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  • Apple are showcasing some of the features of the forthcoming version of their Safari web browser – Safari RSS. Safari RSS will read RSS feeds straight into the browser, obviating the need for a second Internet app, it will automaticall…

  • I was reading two articles on broadband today – both heralding great increases in the speed of broadband in the near future. The first was an article on the BBC News site which talked about ADSL+. With ADSL+ (which is…

  • Ok, the bad news first – the Open Darwin install failed with the error “Still waiting for root device” so it looks like Open Darwin’s support for CD drives is even more restricted than Mandrake’s. In good news, though, Mandrake…

  • Over the weekend I downloaded a copy of Open Darwin 7.2.1 to install and try out – unfortunately, this install failed with a “media read” error. In light of the issue I had with Mandrake I now suspect that the…

  • In response to an email query, Kevin Buckley of Mandrakesoft (the guy who kindly gave me the Mandrake installation CDs) wrote back to inform me that “your Samsung CD-ROM SCR-3232 VH102 is not supported by the 2.6.3 kernel, there are…

  • Well, I received my Mandrake install CDs this morning in the post from Kevin Buckley of Mandrakesoft. Excited, I installed CD1 into the CD drive of the PC and re-booted. I chose the Install option when prompted . However, I…

  • I received the following instructions from Brian Kidney for installing Firefox on Suse and configuring it so that it had a quick launch shortcut and a Start menu shortcut. I followed the instructions and they worked perfectly! Download and install…

  • While Fedora was downloading, I installed Suse Linux 9.1 on the PC – the installation was very straightforward and the online update worked immediately without any requirement for registration. This was a relief after the hassle with Red Hat. Now…

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