Woofles - Slashdot User

Submission + - Converting from XP to Ubuntu (ittoolbox.com) 1

Submitted by

madgreek

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @09:20PM

madgreek writes: "Here is a short story about my switch to Ubuntu from XP at work. I have been Microsoft free for 3 months now at a Microsoft heavy shop. Few people know I am using Open Office and Linux. I create countless documents that people open using Word, Excel, PPT and nobody can tell that they were created using Open Office. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/o pen-source-and-microsoft-free-17339"

Comment Re:Not so Definitely (Score 1) 303

by Woofles on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @09:14PM (#19670727) Attached to: Autism Reversed in Mice at MIT Lab

"I think you would be VERY hard pressed to find a parent who wouldn't go for a cure if it were available." I call bullshit. Try http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-07-23-tra nfusion-jw_x.htm . While not a cure, it is a life-saving treatment that was refused by a Jehovah's parent for a 12 year old boy! This happens a bit, which is why custody can be rapidly taken from parents when needed.

Submission + - Media Cataloging Software

Submitted by Rich0 on Sunday June 17, 2007 @08:53PM

Rich0 writes: I have a growing pile of CDs/DVDs holding hundreds of GB of files. I would like a linux-compatible software solution to cataloging and searching these disks. Lots of solutions exist for music/video, but not so many for files.

Some features I'd like would be the ability to easily scan the disks (pop in disc, software reads disc, software prompts for a name (with something sensible defaulted), software ejects disc, softare tells me what if any label to write/apply to the disc, and software is ready for the next disc).

I've seen one or two packages out there but they usually require lots of manual disk labelling, or their search capabilities are limited. Windows-only software won't be of much use to me.

What are others using to manage their media collections?

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