list’ applet in Ubuntu 7.10 will stay they original size despite a change of a window title, for example in case of web browser tab change. The very impressive Deskbar applet is initially activated. Microsoft ntfs file system support should be available for reading and writing by default (by ntfs-3g driver using FUSE). Additional set of utilities for manipulation with ntfs partitions such as format, resize, undelete and etc. is accessible via ‘ntfsprogs’ package.

http://tech.tolero.org/blog/en/linux/review-ubuntu-710-gutsy-features-changes

I love the updates they are talking about with Gutsy, I hope it does all it says. 😉

Why Microsoft must abandon Vista to save itself

Paul

While Vista was originally touted by Microsoft as the operating system savior we’ve all been waiting for, it has turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in technology. With a host of issues that are inexcusable and features that are taken from the Mac OS X and Linux playbook, Microsoft has once again lost sight of what we really want.

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9785337-17.html

I think Cnet has the right idea, go read the full article at Cnet, and then decide for yourself!!

The Pirate Bay Details Charges Against Media Companies

Paul

Last week, The Pirate Bay announced that it filed charges against against some of the key players in the entertainment industry for corrupting and sabotaging their BitTorrent tracker. We asked Brokep, one of The Pirate Bay founders to give us some more background information on this counterattack that will, once again, embarrass the e. industry.

http://torrentfreak.com/the-piratebay-details-charges-070926/

Oh Now this should get interesting, I wonder what the companies are going to say when they go to court? We are just protecting our assets? Yes you have Assets but DRM is hated more and more because of all this stuff!!

Amazon launches DRM-free “Amazon MP3” music downloads

Paul

If you’re into DRM-free music, you have a reason to get pretty excited today. As speculated, Amazon has launched the public beta of its new digital music portal called Amazon MP3, which will feature two million songs from 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels, all without the painful and annoying restrictions of DRM. The press release claims that the site, which will include EMI and Universal tracks (take that, Jobs), will make separate songs available for $.89 or $.99, and boasts that all of the “top 100” tracks will be priced at the former, lower amount. Albums will range in cost from $5.99 to $9.99, with the best selling albums coming in at $8.99. Of course, since there’s no DRM, users are free to throw the 256Kbps MP3s on any player they like, as well as burn CDs, copy to MiniDisc, and dump to 8-track.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/25/amazon-launches-drm-free-amazon-mp3-music-downloads/

Hmm, this could be a contender for ITUNES