OSS equivalents

The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. Useful to find a suitable replacement for a not-so-favourite tool.

Vox backup

Need to set up some backup of my website. Use the home PC to grab stuff from Vox, I think.MySQLBackupGeneral hacks

More misguided DRM

Slashdot has a thread on Currency Detection Discovered in More Products. This relates to the announcement that Photoshop won’t edit some currency images to prevent counterfeiting. This type of control is now being found in printer drivers as well. I can’t...

Big disks

LaCie – Big Disc 500Gb looks like a good solution for backup for a small company like ours. No offsite option, but that’s what CDs / DVDs are for. Our tape system works horribly if at all, so we’re looking for something sensible. Thanks to Joel for...

Memory for IBMs (and others)

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com says that even 512Mb upgrade is only £70 all in, so I should get the less chunky box (see previous post), ‘cos screen size isn’t that important to me. NB I’ve used Crucial before – they’re very...

New laptop for work

Options for a new laptop for work:Reasonably chunky IBM (IBM ThinkPad R40 2722 – Pentium M 1.4 GHz – RAM 512 MB – HD 40 GB – CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo – Mdm – LAN EN, Fast EN, 802.11b – Win XP Pro – 15" TFT) around...