DonVino - Slashdot User

Freeware Software Everyone Should Know About 0

Submitted by on Thursday August 09 2007, @07:37PM

An anonymous reader writes "Most people don't have thousands of dollars to buy programs like Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop or Maya. Fortunately, there programs out there that are absolutely free. Also, most of them are surprisingly similar or even better to their costly alternatives.

Here is a list of Freeware software which can save people from spending thousands of dollars on software and can be useful to anyone."

30 things I've learned from using Linux ...-> 0

Submitted by BBQ-buster on Thursday August 09 2007, @07:01PM

BBQ-buster writes "ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has an interesting article called "30 things I've learned from using Linux ..." where a long-time Windows user discusses some of the things that he's learned from dabbling with Linux for a few months.

1. That I don't have to pay money to get my hands on a credible operating system.
2. There are far more Linux distros available that I have time to try them out.
3. Switching to Linux does not mean trouble-free computing.
4. Whenever you ask a Linux user which is the best distro, invariably the answer you'll get is the name of the distro that they're using.
5. In my opinion, the best Linux distro is Ubuntu.
6. No matter how much I like a GUI, and no matter how lazy years of using Windows made me, there's a lot to be said for using a command line.

Overall it's a very positive Linux article that should inspire others to give Linux a go."
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Jump in global temperature data caused by y2k bug 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2007, @05:45PM

An anonymous reader writes "according to this article, http://www.dailytech.com/Blogger+finds+Y2K+bug+in+ NASA+Climate+Data/article8383.htm the apparent rise in global temperature has been due to a y2k bug in the data. NASA has now silently released corrected figures, and the changes are truly astounding. The warmest year on record is now 1934. 1998 (long trumpeted by the media as record-breaking) moves to second place. 1921 takes third. In fact, 5 of the 10 warmest years on record now all occur before World War II."

Comment: That's the best thing on the internet (Score 1) 79

by DonVino on Saturday September 30 2006, @11:25AM (#16258291) Attached to: Swedish Video Site Trouncing YouTube

The greatest feature of the internet is it international content. When i want some local news/videos/music, there it is. If I want to find some international stuff, see, whats up in other countries, I find it also there. So should we divide to different places? Do you like checking 20 different sites for 20 different countries? I don't and i like to see movies on youtube, that are international. Related stuff from other countries. Contents from other countries can be interesting too.