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Monthly Archives: November 2008
XnView 1.95.4
XnView is a multi-platform software used for viewing, converting and manipulating graphic files. It supports more than 400 image file formats, is free of charge for private usage, easy to use and can be made portable (like on a usb-stick). The changelog is here.
Vista: default folder template
This is from the people over at Annoyances.org. Windows Vista has a bug that prevents it from choosing the correct view for a folder based on its contents, which is why you may see thumbnails when they’re not appropriate, and no thumbnails when they’re needed. The following patch stops Vista from trying to guess how to display a folder, instead forcing it to use the template of your choice. I can recommend this myself. More information here.
Gmail skins
foobar2000 0.9.6 beta 4
foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA. Continue reading
Linux Mint 6 Felicia RC1
Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, Gnome 2.24 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” comes with a brand new “Software Manager”, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, tabbed browsing in Nautilus and a lot of other improvements.
>> Linux Mint website
>> Linux Mint 6 Felicia RC1 release notes
>> Download Linux Mint 6 Felicia RC1
InfraRecorder 0.46.1
I haven’t touched Nero Burning ROM anymore since I discovered InfraRecorder. Oh and since Nero started pumping their installers to 370 mb. InfraRecorder is just that: a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration. InfraRecorder is released under GPL version 3, free and open source. Highly recommended!
FrostWire 4.17.1
FrostWire is a free Gnutella and bittorrent client based on LimeWire distributed under terms of the GPL. FrostWire available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. The last of the 4.17.x FrostWire series is finally out. The following is a list of the most important updates made for this release, which irons out most of the complaints received from the community in regards to 4.17.0. Continue reading
The new Hotmail look
For all kinds of subscriptions to mailings lists, newsletters and such, I still use my old @hotmail.com mail address, besides my Gmail and my @zzillezz.net addresses. I’ve noticed that Microsoft has started to deploy their new look to certain accounts, but mine hasn’t changed as of yet. From what I’ve seen, it’s an improvement. And it’s actually faster, less cluttered and easier to read. Just as they said it would be! And coming from Microsoft, that’s errr, weird.