Windows

Samsung R780 with Ubuntu 10.10

5 minute read

I wanted to replace my desktop computer by a laptop for quite a while now and as it started to randomly freeze - no matter which OS it ran - I decided the ri...

Switching from mp3 to ogg

5 minute read

When it comes to multimedia software most Linux distributions have one thing in common: no proprietary codecs - and this might include MP3 playback. I have n...

Creative Zen (& Explorer problems…)

2 minute read

My Creative Zen Xtra (30GB) is a little big so I was up for a new and smaller MP3 player. I decided to buy Creative’s Zen (8GB). It’s a quite handy device an...

My Vista Experience, Pt. 3

1 minute read

Lately, I had some trouble installing a new Nvidia display driver: During installation of this driver Vista told me that “Age of Empires II Update 2” was not...

My Vista Experience, Pt. 2

2 minute read

Vista and current hardware should be no problem. But what about some more ancient piece of hardware? Before installing Vista I upgraded my motherboard’s BIO...

My Vista Experience, Pt. 1 ½

less than 1 minute read

Today only two screenshots made with Vista’s “Snipping Tool” (by the way, very cool)… This is the new Windows Control Panel with all new icons and the new “W...

My Vista Experience, Pt. 1

2 minute read

I finally did it… The voices in my head told me to… I couldn’t resist any longer… So I ordered “Windows Vista Home Premium” at Amazon and installed it. In th...

“Zune” Theme for Windows

less than 1 minute read

Due to the upcoming release of Microsoft’s Zune-Player they released a new theme for Windows XP. Looks nice if you like black and it kind of fits to the new ...

New Mozilla Firefox 2.0

less than 1 minute read

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 has just been officially released! I’m using Firefox since the days of version 0.4 where it was still called “Phoenix” and I like where i...