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Mac OS X: SSH bus error

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 06/16/2008

Had the exact same problem and this is the solution :) (see comment)

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GNOME 2.22: A Truly Amazing Desktop!

Comment in News (33 diggs, 2 replies) - on 03/12/2008

The upside of GNOME is it's simplicity and extensibility (see comment)

Free book give-away

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 11/23/2007

.NET Compact Framework Core Reference (see comment)

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Skype 2.0 Beta for Linux with VIDEO

Comment in News (25 diggs, 3 replies) - on 11/08/2007

Skype should be avoided at all cost! It's not compliant with VoIP standards, all it has is a lot of fuzz... Go for SIP based solutions, such as the free service provided by http://www.freeworlddialup.com/ If you're looking for a good SIP client for Windo … (see comment)

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Macs? "Practically obselete" says Qwest

Comment in News (1 digg, 1 reply) - on 11/06/2007

That's the problem these days, they put a prick who's spent 4 days at some IT training camp (with no prior IT knowledge that is) behind a desk and all of a sudden he's an IT specialist.... they should prohibit people from calling themselves IT specialist … (see comment)

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Switching From OS X to Ubuntu: 10 Things I Miss

Comment in News (-1 diggs, 1 reply) - on 10/18/2007

Why would you want to switch? Use Ubuntu on a separate computer yes, but switch? (see comment)

4 days will cost you about 119$ for MacOS Leopard

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 10/17/2007

oh no, I bought mine in October, two actually, 1 20" iMac and on 24" iMac with Intel Core 2 Extreme Besides when Viol8or bought it, there was no reference to a discount yet. (see comment)

Simple Digg API application

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 09/26/2007

The URL seems to be ok. It might be due to the fact that you are using WebRequest instead of HttpWebRequest. I'm going to show you in c# as I'm not too familiar with Boo. For example: HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://bl … (see comment)

How to enable an animated desktop background on MacOS X

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 08/10/2007

Had to update the link: http://blogs.homelinux.org/entry/How+to+enable+animated+desktop+on+MacOS+X.aspx (see comment)

How to enable an animated desktop background on MacOS X

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/19/2007

Hmm, some people complain that I don't use enough, others that I use to much... I'll have to find something in between. (see comment)

Apple's biggest mistake - IPhone without SDK

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/12/2007

Adding a browser with Ajax support is not supporting developers, any Symbios or WM based mobile will do the same and more. For example, I sync my google calendar items with pocket outlook, my SugarCRM contacts with pocket outlook etc... I get instant a … (see comment)

Why thou shall not use Skype!

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/03/2007

You obviously do not understand the difference between open source and open standards. The software doesn't have to be open source, but it should at least comply with open standards, unlike Skype. (see comment)