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For our 24th episode, we present a show entirely of suggestions from our listeners. OK, we might say something about orphans, too.
D – Let’s talk about Windows 7 and the Starter Edition
Good news: Most consumers only have to worry about 2 SKUs – Home Premium and Ultimate
Bad news: In addition to worrying about their crappy water, dictators and famine, now emerging markets only get sucky Windows SKUs. That’s our way of eliminating competition.
Shades of Grey – Open Source, Fringe, and Social Networking?
Best / Favorite Open Source Apps
Craig
- Filezilla
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- DotNetNuke – Web CMS
- Paint.Net for light editing, GIMP for heavier
Pat
- The GIMP
- Firefox addons: Web Developer, Firebug (how did we EVER do Javascript without it?), FireFTP, Twitterfox, AdBlock Plus, Flashblock
- Eclipse software development IDE
- WordPress blog
- PodPress podcasting plugin for WordPress
- LAME (not) MP3 Encoder
Bonus – not discussed on the show!
- Gnu Octave – Matlab Clone (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/)
- .NetTiers Open source CodeSmith template library for easy database access.
- Evolution Mail Client (http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/developer.shtml ) – Integrates with MS Exchange. Only really available on !Windows
Social networking Good, Bad and Ugly
Defriend due to Whopper Sacrifice. Message on Facebook reads:
Facebook® has disabled WHOPPER® Sacrifice after your love for the WHOPPER® Sandwich proved to be stronger than 233,906 friendships.
Fringe
Craig
Haven’t watched it yet… heard good things. It’s on hulu.com.
Pat
Me either. And I’ve never even used Hulu. Shame on me.
bcrem – Is Linux killing Microsoft?!?
Interview with Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation director. Great interview
Craig
- Could Linux really be considered an alternative for hardware makers? (i.e. Walmart Linux PC)
- Netbooks will run lightweight Windows 7 – that could be a feather in the hat
- Computers need less horsepower etc, as things become web-based, and the OS is less of a factor
- Vista’s 5 year tardiness made people lose hope, but the fast turnaround time for windows 7 is making people have renewed confidence
- The average person does not know, or care about Linux. The real problem is that the people advocating Linux are all techies!!
Pat
No. Any more questions?
Mike Swindler – Voice Mail: Any useful tips for Thunderbird?
The Junk Mail filter requires constant care and monitoring, much like a small cat.
On the specific question of editing mail: External Editor. Craig successfully connected it to ConText and it worked FINE!
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