Paint.NET 3.5 alpha builds are live

by zzillezz on May 23, 2009

After several months, a new series of alpha builds are available for the upcoming 3.5 version.  Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for (…)

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My mobile phones: past and present

by zzillezz on May 23, 2009

Well, the most recent ones only (from left to right): Samsung D900, Nokia 6300, Sony Ericsson T700. There’s no real use in posting about my Nokia 3310. Three phones, spanning over a period of three years, all two of them (…)

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OpenOffice.org 3.1

by zzillezz on May 23, 2009

After the usual bunch of alpha’s, beta’s and release candidates, Openoffice.org 3.1 final is here. I haven’t touched Microsoft Office in years since I’ve first used OpenOffice, and the suite gets better with every turn. And did I mention free?

Google Chrome 2.0.172.28

by zzillezz on May 23, 2009

Google Chrome is the hefty fast browser from Google. The stable branch has just reached version 2.

FrostWire 4.18.0

by zzillezz on May 12, 2009

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.

Linux Mint 7 RC1

by zzillezz on May 12, 2009

I really like the new interface! Installed and running without problems. More information and downloadlinks over here.

Desktop icons gone in Windows 7

by zzillezz on May 12, 2009

I’m having quite a peculiar problem: after I install a Linux distribution, my Windows 7 desktop icons and files don’t show up anymore on the desktop. The files and icons are not gone, they’re still on the hard drive, they (…)

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Microsoft Windows 7 release candidate

by zzillezz on May 5, 2009

The successor to Windows Vista is called Windows 7, and will be out before the end of the year. I’ve been running the previously leaked builds for some time now without any problems. Microsoft now made the ‘release candidate’ publicly (…)

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