It's not old news at all. Actually it's premature news.... Reader 7 hasn't been released for Linux yet, and you are running the beta version (so am I), which is what is available on their FTP server.
It's a good idea to spend more than no time at all reading the documentation for a new piece of software you are trying before you dismiss it and chuck it away.
If you didn't like the big buddy list items in Gaim, you probably should have had a quick look in the application's preferences. There you would have seen an option under "Buddy list" entitled "Show buddy icons". If you de-select this option, the buddy list will not show buddy icons, and it will therefore become more compact.
Your average GNU/Linux system is likely to be just as unsecure as your average Windows system. Many GNU/Linux distros come with remote SSH access enabled by default, remote root login enabled, and no strong password policy enforcement.
I emailed lead developer Randy Kim about the use of the proprietary DirectX library in World Wind, and the possibility of ports to Linux and other systems. Here is his response:
World Wind is still a new piece of software and we're still defining all the features that go into it. Afterwards, we would like to port it to as many platforms as possible but it is a matter of resources. We have only one main coder and pseudo-designer (myself). We're just interns! When steps start heading in that direction, we'll update our web site.
We started with a windows platform since that is where most of our audience is. It is our full intention to port World Wind. Meanwhile, we'll definitely invite the possibility of having the open source community help out with the porting.
There is nothing special about being able to play a Windows binary of Quake 3 with Wine on a Linux machine. Most people report that Quake 3 Windows runs faster with Wine on Linux that it does in Windows. Remember that Wine is not a CPU emulator, it is a compatibility API. Most Windows software runs either faster or at the same speed as it does on the beast itself.
I believe the 2500 number refers to the current rate at which articles are being added. A lifetime average rate would be misleading; the current rate of growth (probably an average of the last 30 days or so) is more relevent to a report on Wikipedia as it stands today.
There's nothing wrong with variety here. The more diversity there is, the more likely natural consumer selection is to result in the dominance of truly better software for everybody.
There is such a project in development called Elektra (electra.sourceforge.net).
A registry-style configuration database is probably a good idea in theory for *nix, but it's very important to get it right to prevent it from becoming a painful mess... (see Microsoft Windows for an example of such a registry gone mad)
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It's not old news at all. Actually it's premature news.... Reader 7 hasn't been released for Linux yet, and you are running the beta version (so am I), which is what is available on their FTP server.
It's a good idea to spend more than no time at all reading the documentation for a new piece of software you are trying before you dismiss it and chuck it away.
If you didn't like the big buddy list items in Gaim, you probably should have had a quick look in the application's preferences. There you would have seen an option under "Buddy list" entitled "Show buddy icons". If you de-select this option, the buddy list will not show buddy icons, and it will therefore become more compact.
There's even an entry about this question on the FAQ: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q20
Your average GNU/Linux system is likely to be just as unsecure as your average Windows system. Many GNU/Linux distros come with remote SSH access enabled by default, remote root login enabled, and no strong password policy enforcement.
According to the eXeem Lite FAQ eXeem does contain spyware.
From the FAQ:
14. Is eXeem(TM) open source?
No, eXeem(TM) is not open source.
There is nothing special about being able to play a Windows binary of Quake 3 with Wine on a Linux machine. Most people report that Quake 3 Windows runs faster with Wine on Linux that it does in Windows. Remember that Wine is not a CPU emulator, it is a compatibility API. Most Windows software runs either faster or at the same speed as it does on the beast itself.
I believe the 2500 number refers to the current rate at which articles are being added. A lifetime average rate would be misleading; the current rate of growth (probably an average of the last 30 days or so) is more relevent to a report on Wikipedia as it stands today.
There's nothing wrong with variety here. The more diversity there is, the more likely natural consumer selection is to result in the dominance of truly better software for everybody.
There is such a project in development called Elektra (electra.sourceforge.net). A registry-style configuration database is probably a good idea in theory for *nix, but it's very important to get it right to prevent it from becoming a painful mess... (see Microsoft Windows for an example of such a registry gone mad)
In a Linux system you'll need to edit your prefs.js directly at ~/.thunderbird/default.###/prefs.js
Simply add the line:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");
or the path to your desired browser.