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Comment Window Maker Live ISO (Score 4, Informative) 192

by pseelig (#39068139) Attached to: WindowMaker Development Resumes, Has First Release Since 2006

There is a project on sourceforge to remaster a standard Ubuntu 11.04 ISO image into a Window Maker Live ISO. It is based on a small scripting framework which relies on the Ubuntu Customization Kit for the creation of a working Live CD, and has the very latest Window Maker 0.95.2 as the only and default graphical user interface. It is also very preconfigured, so that one is able to just start using it already at first login.

The project is currently hosted at sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive and also provides some ready made live ISO torrents for interested people who don't want to have to remaster an Ubuntu ISO image on their own. Any feedback and possibly even contributions are very welcome.
Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272

Posted by kdawson from the hot-bits dept.
supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3. Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."

Submission + - Internet uprising in Spain against proposed change (google.com)

Submitted by [rvr]
[rvr] writes: Last Monday, the Spanish Goverment published the latest draft for the Sustainable Economy Act, which would enable a Commission dependent of the Ministry of Culture to take down websites without a court order, in cases of Intellectual Property piracy. On Wednesday, using Google Wave, a group journalists, bloggers, professionals and creators composed and issued a Manifesto in Defense of Fundamental Rights on the Internet, stating that "Copyright should not be placed above citizens' fundamental rights to privacy, security, presumption of innocence, effective judicial protection and freedom of expression". Quickly, more than 50,000 blogs and sites re-published the manifesto. On Thursday morning, the Ministry of Culture Ángeles González Sinde (former president of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) organized a meeting with a group of Internet experts and signers of the Manifesto. The meeting was narrated in real time via Twitter and concluded without any agreement. On Thursday afternoon, the Prime Minister's staff had a private meeting with the Ministry of Culture and some party members (who also expressed their oposition to the draft). Finally, Spain Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced in a press meeting that the text will be changed and court order will continue to be a requirement, but still will search for ways to fight Internet piracy. However, many activists remain skeptic about this announcement.

Comment If you buy cheap you buy twice (Score 1) 1

by pseelig (#30108544) Attached to: Replacement keyboard for an Asus K60IJ

It might be insightful to check out a former /. story at http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/02/013259 which is related to your issue. Bottom line is to buy only from known good manufacturers which are producing products which are not mainly destined for the consumption market. Your request just shows yet again that it is hazarduous to buy consumer hardware. I am glad that i always kept pouring my money in IBM/Lenovo for my notebook needs. One can't go wrong with a ThinkPad or a comparable business brand. Just as the subject says, if you buy cheap you buy twice.
You might wish to try buying a broken model with a working keyboard of the notebook in question from eBay, in order to have some replacement parts. Good luck!
Medicine

Submission + - Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House 1

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: A hastily-crafted amendment imposing tough new restrictions on abortion coverage in insurance policies helped pave the way for the House to approve the Democrats' bill to overhaul the nation's health insurance system. "It provides coverage for 96 percent of Americans," said Rep. John Dingell. Rep. Candice Miller disagreed, calling the legislation "a jobs-killing, tax-hiking, deficit-exploding" bill. The 1,990-page, $1.2 trillion legislation passed by a vote of 240-194 and moves on for Senate debate, which is expected to begin in several days.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Moving away from the IT field?

Submitted by irving47
irving47 writes: With the economy the way it is, it's a little iffy to even think about switching careers completely, but lately, I've gotten more and more fed up with trying to keep up with the technical demands of companies or customers that are financially and even verbally unappreciative. While I might be good at it, and the money adequate, I'm curious to hear from slashdotters that have gone cold-turkey from their IT/Networking careers to something once foreign to them. How did you deal with the income difference, if any? Do you find yourself dealing with people more, and if so, how do you feel about it?
Idle

Submission + - Singer in grocery store ordered to pay royalties (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by yog
yog writes: An assistant at a grocery store in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, was ordered by the Performing Right Society (PRS) to obtain a performer's license and to pay royalties because she was informally singing popular songs while stocking groceries. The PRS later backed down and apologized. This after the same store had turned off the radio after a warning from the PRS. We have entered an era where music is no longer an art for all to enjoy, but rather a form of private property that must be regulated and taxed like alcohol. "Music to the ears" has become "dollars in the bank".
Software

Submission + - Software to diagnose faulty computer hardware? 1

Submitted by Etylowy
Etylowy writes: Over the years I have repaired my own, family and friends PCs many, many times. While in most cases it turned out to be restoring system after malware/user/windows made a mess or simple cases of "follow the smell of smoke and molten plastic", there were some nasty ones where computer mostly works. By mostly I mean: you can boot it up, it might even work for a while but will crash way too often to blame it all on Microsoft — what do you do then? Once you strip it off any extra hardware (which with todays motherboards with pretty much everything integrated might not be an option) you are left with CPU, motherboard, graphics card, RAM and HDD. You can test HDD, you can run memtest86+ to check RAM, but how do you go about testing CPU, motherboard and graphics card trio to find which is to blame? Replacing it one by one isn't really an option. Do you know any software that would help the way memtest helps with RAM?

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