Often overlooked, there are a couple of things that Vista got right. Well, okay, one thing then. No, not UAC, I’m talking about the Vista snipping tool. Since I use Vista as work, I know the O/S pretty well and if I had to point out one feature that’s missing from a default Ubuntu build, [...]
I recently decided to install Picasa on my laptop, which runs Ubuntu 9.10. I was both impressed and disappointed. Impressed with the slick user interface, smooth scrolling, silky timeline, spotless import and beautiful fades and zooms. But when I came to tag my pictures using it, I was soon frustrated. First off, although Picasa provdes [...]
I’ve been properly trying out Chromium (currently 4.0.204.0) on my Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) laptop. It’s been a mixed bag. Here’s some pros: Incredible start up. Really, incredible. Click icon, start using app IMMEDIATELY. I’m really not used to that. Chromium will have started up in half the time it takes Firefox 3.5 to load the [...]