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Stop FF memory leaks

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Submitted by Pronco on Wed, 22/02/2006 - 10:52am.
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According to this article I found that firefox memory leaks is a feature and not a bug

If you want to disable this feature just follow the following instruction:

  1. type about:config in your address bar
  2. scroll down to browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers
  3. set its value to 0 (zero)

Enjoy a less memor

Krita vs. Gimp

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Submitted by Pronco on Thu, 13/10/2005 - 4:05am.
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"Krita." I am hearing some good things but haven't had a chance to run it yet.

Check out krita

Krita teams original goals were:

  1. Based on KOM
  2. XML-based File formats
  3. RGB support
  4. CYMK support
  5. Compatiblity with Gimp plugins
  6. Scriptable with Python
  7. Based on Image Magic Core
  8. Multi-threading
  9. 16bit channel images

So far 1.4 supports:

  1. RGB

Reported vulnerabilities and real security favor Firefox

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Submitted by Pronco on Sun, 25/09/2005 - 4:13pm.
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Reported vulnerabilities and real security favor Firefox - A report released Monday by Symantec said that there were more vulnerabilities for Mozilla browsers than for Internet Explorer. Symantec's "Internet Security Threat Report" covers security trends from January 2005 through June 2005. During that time, according to Symantec, Firefox had 25 vendor-confirmed vulnerabilities while Microsoft's Internet Explorer only had 13.

Opera seems smoother than firefox

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Submitted by Pronco on Sat, 24/09/2005 - 9:27am.
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Anyone been using opera since it went free as in beer?

I've been thinking about using opera instead of firefox. Opera seems alot smoother.

Anyone else notice a difference?

Technical Toilet - Understanding Computer Technology

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Submitted by Pronco on Tue, 12/07/2005 - 2:31am.
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New Service for LinkDSL Axelerate

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Submitted by Pronco on Tue, 28/06/2005 - 3:02pm.
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you can now axelerate your LINKDSL speed whenever you want, just upgrade your package online.

enjoy NOW 50 free hours of double the speed for all LINKDSL Subscribers for a limited time.

go ahead and subscribe for a limited time.

you can activate / pause / re-activate the time whenever you w

The Emperor Penguin

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Submitted by Pronco on Tue, 22/03/2005 - 4:18pm.
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there is now online a truly important interview with Linus Torvalds on the state of the kernel here

http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/59/2201/

Sage - Firefox Extension

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Submitted by Pronco on Sat, 22/01/2005 - 1:47am.
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A lightweight RSS and ATOM feed aggregator.

These is a useful extension. Its really easy to use and it's pretty cool using for your minimal RSS needs & Imports and exports OPML feed lists

Install it

Prepare for building LFS

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Submitted by Pronco on Tue, 05/10/2004 - 12:25pm.
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1st Preparation Process:

  1. Create the partition which will host the LFS system is prepared
  2. Create a file system on it ( journaling file systems for it's increasingly popular )
  3. Using an existing swap partition
  4. Downloading the appropriate packages
  5. Compiling temporary tools
  6. Compiling and Installing all the packages one by one (Wish For Non-Errors Occurs)
  7. Setting up the boot scripts

Glossary Module

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Submitted by Pronco on Sun, 01/08/2004 - 3:25am.
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Where is the glossary module ?