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Comment Ribbon got me to switch away from MS Office (Score 2) 235

by ehanuise (#66021934) Attached to: LibreOffice Says Its UI Is Way Better Than Microsoft Office's
I could never get used to the ribbon, so I switched to Openoffice and then LibreOffice, and never looked back. The ribbon offers an interface that changes contextually and it's a nightmare for me. I want stability in my interfaces, not relearn basic things from scratch every time a new version of the software is released. Switched to Linux for the same reason, mostly : consistent user interface. Pretty happy with ubuntu mate.

Comment ILOK music software protection is still an issue, (Score 1) 21

by ehanuise (#64828379) Attached to: AMD Improves Zen 5 CPU Latency and Performance With BIOS Updates
https://cdm.link/amd-ilok-issu... from TFA : " Musicians updating to AMD’s latest-and-greatest Ryzen 9000 Series / Ryzen AI 300 Series CPUs have found they’re unable to use PACE’s iLok License Manager and plug-ins that use its copy protection scheme. Fortunately, a fix from AMD is inbound that should resolve the issue."
Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - Unusual physics engine game ported to Linux (blogspot.com)

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christian.einfeldt
christian.einfeldt writes: "Halloween has come early for Linux-loving gamers in the form of the scary Penumbra game trilogy, which has just recently been ported natively to GNU-Linux by the manufacturer, Frictional Games. The Penumbra games, named Overture, Black Plague, and Requiem, respectively, are first person survival horror and physics puzzle games which challenge the player to survive in a mine in Greenland which has been taken over by a monstrous infection/demon/cthulhu-esque thing. The graphics, sounds, and plot are all admirable in a scary sort of way. The protagonist is an ordinary human with no particular powers at all, who fumbles around in the dark mine fighting zombified dogs or fleeing from infected humans. But the game is remarkable for its physics engine — rather than just bump and acquire, the player must use the mouse to physically turn knobs and open doors; and the player can grab and throw pretty much anything in the environment. The physics engine drives objects to fly and fall exactly as one would expect. The porting of a game with such a deft physics engine natively to Linux might be one of the most noteworthy events for GNU-Linux gamers since the 'World of Goo' Linux port."
Windows

Vista Can Run Without Activation for a Year 357

Posted by CowboyNeal from the procrastinists-in-luck dept.
An anonymous reader gave us a heads up on this article for people who like putting things off. It begins: "Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end-run around one of Microsoft's key anti-piracy measures, Windows expert Brian Livingston said today. Livingston, who publishes the Windows Secrets newsletter, said that a single change to Vista's registry lets users put off the operating system's product activation requirement an additional eight times beyond the three disclosed last month. With more research, said Livingston, it may even be possible to find a way to postpone activation indefinitely."
HP

Submission + - Europe exec confirms Google Phone

Submitted by cyberianpan
cyberianpan writes: So Google has confirmed that it is working on a phone News.com The head of Google in Spain and Portugal has confirmed that Google is working on a mobile phone. "Some of the time the engineers are dedicated to developing a mobile phone," Ok this could be the 20% free time development but publicising that would be stupid. Obviously this phone could link in with Google Earth/Maps... it is a marketers dream regards targeted advertising, literally the shops may talk to you when you pass about products that they know you want. Thos could lead to Goolge having more power than any IT company ever. Obviously barriers present, chiefly in that Google doesn't have mobile phone networks & thus would have to cut deals.

Feed CeBit: Commodore Unbound (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
These are serious high-end gaming machines -- Commodore's new monster PCs make us weak at the knees. Add LG Prada, an Amiga-like PC in a keyboard and other goodies and it's hardware heaven. Gadget Lab reports from Hannover, Germany.


Feed News: Unfair Business Practices (penny-arcade.com)

From feed by pennyarcadefeed
Tycho: We were hungry, and that usually affects the strip, but the Girl Scout in the comic is a real person who probably has her troop or squad or whatever set up for life. The other girls should probably just go home - I think Jenny's got them covered this year.
Intel

Submission + - High schooler is awarded $100,000 for research

Submitted by wired_LAIN
wired_LAIN writes: A teenager from Oklahoma was awarded $100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search competition for building an inexpensive and accurate spectrograph that can identify the specific characteristics of different kinds of molecules. While normal spectrographs can cost between $20,000 and 100,000 to build, her spectrograph cost less than $500 dollars. The 40 finalists' projects were judged by a panel of 12 scientists, all well established in their respective fields. Among the judges were Vera Rubin , who proved Dark Matter, and Andrew Yeager, one of the pioneers of stem cell research. My only question is: why aren't these kids given more media coverage?

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