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

Chicken

[Anonymous Coward]

I like chicken and I ate a brownie once.

Dell Notebook Batteries

[Doc Ruby]

The new version claims to stretch notebook battery performance. I know it's not GNOME's fault, but my Dell Inspiron 8000's two batteries seem to be nearly dead and not charging. GNOME says they're charging, but they stay at "15 hours until charged". Their HW lights show blank on one, and 3 spaced lights blinking on the other.

Anyone know how to revive these batteries?

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?

[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:Sourceforge?

[Anonymous Coward]

My love for you allows me to pray to the spirit of eternal beauty and tenderness mirrored in your eyes or fling you down under me on that softy belly of yours and fuck you up behind, like a hog riding a sow, glorying in the very stink and sweat that rises from your arse, glorying in the open shape of your upturned dress and white girlish drawers and in the confusion of your flushed cheeks and tangled hair. It allows me to burst into tears of pity and love at some slight word, to tremble with love for you at the sounding of some chord or cadence of music or to lie heads and tails with you feeling your fingers fondling and tickling my ballocks or stuck up in me behind and your hot lips sucking off my cock while my head is wedged in between your fat thighs, my hands clutching the round cushions of your bum and my tongue licking ravenously up your rank red cunt. I have taught you almost to swoon at the hearing of my voice singing or murmuring to your soul the passion and sorrow and mystery of life and at the same time have taught you to make filthy signs to me with your lips and tongue, to provoke me by obscene touches and noises, and even to do in my presence the most shameful and filthy act of the body. You remember the day you pulled up your clothes and let me lie under you looking up at you while you did it? Then you were ashamed even to meet my eyes.

PC competition for "I-Minor" MAC?

[Anonymous Coward]

When Stephen Job announced his "I-Minor" McIntosh last year, it really caught my eye. Wanting to buy or build a small computer for my already cramped breakfast bar, I started pricing out similar hardware. The results startled me. Most of the configurations I found cost more than the humble US$499 of the "I-Minor", often much more. To match price with MAC I had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case.

So here's my question. What computers are currently on the market to compete with this? When my wife asks for the "cute little I-Minor McIntosh with dotMax Tigger OS® that MAC just invented", what PC can I buy instead?

kde

[Anonymous Coward]

kde is better

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.