Archives for August 2009
LXDE updates
Lately we updated some of the LXDE packages in Gentoo, and tonight I added a few more. We have now a practically complete LXDE desktop on Gentoo. So if you feel like trying the most lightweight desktop environment, consider to emerge lxde-meta. If you come across any bugs or other issues, please let us [...]
4 Aug 09 at 21:30 | gentoo, lxde, updates | Comments: 7
How to re-enable backspace as back key in Firefox 3.5
While Firefox 3.5 has some good improvements, it’s not all good. We geeks are quite disappointed by the decision to disable the backspace key. In previous versions backspace would take you back a page in history. Which is great when you are on the keyboard already — no need to grab the mouse. But in [...]
3 Aug 09 at 10:59 | browser, firefox, howto | Comments: 4
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Why DRM on news is a bad idea
As Techdirt writes:
This has been said before (multiple times) but you don’t rescue your business model by “protecting” against what people want to do. You don’t rescue your business model by wasting resources trying to hold back what people want to do. You rescue your business by providing more value and figuring out a way [...]
2 Aug 09 at 11:31 | freedom, opinion | Comments: 0
