Comment Very interesting (Score 3, Informative) 154
Fascinating Presentation for those of you who actually bother to watch the Hour or so of content.
Submission + - Running MS Office 2003 on Linux with Wine 0.9.52 (blogspot.com)
twickline writes: "This is a Office 2003 on Linux with Wine 0.9.52, Guide with lots of nice screenshots and tips. The long standing error"Microsoft Office (Word or Excell) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application" has now been properly fixed as of Wine 0.9.52 in addition to many other fixes and enhancements. If you currently use Office 2003 on Linux via Wine this should be considered as a major upgrade."
Submission + - "Oops!" Those dumb mistakes we've all mad 9
theotherbastard writes: I've recently made the step up from Desktop Support to Systems Administration and in my first month on the job I made a change to a server that knocked one of our customer call centers offline for nearly 4 hours. It was the simple mistake of changing the duplex settings on 2 NIC's on 1 server. Needless to say I've learned my lesson on when and how to make even the smallest change to our sensitive systems. Another thing I've learned is that everyone on my team has a story about their first days supporting servers and the disastrous mistakes they've made. I'm curious what stories some fellow /.er's have.
Submission + - Asus EEE PC Under the Knife (cnettv.co.uk)
phase_9 writes: ZDNet.co.uk's Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan set about carving up one of the most desirable products of the year: The Asus Eee PC and find out some interesting facts about the hardware, power consumption and build quality.
Vista SP1 Coming In Q1 2008 254
Many readers sent in word of Microsoft's announcement of the schedule for Vista SP1. The Beskerming blog has a good summary. Up to 15,000 people will get access to a beta of SP1 by the end of September; general release is targeted (not promised in stone) for early 2008. The service pack is said to improve performance and stability, not to add features.
Submission + - GameSpot FaceBook App Launched
An anonymous reader writes: It's called My Console, and is simple but functional — it displays all the GameSpot updates for the platform of your choice, and lets you keep tabs on what you and your friends are playing, as long as they've installed the application and entered their GameSpot username too.
You can find it here — http://apps.facebook.com/myconsole/
Mozilla and Google — Exchange Killers At Last? 336
phase_9 writes "The latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird may still only be in beta but already the user community have started creating an extensive set of viable Exchange killers. One such example is the latest mashup between Thunderbird and Google Calendars, providing bi-directional syncing of calendar information from both the client and internet. How long will it be before open-source software can provide a complete, accessible office suite for a fraction of the cost that Microsoft current imposes?"
Submission + - Mozilla and Google - Exchange Killers at last?
phase_9 writes: "The latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird may still only be in beta but already the user community have started creating an extensive set of viable Exhchange killers. One such example is the latest mashup between Thunderbird and Google Calendars, providing bi-directional syncing of calendar information from both the client and internet. How long will it be before open-source software can provide a complete, accessible office suite for a fraction of the cost that Microsoft current impose?"
