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… but failure with Windows 7 to successfully and quickly replace stubborn Windows XP could prove fatal to Microsoft. And there are some cracks to spot in the “messianic” picture of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system.
Monopoly.Or differently put – Windows XP. We were all happy with XP and still are – it’s good, proven OS and [...]
But I won’t let myself go that low. When trying to get some Microsoft products for an NGO I work, I should tick that I agree with my personal data being verified against a “watch list”. This nonsense and bureaucrat idiocy just makes me sick, so I guess I’ll try to convince my organization to [...]
Speaking of GIMP in my previous post… It can really get the job done. It’s not the power tools you have, it’s the power of the creativity that makes the ideas fly far.
Congrats to everyone involved in the development of Intrepid Ibex (including me, who I made some translations I must add that when I first saw the wallpaper with the ibex I was blown off. It’s really cool!
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Free software might not always be the best tool for the job, since there are more advanced tools in proprietary world. Take GIMP vs. Photoshop, for example. Professionals always lament that GIMP is not good enough for real work and in most cases I would agree.
What actually bothers me are people who think that only [...]
It’s coming from the latest Microsoft PR offensive against Apple – the video ads. Funny thing is the slogan at the end of the video: “Windows. Life without walls.” Pot calling the kettle black?
Link to video ad
Slovenian Ubuntu LoCo has somehow fallen behind the initial enthusiasm and I’ve been trying to wake it up. The problem is that I feel I’m too pushy, whereas LoCo’s decision-making is virtually incapacitated. Although they communicate quite a lot (through forum and IRC channel, no mailing list), there is no formal leader who would cut [...]
Well, this is it. I’m starting blogging again, this time in english. I’m Slovene but I’m reading international sites most of the time and I feel more connected to the world if I’m blogging in english. Cosmopolitan? Might be Note about theme: I like clear, plain themes because they are the easiest to [...]