- Ubuntu on Windows
Microsoft are going to make a bash prompt easily available within Windows. Dogs are lying down with cats. These are the end times.
- The Lost London Tube Map
A map of places in London that have vanished in time. Pretty awesome.
Tag: windows
Bookmarks for March 3, 2011
- YouTube – Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)
This sounds criminally dull, and while I wouldn't claim it as the most interesting thing I've ever watched, it's still more fun than you might think. If nothing else, it's a clear demonstration that while Windows might suck in lots of ways, if you care about backwards compatibility, they're pretty much the kings. Supporting software written by third parties 23 years ago is no mean feat – I have trouble supporting software I wrote myself five years ago…
Bookmarks for December 3, 2009
- PhrankDaChicken launches XpGnome script to convert Ubuntu into Windows XP lookalike
OK, this might actually give non-techy users a reasonable chance of using Ubuntu – they've made it behave more or less like the most popular version of Windows. I shall have to experiment, and see what's what.
- Too Much Joy» Blog Archive » My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement
Here's a nice dissection of how one of the major music players is handling digital stuff. The answer is "shamefully badly", and this article explains why. For what it's worth, this dovetails very directly with my experience of working at a record label – that they could do things well, and there are probably some people there who know how to, but that there is a such a culture against digital in the rest of the business that they are ignored, and the improvements they suggest actively held back by people who like the sloppy, incompetent status quo. (Also worth it for the explanation of advances toward the end, just in case you hadn't heard that little injustice before, either.)