GNOME 2.16 Released

Kethinov writes "The GNOME Project has just released version 2.16 of their popular *nix desktop environment. Among many snazzy new features, is lots of new eye candy, including an experimental compositer in Metacity, feature enhancements, usability improvements, and much, much more. Ars Technica has a review."

Comments

Re:Sourceforge?

[Jerk City Troll]

Oh my fucking God! Laughing out loud out loud out loud explanation point explanation point explanation point one one explanation point.

Re:Dell Notebook Batteries

[shellbeach]

Anyone know how to revive these batteries?

(I'm assuming that they don't charge under Windows either? i.e. it's nothing to do with software ...)

In which case, it sounds like either the batteries have been discharged too much in the past, so that there's not enough power to activate the protection circuit (yep, I'm serious: never fully discharge a laptop battery!) ... or alternatively, the charging circuitry has died. There's nothing you can do in either case.(*) I've had both situations happen to me in the past - but thankfully in the latter situation my battery just scraped in under the 1 year warranty and I was able to get it replaced for free.

http://www.google.com/search?q=laptop%20battery%20 charge%20protection-circuit should direct you to some more useful information ...

(*) well, for the first instance you can in theory recharge the battery using some types of battery analysers, which are able to reactivate the circuit, but it's recommended not to do this if the battery's been dead for more than a month or two (as the battery could explode!). You'd also have to have access to one of these battery analysers, which are quite expensive. I've never tried it myself ...

Re:Sourceforge?

[CastrTroy]

It really depends on the shoe. My sandals smell much more than my shoes, yet, there is lots of room for the sweat to evaporate. However, I wear socks with my shoes, so the shoes don't absorb the sweat, the socks do, and the socks get washed. So, what really makes your feet stink is not cleaning them, or something that is in contact with them for days or weeks on end. Try going barefoot for a couple weeks, without taking a shower or washing your feet, and let me know how good they smell.