Posts Tagged Windows
The future of gaming is OpenGL
Posted by ITechLog in Itechlog News, Linux, Open Source on March 11th, 2010
As a Linux user and Open Source enthusiast I always want to see people moving away from the proprietary stuff and into the Open Source world, but sometimes it’s easier to keep them where they are (stuck to Windows), specially when it comes to gaming. I am not a gamer, and would rather spend my [...]
Open .eps files on GIMP for Windows
Posted by ITechLog in Easy Tips, Open Source on September 18th, 2009
As usual this post is a self help note, but as it’s public I hope it helps someone else. If you want to open .eps or .ps files with GIMP on Windows you will need to install Ghostscript (download it from http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/). After successful installation you will need to create an environment variable called GS_PROG [...]
Offline Blogging Tools
Posted by ITechLog in Easy Tips, Itechlog News, Linux, Wordpress on May 12th, 2009
Offline Blogging Tools let you comfortably write and effortlessly publish new entries to your blog. I personally like the easy to use Scribefire, a Firefox addon, but there are many others our there. Here is a shortlist…
Scribefire
Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
This is an addon for Firefox so you need to be using Firefox (clearly)
BlogDesk
Platform: Windows
BlogDesk is [...]
96% of Netbooks sold last year have Windows – Why?
According to the Windows Team Blog the sales of netbooks with Windows has gone from under 10% of unit sales during the first half of 2008 to 96% as of February 2009. I wonder why that is……
The Windows team Blog arrogantly says : “When they realize their Linux-based netbook PC doesn’t deliver that same quality [...]
IE 8 is ready
Microsoft plans to release today the “final” version of Internet Explorer 8. It won’t be added to Windows update yet but the curious IE user will be able to download it from the official IE website once it’s been released. Officials have said that there are only a few changes between the (RC) version and [...]
Is Mac Safer?
I was reading this article on ZDNET.com “Is Mac still the safer bet?” by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. This is a question that I have been asked many times also, “Is Mac safer than windows?” Although many times it sounded more like an affirmation than a question.
I wouldn’t say it’s safer, it’s just not as targeted. [...]
Synergy – share mouse and keyboard cross platform
Posted by ITechLog in Easy Tips, Linux, Open Source, Windows on January 28th, 2009
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its
own display, without special hardware. It’s intended for users
with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its
own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse
off the edge of your screen. [...]
