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A few days ago, I talked about Mozilla Prism and how it came up short in a few key areas. At the end of that post, I briefly mentioned Fluid as an alternative for Mac OS X users.
In response to that brief introduction, Slaptijack reader Stephen has put together …
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(Let me point out at the very beginning that I am aware that Mozilla Prism is still in beta. This commentary is specifically based on Mozila Prism 0.8 for Mac OS X.)
I love the idea of Mozilla Prism.
As an avid user of Gmail and other web-based applications …
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As you may know, Firefox 2.0.0.12 was released today, and it's no surprise that The Camino Project has followed suit with Camino 1.5.5. The Camino browser is a Mozilla-based web browser designed to integrate smoothly with Mac OS X. It sports a more OS X-like …
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Just in case your browser hasn't popped up and told you, Firefox 2.0.0.12 is now available!
This version addresses stability and security issues uncovered in Firefox 2.0.0.11. Several of the fixes are critically important. Therefore, it's recommended that all users upgrade as soon as …
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Best Practical Solutions has announced the release of version 3.6.6 of their popular ticket tracking system, RT: Request Tracker. This release appears to be a bug fix and enhancement release. I've included a list of changes below.
If you have a question about administering, using, or coding for …
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One problem with the MySQL command line client is that queries with lots of columns tend to wrap crazily based on your terminal size. To overcome this, you can get a vertical output by terminating your queries with \G instead of ;. I find this format extremely helpful in cases where …
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Many months ago I made a conscience decision to use only Google Talk for instant messaging. By doing this, I really shut the door on several friends and family members that were tied to Yahoo! and AIM. It wasn't an easy decision, but I was really tired of having to …
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In case you missed it, Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) released version 9.4.2 of their BIND DNS server yesterday. It is recommended that all you BIND DNS operators out there upgrade your software, as BIND 9.4.2 over 90 fixes! Here's a graphical representation of the types of …
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It's been four weeks since BlogRush released their updated dashboard and I decided to give them a second chance. In that time, I've earned over 6,000 credits and received 1 click. (The recipient article for that one lonely click was Gmail And IMAP, Perfect if you are interested.)
What …
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The Red Hat team has been hard at work rolling out bug fix updates. Here's another list of updated packages.
Red Hat signs all their packages via Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG …
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The Red Hat folks have been hard at work pushing out a new batch of bug fixes. Here's a list of affected packages.
If you use any of the above packages or a Red Hat-based system, please make sure you keep your software up to date …
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I'm way behind in my feed reader (Google Reader, if you care to know) and it shows. This morning I was poking around in my Gmail settings and noticed a slight change in the tabs across the top. Where we used to have "Forwarding and POP", we now have "Forwarding …
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The Fedora Project officially released Fedora 8 today, and the neatest feature is not this animated GIF! You can find a list of the many new features on the Fedora Project Wiki.
Let me take the opportunity to remind you that Fedora represents the cutting-edge in Red Hat-based Linux. Designed …
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Red Hat recently released a flood of kernel-related bug fixes. Here's a list of the affected packages:
If you use any of these packages, make sure you are up to date.
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With the release of Fedora 8 on the immediate horizon, Bill Nottingham of the Fedora Project announced the End of Life date for Fedora Core 6 as Friday, December 7, 2007.
As a reminder, the Fedora Project supports a release for a full month following the second successive release. So …
