[Geek] Software roundup..

[azekeil]

..mostly from LifeHacker:

• Firefox 4 is out folks. It's noticably faster, but if installing over the top of FF3, my recommendation is either don't upgrade or if you do upgrade, consider resetting the preferences as the UI is quite different and really requires setting up from scratch to allow you to make the best use of the new features.
• Ninite - a

Comments

[alexmc]

> BTW, yes, I am looking for people to set up mutual backups with - please feel free to ask me)

Give me a shout sometime. I have a decent number of machines in the house including a couple of "always on" ubuntu boxes.

[azekeil]

1) Are you looking to back up with me too? If so, how much data, and how much does it change/how often?
2) What sort of bandwidth (up and down) do you have?

If I configure things correctly, I'll just have my pictures and documents that I'd want backing up off site, which rarely change and slowly grows, probably around a few 10s of gigs.

[alexmc]

It being late I don't really want to discuss this right now.

I have a virtual host which serves a few science fiction club websites. I'd like to back up their MySQL databases periodically. (very small amount of data I think :-)

As for home stuff I'd need to figure out what is appropriate.

[hobnobs]

Funnily enough, I'm just rebuilding my laptop as I type. (Not on my laptop, obviously...)

Most of my apps (along with all the latest SP/Hotfixes) are dealt with by integrating them into the Build Disc, which I update just before a major rebuild, but Ninite looks interesting. Can it only update apps installed via itself, or can I add a program to its library manually? (If the former, then it's not much use to me as I prefer to roll the apps into my main unattended install.)

[azekeil]

It's the former. The 'app catalog' is curated by the staff and they want to keep it minimalist to both keep the amount of work they have to do down, but also to keep list down for people who need to wade through it.

It's a poor-man's version of what you do, basically. But without any of the faff or effort, and the ability to just run it periodically to update all of the software you downloaded with it automagically.

[hobnobs]

Happily my faff-level is minimal thanks to nlite, a Cab-Maker, and USSF. (USSF itself is magical.)

It's the automagic updates I like the idea of. Saves me version checking. :)

[hobnobs]

Bah! I just finish rebuilding the laptop and you add Prey. That is so going on the base image next time. :)

Edit: Or apparently not. It needs .net and that's never getting installed on my laptop...!

NATO takes over command of military operations in Libya

[anonymous]

[b]NATO is taking over command of military operations in Libya from coalition forces, world media reported Sunday.[/b

[jupecapo]

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