Comments on: Windows 2008: Still Not Ready for Primetime http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/ Longer than a blog; shorter than a book Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Brad Cupit http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-241309 Brad Cupit Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:21:08 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-241309 I think the title may be a little off, as this seem like a post on Windows Vista, not Windows 2008 (which is the server version, and has the transparent windows and sidebar gadgets turned off by default, IIRC). Windows 2008 has gotten much better acceptance than Vista has. I think the title may be a little off, as this seem like a post on Windows Vista, not Windows 2008 (which is the server version, and has the transparent windows and sidebar gadgets turned off by default, IIRC). Windows 2008 has gotten much better acceptance than Vista has.

]]> By: Bernhard Schulte http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-237416 Bernhard Schulte Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:42:36 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-237416 >>However I am able to set the resolution to 1680 by 1050 pixels (something I still haven’t been able to do in the latest Ubuntu. >>Score one for Microsoft.) Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and insert the following lines into the "Screen" section SubSection "Display" Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" "1024x640" EndSubSection save and restart X From now on X will know about those resolutions and you can use the Gnome display util to change between them. Worked like a charm with my 20" (16:10) Samsung SyncMaster attached to an nVidia card. NB: You have to be root to do this (or use sudo on Ubuntu). >>However I am able to set the resolution to 1680 by 1050 pixels (something I still haven’t been able to do in the latest Ubuntu. >>Score one for Microsoft.)

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and insert the following lines into the “Screen” section

SubSection “Display”
Modes “1680×1050″ “1280×800″ “1024×640″
EndSubSection

save and restart X

From now on X will know about those resolutions and you can use the Gnome display util to change between them. Worked like a charm with my 20″ (16:10) Samsung SyncMaster attached to an nVidia card.

NB: You have to be root to do this (or use sudo on Ubuntu).

]]> By: Mark Hughes http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-233537 Mark Hughes Sat, 31 May 2008 19:12:02 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-233537 <i>(Mac OS X does a slightly better job of mixing the needs of normal and power users, though I do wish it would let you see /usr and such by default. Nautilus let’s you see these things, but is otherwise so incredibly slow and broken that I end up using the command line anyway.)</i> You can make Finder show hidden files, including system dirs: http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/02-2005/02-01.ws Be warned that this is often really annoying. I use a shell script to turn it on or off. (Mac OS X does a slightly better job of mixing the needs of normal and power users, though I do wish it would let you see /usr and such by default. Nautilus let’s you see these things, but is otherwise so incredibly slow and broken that I end up using the command line anyway.)

You can make Finder show hidden files, including system dirs:

http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/02-2005/02-01.ws

Be warned that this is often really annoying. I use a shell script to turn it on or off.

]]> By: John Cowan http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-233223 John Cowan Sat, 31 May 2008 04:26:47 +0000 http://cafe.elharo.com/windows/windows-2008-still-not-ready-for-primetime/#comment-233223 What was the gap measured in before, megaparsecs? What was the gap measured in before, megaparsecs?

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