IE Tester

I saw this link on a new IE Tester.  It looks like a really great idea.  I only looked at it quickly, but I think it only runs on Windows.  My big problem is that I don’t normally use Windows period and don’t have access to any version of IE.

Here are the links for the IE Tester:

• IETester: Develop/test your site in IE 6, IE 7 and IE 8 RC1
• Quoted Link
• IE Tester Homepage

Another option: run IE in Wine.  You can have multiple Wine homes in which you could load multiple versions of IE.  I know I have seen tutorials for loading IE6 in Wine, and I think just recently some tutorials for IE7 popped up.

Something to Watch: Plymouth

This is just a note to myself to watch Plymouth.  I saw that it is included in Fedora 10.  I am curious if it will make it to Ubuntu.

Resources

• Project Page on Fedora
• We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us.
• Brainstorm Idea #11165: Improve Startup by implementing Fedora’s Plymouth

Linux Alternatives for OneNote

I found a couple of forums discussing options for alternatives for Microsoft’s OneNote.  I don’t really have time to research all of these, but I wanted to note them in case I had a chance to come back later and spend some time researching them more.

Here are the forums:

• Ubuntu Forums: Does OneNote 2007 work with wine?
• Ubuntu Forums: Is there a Linux equivalent to Microsoft Onenote?

Tomboy

This option seemed to be the most popular.  I have used this a little, but I haven’t got into it that much.

• Homepage
• Wikipedia

BasKet

This is a KDE application.

• Homepage
• Wikipedia
• on Linux App Finder

Wyneken

This one looks interesting, but it doesn’t look like it is WYSIWYG.  You might have to learn some formatting features.

• Homepage

WordPress

Now, this one I have obviously used.  But, I would consider this more if you want to share your notes.

• Homepage
• Wikipedia

hnb

Stands for hierarchical notebook.

• Homepage

Knowit

• Homepage
• on Linux App Finder

Gournal

• Homepage

NoteMeister

• Homepage

Gnome Vazaar

• Homepage

Newton Desktop Wiki

• Homepage

NoteCase

• Homepage
• on Linux App Finder

TuxCards

• Homepage
• on Linux App Finder

Other Related Links

• Wine App DB: OneNote 2007
• Linux Alternatives
• Linux App Finder

Gnome 2.24 Released

I just saw this post which linked to the Gnome 2.24 Release Notes.  It looks exciting.  I like the time tracking tool.  Several other features looked very exciting too.

Open Source Hosting Sites

I just found out that Sun is starting a new site to host Open Source code.  So, I thought I would take this opportunity to list out the repositories of Open Source Code:

• Project Kenai
• Source Forge
• Google Code
• Tigris
• Launchpad

Then, I found that Wikipedia has an excellent comparison of the sites.

Oracle on Eclipse

I saw the new release today of Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse.

I found this quote on Oracle’s website:

Eclipse is one of several open source communities (Apache, PHP, and Glassfish are other examples) in which Oracle invests significant development resources. A Strategic Developer and Board Member of the Eclipse Foundation, Oracle is a leading participant in the Eclipse Web Tools Platform and Technology projects.

It is just interesting to me since I work with Oracle’s PeopleSoft software.  I waiting for Eclipse to be used with PeopleSoft!

Bible Software Analysis

I found this great article today on Bible Software in Linux.

http://www.ubuntuproductivity.com/journal/software/07/2008/bible-software-on-ubuntu-linux/

I have been using Gnomesword just because it is a Gnome project,  but I would like to spend some more time finding more alternatives and evaluating them.

Information on Fedora 9

I just found the Summary page for Fedora 9 development:

 http://linuxsagas.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

This is a good place to watch.

Linux Mac Crossover

I found an interesting article today about making Linux look like a Mac.  The thing is that I don’t necessarily want to go all the way, but I would like to steal a few things from their side of the world.

Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like A Mac – Mac4Lin Project Documentation

The big thing that caught my eye was the AWM on page 3.   I had trouble following the instructions though.  These instructions worked a little better:

HOWTO: functional eye-candy with Avant-Window-Navigator and Affinity

Two Great Reviews

Today, I found two great reviews with a nice list of software to watch or install.

First, Linux Format Magazine published a posting announcing the releasing of Ubuntu 7.10, which included a review of the release:

 http://lunapark6.com/ubuntu-710-gutsy-desktop-edition-review.html

Not only does the author describe his experience with installing the new version, but he also provides some nice ideas for software to install such as vlc, k3b, Kino, ardour, Google Earth & Desktop, VMWare Server, and MythTV.

Another article I found from Linux Format Magazine was about installing Slackware:

The Perfect Desktop — Slackware 12

This article also listed numerous software install ideas along with detailed explanations on how to install the system.  The article also points out that the HowToForge also has other similar articles for other distributions.  I haven’t tried it but the Linux Distribution Chooser sounded very interesting too.