adpsimpson - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Suggesting nightlies to regular users?! (Score 3, Funny) 412

by adpsimpson on Tuesday October 28, 2008 @09:58AM (#25540635) Attached to: Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox

Nightlies shouldn't be used by those that want to use extensions...

I dunno. I use the nightlies at work... I don't use any extensions though.

+1 Missed the point but still sounded vaguely insightful?

Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry 287

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 06, 2008 @05:58PM from the industry-jenga dept.

eldavojohn writes "The funny thing about the RIAA & BPI is that the artists are just as tired as the fans with how online music is being handled. So they're trying something new called the Featured Artists' Coalition. FAC's site states in their charter: 'We believe that all music artistes should control their destiny because ultimately it is their art and endeavors that create the pleasure and emotion enjoyed by so many.' As digital releases are increasing, the artists aren't seeing any more money. With the advent of online distribution, are the traditional music industry functions of promotion, samples, radio, and marketing now nothing but costly overhead for the artists? From Iron Maiden to Kate Nash to Radiohead, some big names are backing this new organization."

Linux Turns 17 Today 285

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 05, 2008 @09:54PM from the hippo-birdies dept.

Meshach writes "Over at the Linux Journal, Doc Searles is noting that today marks 17 years since Linus posted to Usenet, starting Linux (post). As a Linux user at work and at home I say, thanks Linus!" The anniversary is also featured on the top page of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Submission + - Presentation software for Linux

Submitted by adpsimpson on Friday November 30, 2007 @10:03AM

adpsimpson writes: I am a PhD student and have just returned from giving a presentation to industry, detailing the work my university is doing for them. I am also a long-time Linux user.

The presentation was prepared in collaboration with my advisers, who use Microsoft software. My part was prepared in Open Office, and the file was saved in the Powerpoint format. I gave the presentation from my laptop, but Open Office became completely unresponsive about 30 minutes in, with each click taking up to 30 seconds to register and basic animations (appearing and disappearing content on the slides) simply not working. We transferred the presentation to another laptop running Microsoft Powerpoint in Windows and it completed with no problems. This slow dying of Open Office is something I have come across before and which reproduces every time I test it here.

My question is what presentation software do the Slashdot crowd use? Is there a free and open source alternative to Powerpoint which will work reliably where Open Office fails? Are there ways to tweak Open Office to make it more responsive?

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