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pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/fredbezies/fredbezies/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredbezies/2633870132/ title=Firefox 3 et Gnome 2.22.3 sous Foresight Linux 2.0.3img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2633870132_44afc6ae62_m.jpg width=240 height=150 alt=Firefox 3 et Gnome 2.22.3 sous Foresight Linux 2.0.3 //a/p

Thu, 3 Jul 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/fredbezies/fredbezies/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredbezies/2633869076/ title=Début de l'installation de Foresight Linux 2.0.3img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2633869076_7c7855276d_m.jpg width=240 height=150 alt=Début de l'installation de Foresight Linux 2.0.3 //a/p pDébut de l'installation./p

Thu, 3 Jul 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/fredbezies/fredbezies/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredbezies/2633868874/ title=Les logiciels de démarrage proposés par Foresight Linux 2.0.3img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2633868874_1ba771e113_m.jpg width=240 height=150 alt=Les logiciels de démarrage proposés par Foresight Linux 2.0.3 //a/p pLes programmes de démarrage disponible sous Foresight Linux/p

Thu, 3 Jul 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/fredbezies/fredbezies/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredbezies/2633869288/ title=Fin de l'installation de Foresight Linux 2.0.3img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2633869288_f8ba91db72_m.jpg width=240 height=150 alt=Fin de l'installation de Foresight Linux 2.0.3 //a/p pFin de l'installation, 12 minutes plus tard./p

Thu, 3 Jul 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/doniphon/doniphon/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/doniphon/2530313171/ title=Review - page 2img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2530313171_ce41d1f6b5_m.jpg width=174 height=240 alt=Review - page 2 //a/p

Wed, 28 May 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/doniphon/doniphon/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/doniphon/2530313185/ title=Bundled DVDimg src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2530313185_6276f710dc_m.jpg width=173 height=240 alt=Bundled DVD //a/p

Wed, 28 May 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/doniphon/doniphon/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/doniphon/2530313153/ title=Coverimg src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2530313153_998a1ff8ee_m.jpg width=174 height=240 alt=Cover //a/p

Wed, 28 May 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/doniphon/doniphon/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/doniphon/2530313159/ title=Review - page 1img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/2530313159_5e5b812b87_m.jpg width=174 height=240 alt=Review - page 1 //a/p

Wed, 28 May 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/25735814@N03/Evil Joel/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/25735814@N03/2419693423/ title=Foresight Linux, ChiGLUG and GNOME Tables at the Flourish 2008 Mini-expoimg src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2145/2419693423_0a0f13d41a_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=Foresight Linux, ChiGLUG and GNOME Tables at the Flourish 2008 Mini-expo //a/p

Thu, 17 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/25735814@N03/Evil Joel/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/25735814@N03/2419693177/ title=The Foresight Linux Table at the Flourish 2008 Mini-expoimg src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2419693177_53945a5816_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=The Foresight Linux Table at the Flourish 2008 Mini-expo //a/p

Thu, 17 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/25735814@N03/Evil Joel/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/25735814@N03/2419677245/ title=Kevin Harriss Talking at the Foresight Linux Tableimg src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2419677245_9a75961544_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=Kevin Harriss Talking at the Foresight Linux Table //a/p

Thu, 17 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/25735814@N03/Evil Joel/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/25735814@N03/2420490588/ title=The Foresight Linux Table at the Flourish 2008 Mini-expoimg src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2003/2420490588_618aaf9826_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=The Foresight Linux Table at the Flourish 2008 Mini-expo //a/p

Thu, 17 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/flyhighplato/flyhighplato/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyhighplato/2402388726/ title=IMG_2998img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/2402388726_7298a7ec86_m.jpg width=240 height=160 alt=IMG_2998 //a/p

Thu, 10 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/flyhighplato/flyhighplato/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyhighplato/2402388700/ title=IMG_2997img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2402388700_85a45cfd46_m.jpg width=240 height=160 alt=IMG_2997 //a/p

Thu, 10 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/flyhighplato/flyhighplato/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyhighplato/2402388968/ title=IMG_3003img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2402388968_d2a724bde3_m.jpg width=240 height=160 alt=IMG_3003 //a/p

Thu, 10 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/garyfixler/gfixler/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyfixler/2388416020/ title=IMG_4160img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2388416020_d37d7bce8d_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=IMG_4160 //a/p pI know you all wanted a pic with the cap removed./p

Fri, 4 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/garyfixler/gfixler/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyfixler/2387586359/ title=IMG_4158img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2265/2387586359_60c4dfef40_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=IMG_4158 //a/p pThat's the kind of password an idiot puts on his luggage!br / br / I'll need to change this, or create a new user./p

Fri, 4 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/garyfixler/gfixler/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyfixler/2388414748/ title=IMG_4155img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2388414748_685b7986e0_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=IMG_4155 //a/p pBooting up the machine for the first time, a href=http://www.foresightlinux.com/Foresight Linux/a is already installed. I was glad to find a perfect machine for me with Linux installed, but thought after checking it out, I'd just install my first love, Ubuntu over top of it. However, after trying it out, it's absolutely awesome.br / br / It's essentially the same as Ubuntu, in look/feel (both GNOME), with more nice defaults set up, and pre-installed, like Pidgin (formerly Gaim, my preferred FOSS IM client - I installed it on Ubuntu). It uses a different package management system, which should be fine, but overall, I loved every part of it in my first 15-20 minute tryout. I think it'll be perfect for my needs here. I also got a free 2GB USB thumbdrive with Foresight, in case I need to reinstall.br / br / Interesting aside: the GNOME development team does all their work in Foresight now, as they consider it to stay truest to their ideals. More info on all of these things starting around a href=http://blogs.gnome.org/kenvandine/2008/03/04/shuttle-chooses-foresight-for-their-new-kpc/here/a in Ken Vandine's blog. I believe he is the father of the Foresight distro./p

Fri, 4 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/garyfixler/gfixler/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyfixler/2387587821/ title=IMG_4163img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/2387587821_a582fd90e0_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=IMG_4163 //a/p pOpening a window, I was surprised to see it wobble. That means Compiz is working. And it was working really well, and smoothly, with no lag. I don't even have a graphics card in this thing yet! This is on-board video from a very simple, tiny machine, which starts around $199 (complete, sans monitor/keyboard/mouse), through the VGA port, to my wide-screen 19quot; flat panel monitor, and things like the Compiz 3D cube are playing back at high frame rates. I was worried this thing would be terribly underpowered, but it's looking like it'll be plenty for my needs at the piano.br / br / If you've used Ubuntu, you can see Foresight looks, and acts essentially just like it, save a few color/icon choices. Deeper in, there are a lot of simple decisions I liked a lot, like their choices of included software: Pidgin IM client, Banshee music player (very iTunes-like for Linux), and even Dasher, a little usability app I sometimes like to play with. I'm quite excited to start really setting it up later tonight, after the final season of Battlestar Galactica premieres. What a great day./p

Fri, 4 Apr 2008

pa href=http://www.flickr.com/people/garyfixler/gfixler/a posted a photo:/p pa href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyfixler/2388415694/ title=IMG_4159img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2388415694_06748febe8_m.jpg width=240 height=180 alt=IMG_4159 //a/p pHere's the retro-future 2.0GB USB Foresight Linux installer. Pretty sassy. There's no CD/DVD drive on this box (much like an Asus EEE, or Apple Air), so you install from USB. This came free for ordering with a long backorder, but then they shipped it 2 days later, and it arrived one day after that! I screwed up, by not being where it was delivered, but they managed to get it to me the next day. Crisis averted./p

Fri, 4 Apr 2008