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one /bin to rule them all

So Google are now selling apps which I suppose is good news for people who don’t believe software is worth using unless they have to pay for it. I only use Gmail (and analytics – They are watching you right now) but that’s proof they can make it work – the only webmail system that [...]

Gerth

It’s taken a year, but Google Earth finally went Linux. The installer is pretty neat – you don’t need root, and everything goes into one folder with all dependencies, so it’s easy to deinstall. It worked acceptably on my crappy asus laptop too, which was a big surprise. When I stuck it on my desktop, [...]

tinfoil hats don’t even work

Sticking religiously to my can’t someone else do it? philosophy, I switched on Google Analytics yesterday. Setting up awstats on textdrive was non-trivial (largely due to webmin) , and I’m not that happy with it. I suppose it’s for ‘trend based’ analysis ( and sites with more than 6 or 7 readers a day ) [...]