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Living Room / Re: At last, KeyNote done better :)

« Last post by Tuxman on January 04, 2012, 09:30 AM »

Damn.

I would surely change to something different if there was a way to import from it. I use Evernote, but side-by-side...

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Best E-mail Client / Re: E-mail client recommendations

« Last post by Tuxman on January 04, 2012, 12:55 AM »

If Pegasus would not crash so often, I already would have dropped Thunderbird. But it does, so I don't. Really, Pegasus has a weird UI but works like a charm. Most of the time.

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Living Room / Re: At last, KeyNote done better :)

« Last post by Tuxman on January 04, 2012, 12:52 AM »

So, what's with KeyNote-NF?

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General Software Discussion / Re: AdBlock Plus To Not Block All Ads

« Last post by Tuxman on December 17, 2011, 08:49 PM »

Hehe, yeah, let's make all web ads obtrusive by CSS so ABP will have to block them all!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Listary Pro for $9.95 on 17 December

« Last post by Tuxman on December 17, 2011, 05:51 PM »

Damn, I bought it too early.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is Clojure the next C ?

« Last post by Tuxman on December 13, 2011, 08:17 PM »

Oh, yeah, like, "ok, about 90% of all common applications are written in C or a derivative, that's boooooring!"?

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General Software Discussion / Re: AdBlock Plus To Not Block All Ads

« Last post by Tuxman on December 13, 2011, 07:48 PM »

While I see the point that users say "I want a blocker to block!", I can't see why it is so hard for them to just untick the checkbox and calm down ...

Actually, it is a good step into the right direction. The more users only allow static ads, the more ads will be static and less obtrusive and blinking and sounding and requiring Flash and crashing the browser, and one fine day no-one needs ad blockers anymore. Ever thought about it?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is Clojure the next C ?

« Last post by Tuxman on December 13, 2011, 07:44 PM »

"The next C"? What's wrong with the existing C?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Ribbon UI - is it really THAT good?

« Last post by Tuxman on November 29, 2011, 05:17 PM »

I, for one, still prefer applications with a clean, minimalistic GUI; even if there are ribbon applications with more features.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mint 12 introducing DuckDuckGo ...

« Last post by Tuxman on November 25, 2011, 04:00 PM »

I use Mint Debian Edition, have a random look at G+ and know how to configure my browser.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mint 12 introducing DuckDuckGo ...

« Last post by Tuxman on November 25, 2011, 10:59 AM »

Because Google has a higher budget.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mint 12 introducing DuckDuckGo ...

« Last post by Tuxman on November 25, 2011, 10:27 AM »

Google+ is dying slowly. The hype is over.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Of: text editors

« Last post by Tuxman on November 25, 2011, 07:38 AM »

Does anyone know a decent WYSIWYG/WYSIWYM MediaWiki editor?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mint 12 introducing DuckDuckGo ...

« Last post by Tuxman on November 25, 2011, 05:55 AM »

Same here.

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General Software Discussion / Mint 12 introducing DuckDuckGo ...

« Last post by Tuxman on November 24, 2011, 01:00 PM »

... and the Google users are flaming.  Just read through a couple of blogs. This (German) one, for example, states that "Mint 12 sucks (e.g.) because Google is no more the default search engine". Oh my!

I wonder if these people could use the internet when Google is down for maintenance.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing

« Last post by Tuxman on November 20, 2011, 02:10 PM »

I know. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing

« Last post by Tuxman on November 20, 2011, 01:27 PM »

Hmm, only 10 days to go. Would a trial version of the "final" product not be better here?

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General Software Discussion / Re: SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing

« Last post by Tuxman on November 20, 2011, 12:33 PM »

(40hz does not discuss OO any more. He's mad at the people who are behind it.)

-40hz (November 20, 2011, 12:31 PM)

Good point. 

You can still get in on the beta.

-40hz (November 20, 2011, 12:31 PM)

Thought it's closed now?

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General Software Discussion / Re: SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing

« Last post by Tuxman on November 20, 2011, 10:12 AM »

So, technically, how does the final SoftMaker Office '12 compare to OOo/LibO or, let's say, WordPerfect? Any decent features?

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Living Room / Re: Moving up to ESET NOD32 v5

« Last post by Tuxman on November 19, 2011, 04:36 PM »

I will not click it, suspicious file is suspicious.

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Living Room / Re: Moving up to ESET NOD32 v5

« Last post by Tuxman on November 19, 2011, 02:53 PM »

Mistakes are made to learn from them.

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Living Room / Re: Moving up to ESET NOD32 v5

« Last post by Tuxman on November 19, 2011, 01:44 PM »

I am not sure how your average user is suppose to know the mind of an author/programmer that is devious in hiding unwanted processes/applications on startup/installation.

Don't install software you do not trust. Simple as that.

An interactive personal firewall is useful as a first line of defense, it can alert the user that some app wanting out.

That's why malicious software seldomly says "hi, I'm malicious-software.exe".

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Living Room / Re: Moving up to ESET NOD32 v5

« Last post by Tuxman on November 19, 2011, 12:19 PM »

It's amazing that amount "crap" that various applications pre-install (think auto update programs for instance) that I would have never realized (thereby wouldn't have known to remove/delete those extra apps) without an interactive "personal firewall".

-Cloq (November 19, 2011, 11:36 AM)

Might sound a bit harsh, but: Use your brain. A "personal firewall" is not meant to replace your own thinking. If you don't know what an application actually installs, use snapshots of your system. If you don't want to, I can't see your actual problem with that.

Oh: ESS is not made for malware detection, it features a virus scanner, not a "potentially unwanted software" scanner.

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Living Room / Re: Moving up to ESET NOD32 v5

« Last post by Tuxman on November 18, 2011, 06:44 PM »

Firewalls do, "firewalls" don't. Phrasing is important here!
These "suits" are just like the "Windows Firewall": Not very sophisticated packet filtering, but no firewall functionality at all.

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Living Room / Re: Moving up to ESET NOD32 v5

« Last post by Tuxman on November 18, 2011, 06:29 PM »

Why exactly does a printer driver demand access to the internet?