A recent article on OSNews highlights the changes expected to come in Google’s Chrome 2.0 for Windows and the progress being made on the Linux and OS X fronts for Google’s new browser.
In the article, Ben Goodger, lead Chrome UI developer, states
[Google avoids] cross platform UI toolkits because while they may offer what superficially appears [...]
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Does it GTK/QT/Win32 Really Matter for Chrome?
Published by February 15th, 2009 in Design, Google, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 8 CommentsWhat the TechCrunch Tablet Should Really Look Like
Published by August 31st, 2008 in Hardware, Linux, Programming 1 CommentMichael Arrington is understandably pretty excited about how the TechCrunch Tablet is shaping up so far, but to use it seems they’re going about it the wrong way.
For a device that’s supposed to do Firefox, Skype and not much more, an underpowered PC with a touchscreen isn’t going to accomplish much. For one thing, Firefox [...]
Shipping Seven is a Fraud.
Published by June 1st, 2008 in Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Programming, Windows 36 CommentsA blog titled Shipping Seven has gotten a lot of traffic recently for their article about Windows 7 and the MinWin kernel – namely, how they’re actually one and the same. The argument offered by “Soma” is that Windows Vista’s kernel (which is what Windows 7 will be built on) is MinWin ad that it’s [...]
Asus: Linux, Whether You Need it Or Not
Published by May 16th, 2008 in Hardware, Linux, Software 8 CommentsIt looks like Asus is going to be shipping all its motherboards from here on out with Linux built right in, as part of their “Express Gate” initiative. Express Gate is a custom Linux distribution (Splashtop Linux) installed to a Flash ROM that’s a part of the motherboard. With Express Gate, Asus users have an [...]
Avoid notebook sleep issues with a few easy steps
Published by April 11th, 2008 in Hardware, Linux, Macintosh, Windows 4 CommentsIf you’re a notebook user, chances are you’ve encountered an issue with getting your computer to go to sleep peacefully. Something is either keeping it from drifting off to the land of 0’s and 1’s, or it can’t stay asleep, the hard drive just keeps tossing and turning and you open your bag to find [...]
Ubuntu’s Buggy Support for non-ext3fs Partitions
Published by January 28th, 2008 in Linux, Software 11 CommentsFor the past several months, our support forums have been plagued on and off with a number of weird and inexplicable failed attempts at installing Ubuntu by many users. We’ve finally pinned down the cause of the problem, and it isn’t pretty. Ubuntu (ever since version 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog) will not install properly on a [...]
Why Tech Communities are Falling Through
Published by January 19th, 2008 in Alternatives, Blogosphere, Linux, Macintosh, Operating Systems, Windows 14 CommentsNote: This is a personal opinion piece. Feel free to take this with several grains of salt. Hell, take the whole cube while you’re at it.
I’ve been doing some thinking, and after having numerous conversations with some individuals who will remain un-named, I’ve come to the conclusion that some people are too wrapped-up around the [...]
Gutsy Gibbon and Really Slow Internet
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Linux, Operating Systems, Reviews, Software 28 CommentsLast month, Canonical Ltd. released the newest update to their extremely popular Ubuntu: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)… But it hasn’t been all fun and games, as thousands of irate users will tell you… If you search the web, the blogosphere, usenet, and the Ubuntu Support Forums for slow internet problems, you’ll get more than [...]
Proper Shell Scripting on Windows Servers with Perl
Published by November 13th, 2007 in Guides, Hacking, Linux, Macintosh, Operating Systems, Programming, Software 5 CommentsFact: Shell scripting is a must for any serious IT admin managing a server. From automating backups to checking logs and keeping server performance and load in check, scripting is a must.
Fact: Shell scripting on Windows sucks. ((Hopefully Monad (Microsoft Power Shell) will provide a solution, but so far the results are mixed; and [...]
Complete .NET Portability with Wine & Mono?
Published by September 19th, 2007 in Alternatives, Linux, Programming, Software, Windows 3 CommentsMono is the open-source version of Microsoft’s .NET Framework. It implements most of the backend framework features, but unfortunately, falls flat on its pretty little face when attempting to display the user interface – which is what desktop apps are all about.
Wine on the other-hand, is a Linux port of (major parts of) Microsoft’s [...]
