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Comment: Firefox crashing (Score 1) 891

by zzxc (#29398999) Attached to: Why Users Drop Open Source Apps For Proprietary Alternatives

On the verge of dumping firefox after years of use. 3.5.2 was horrible. 3.5.3 crashed within the first 5 minutes of use.

I suggest that you look up your Crash Report to see why it's crashing. The automated crash report will link to the bug report and support articles, if they exist.

The most common crashes in Firefox are caused by third party spyware, by plugins (Flash, old versions of Java, etc), and by extensions that are misbehaving. Mozilla actively works to correct these problems by warning users to upgrade and by blocklisting extensions that cause the most problems.

Comment: Re:Just fix FF's stability damnit (Score 1) 282

by zzxc (#27773131) Attached to: Firefox Beta Scores 93 On Acid3 Test
It's not normal for either Firefox 3.0.x or 3.5 beta to crash on ajax sites. If you are getting crashes, look up your crash reports and search for your crash signature on Bugzilla.

Plugin crashes (eg. flash) are among the most common, but corrupt files and spyware on Windows machines have also been known to cause them. If you are getting a specific crash that can be reproduced, either file a bug or comment on an existing bug with details.
Programming

gcc says -10==10-> 6

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "A bug in gcc causes it to think -10*abs(x) and 10*abs(x) have the same value. Just compile the following small program:

int main( void )
{
    int i=2;
    if( -10*abs (i-1) == 10*abs(i-1) )
        printf ("OMG,-10==10 in linux!\n");
    else
        printf ("nothing special here\n") ;
    return 0 ;
}"
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Bug

When Is A Kilogram Not A Kilogram?->

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Billosaur
Billosaur writes "In what can only be a boon for those fighting weight gain, Yahoo! News is reporting that the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sevres, France (southwest of Paris) has discovered that the 118-year-old platinum-iridium cylinder used as the international standard for the kilogram is losing weight. So far, only about 50 micrograms, but physicists are baffled as to why. It is used to verify the weight of other standard kilogram weights used by other countries, and this could mean problems if kilogram has actually gotten lighter, but mainly for scientists and engineers. This is spurring discussions of replacing the current weight with something new which might be more stable, like a sphere made out of a Silicon-28 isotope crystal."
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Operating Systems

Lenovo polling customers about Linux distributions->

Submitted by nlann
nlann writes "Lenovo launched a poll on their blog (interesting blog by the way: http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/). The question is: "What Linux distribution would you most like to see supported on a ThinkPad?"

Answers ranges from Windows98 to MacOS X, but Ubuntu seems to be the winner: http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=98"
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The Media

TV Torrents: When 'piracy' is easier than purchase

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "NBC's recent withdraw from the iTunes store leaves the millions of Apple's customers who have Macs or iPods without a legitimate way to purchase and watch NBC's content. They join Linux users, and people outside western markets whose only method of watching The Daily Show is to turn to illegal downloads. Online media stores such as iTunes, Amazon and Walmart have never been able to compete with the pirates on price, or freedom and flexibility — as the content they sell is typically wrapped in restrictive DRM. The one advantage that legal purchase offered was ease of use. CNET looks into the issue, and discovers that with mature open-source media players such as Miro supporting BitTorrent RSS feeds, it is actually trivially easy for users to subscribe to their favorite shows. Want to wake up to the latest episode of The Colbert Report, Top Gear or any of hundreds of TV shows automatically downloaded and waiting for you? CNET offers an easy three step guide."
Debian

Compiz gets thumbs-up for Gutsy Gibbon->

Submitted by Da Chronic
Da Chronic writes "After a vigorous debate at the last Ubuntu Technical Board meeting, the board decided to ship Ubuntu 7.10 with Compiz enabled by default. The decision was made despite the fact that Compiz still has some significant issues relating to drivers and Xorg. 'For instance, there are some problems — like accelerated video playback issues with Intel drivers — that can only be resolved by using the EXA accelerated rendering framework which is still not ready yet. When asked why Intel isn't addressing the driver issue, technical board member Mathew Garrett explained that "Intel are working on the basis that composited desktops won't be ready for rolling out until EXA is stable enough anyway, so it's not a concern [for them].' In the end, all but one member voted to include Compiz in Gutsy."
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