After the usual bunch of alpha’s, beta’s and release candidates, Openoffice.org 3.1 final is here. I haven’t touched Microsoft Office in years since I’ve first used OpenOffice, and the suite gets better with every turn. And did I mention free?
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Google Chrome 2.0.172.28
Google Chrome is the hefty fast browser from Google. The stable branch has just reached version 2.
FrostWire 4.18.0
FrostWire is a free Gnutella and bittorrent client based on LimeWire distributed under terms of the GPL. FrostWire available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
Linux Mint 7 RC1
I really like the new interface! Installed and running without problems. More information and downloadlinks over here.
Desktop icons gone in Windows 7
I’m having quite a peculiar problem: after I install a Linux distribution, my Windows 7 desktop icons and files don’t show up anymore on the desktop. The files and icons are not gone, they’re still on the hard drive, they just don’t show. I’ve tested this over and over again, doing a fresh Windows 7… Continue reading Desktop icons gone in Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 7 release candidate
The successor to Windows Vista is called Windows 7, and will be out before the end of the year. I’ve been running the previously leaked builds for some time now without any problems. Microsoft now made the ‘release candidate’ publicly available for everyone to download. Direct downloadlinks (3.4 gb !!!) below! If you already have… Continue reading Microsoft Windows 7 release candidate
Songbird 1.1.2
Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development. Minor update this time around: bugs and quirks.
µTorrent 1.8.2 build 15227
Some projects really make it hard to post about new releases. µTorrent has the stable 1.8.2 branch, the beta 1.8.3 branch and the alpha 1.9 branch. On top of that, µTorrent has an auto updater built-in. So most people get the goodies as they use the program. For this reason, I might as well keep… Continue reading µTorrent 1.8.2 build 15227
Winamp 5.552
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), custom appearances called skins (supporting both classic Winamp 1.x/2.x skins and Winamp 3 freeform skins), audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins (including two industry… Continue reading Winamp 5.552
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
True to my tradition of posting about releases I find interesting, here’s Ubuntu’s latest offspring: 9.04 aka the Jaunty Jackalope. Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and… Continue reading Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope