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Check it out : http://www.dell.com/open

Announcement @ http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-announce/2007-May/000018.html

The first release of Wine-doors just got out! It is still in Beta stage, but you can try it out already.

What is Wine-doors?

Wine-doors is an application designed to make installing windows software on Linux, Solaris or other Unix systems easier using Wine. Its desinged for the GNOME Desktop using pygtk.

Its a very recent application still, and so, the number of softwares that it may install is short:

Browsers : Firefox 2.0/1.5 , IE6
Music : Winamp
Fonts : Tahoma, Georgia, Verdana ( and some more )
Games : Soldat, Prey, Steam, Half Life 2, World Of Warcraft 2.0.4, Call of Duty 1.4
Microsoft : DirectX 9.c, Visual Runtime Libraries, DCom, Common Controls ( and some more )

On its 1º run it will go trow an automated process to install a pack of software and fonts:

Fonts: Arial, comic sans, courier New, Times New Roman and Webdings
Wine Gecko 0.1
Mozilla ActiveX Control 1.7.12 (Used in Steam for example)
AutoHotKey 1.0.46.08

So, how does one install it?

Just download the tar.gz from the projects page and

tar -zxvf wine-doors-0.1pre1.tar.gz
cd wine-doors-0.1pre1
python setup.py install

Its available in: Applications - System Tools - Wine Doors

Its very easy to use, just select what you want to install from the list, and Apply.

A interesting project, trying to make using wine easier

Wine doors @ http://www.wine-doors.org/

Amor Fati é uma expressão usada por Nietzsche como “fórmula para a grandeza do homem” e que significa:

“Não querer nada de diferente do que é, nem no futuro, nem no passado, nem por toda a eternidade. Não só suportar o que é necessário, mas amá-lo”.

Essa fórmula exprime a atitude própria do super-homem e a natureza do “espírito dionisíaco”, enquanto a aceitação integral e entusiástica da vida em todos os seus aspectos, mesmo nos mais desconcertantes, tristes e cruéis.

Hoje fiquei filosofico e na Wikipedia encontrei isto.

Wikipedia : PT & EN

Remember the emesene - a msn messenger client - I talked about some time ago?

Well some time has past and the client is growing, slowly for some, but growing. For those that don’t know it, its written in Python and GTK ( For Gnome ). It is a nice alternative to use

It suports:
- Personal Messages
- Nudges
- MSN Plus colores
- Starting Minimized & Auto-Login
- Conversation in Tabs
- New mails in hotmail
- Offline messeges

Suports Plugins
- Amarok, Listen, MPD, Rhythmbox, winamp, xmms, Quodlibet - What you playing
- Notification
- Nudges
- Spell

”Still” doesnt support:
- File transfers
- Webcam and audio conversation

Some Screenshots:

What to test it ? just get the latest svn deb HERE

Want to help or know more about it? just access http://emesene-im.com.ar/

A Parody to the Mac vs PC ads from Apple.

@ YouTube

Finally there is a easy way to Sync between Sunbird (Mozilla’s Calendar) or Lightning (the calendaring extension for Thunderbird), using an extension.

The extension is named Provider for Google Calendar and was created by Philipp Kewisch and it allows Sunbird and Lightning to read and write events to a Google Calendar.

Before this extension the only way for this were some work-arrounds and apps to enable the sync.

Addon : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4631

Explanation : http://bfish.xaedalus.net/?p=239

Lightning : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313

Sunbird : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

A demonstration video:

Thanks Rui for the tip.

Installing Sunbird in Ubuntu : PT Guide

Procuram-se Guias e Tutoriais para o GuiaUbuntuPT.org

Podem ser sobre qualquer assunto, desde placas 3G, aplicações, segurança, servidores, textos explicativos, etc.

Se queres participar e/ou submeter no wiki guias, etc, diz alguma coisa. Os guias não precisam ser específicos Ubuntu, como é óbvio.

O Objectivo é criar um repositório de informação para ajudar todos.

Entra em contacto.

Cumprimentos

iGama

Wanna give a Gnomish style to Opera?

This is the Skin you want :)

Tango CL

Ok, Firefox is good, but im just tired of it beeing so heavy and slow some times. so, what am I using? Opera and Epiphany-Browser.

Ok the disadvantage of Opera is the QT interface in a GTK environment. But its faster than FF, so what the heck :p

Epiphany Im using has the default system browser, used to open web links from xchat or pidgin ( for example )

Firefox need a Big memory clean up.

Time to remove Gaim from your system , and install the new Pidgin 2.0 .

For those you don’t know yet, Pidgin is the new name of the Gaim project .

Removing Gaim:

sudo apt-get remove gaim

Installing Pidgin :

- Download the .deb of Pidgin HERE

- Plugins : Guifications Or LibNotify

Thanks GetDeb for the deb files