For the lambda user it is very difficult to “test” Linux. Indeed, everybody don’t have many computers, the installation in a virtuel machine or in DualBoot can be risk and the tests with a “live-CD” distribution are quickly limitated.

It is in this point of viewthat I tried “andLinux” which is a Ubuntu complete distribution which directly works under Windows.

Installation

After a quick visit of the official site of these attractive product, I choosed to test the KDE version and I downloaded the 665MB (a minimal version XFCE 163MB is also avaible).
The installation is very simple and you don’t need any particular knowledges (a uninstall option is of course offers).
During this phase I choosed to configure the product with 256MB of ram (this seemed perfectly satisfactory).
After a classical reboot, usually necassary for the installation of a product under Window, you have have now a Windows which is able to run Linux applications (by default with the KDE option tou have already KWrite, Konsole, Konkeror, Kate, Kontrol, and many others…).

Warning : During the installation I had no questions about the disk place and a “base.drv” disk of 4Go had been created. So you have to plan some free place.

Utilisation

I was very surprised of the quick start up and of the fluidity of the applications (Kwrite, Konsole, Konkeror), everything seemed to work perfectly (“apt-get install”, disk share with Windows, Cut/passed in Windows and Linux applications, …).

Conclution

After 48 hours of test I waan’t any probems ( with andLinux or impact on my Windows’s configuration). So I am very satisfied of this product.
I think I am giong to do more tests and to try to configure it as a Web serveur.
This solution is very satisfactory to test Linux without any restriction and even for a higher use.

http://www.andlinux.org Le site officiel
http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/AndLinux
Le forum
Téléchargement

So I search specifics sites which propose to me an icon library (I wanted a sober interface, easy to use and free images).

The result of my research show to me three very interesting sites :

This site propose an easy research on his image bank and display the size and the licence conditions of each object.
An advanced research option permit to filter precisely the size or the wanted licence.

The interface is also very sober and easy to use. A research option by a “cloud tags” is avaible.
I regret that the licence and the size of the image can not be seen at once.

I find it less practical to use but however interesting. And it always permit to have a widest choice of images.

If it happens, it would be the biggest buying on the net. Indeed, to counter Google (who gives the impression to bother it), Microsoft announce a buying proposition of Yahoo for 45 milliard dollars.

I remember you that Yahoo exist since 1994 and the two (ex) student of Stanford (David Filo and Jerry Yang)can be very proud of their project ans of his valorization.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo

After three “releases candidates” the final version of the excellent XWiki software is avaible to download.

Xwiki is a Wiki Open Source multilingual, entirely written in Java. It offers all the services of a well securisated Wiki and permit an easy developping of the specifique functions (very useful to integrate this in existing applications). This sort of tools permit to develop quickly an entreprise Intranet by adding quite easyly specifique functions.

This new version offers better performans, New users, groups and rights management UI (I didn’t like the previous one), many pluggins anb many other things to see at this link. ici.

In my opinion I find the first contact very simple and quick. I particulary like the panel interface, the flux reader “Xwiki Watch” which is really very powerful and the exportation in RTF or PDF format.

If you don’t already know this tool I invite you to discover it quicky.

the official announcement
the download page.
xwiki.com.

It will give to Sun a popular database missing from its catalogue and it’s a very good database…

More informations on this news
- http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/
- http://www.oracle.com/bea/index.html

When I surfed on the net, I discovered the site browsershots.org . This site makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service. With a subscription you can get a priority processing and so you can reduce the waiting delay (30 min without sunscription).

Borwsershots.org do this on 3 OS (Windows, Linux, Mac) and propose a large choice of browsers. I especially like the old browsers versions and the possibility to download all screenshots in 1 zipped file.

http://www.browsershots.org/