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Take the time to explorer through amaroK, it has many many listing options. On the left-side tabs, there is your collection, your playlists, a media tab, and a file browser. You can drag and drop your files from any of these into your current playlist on the main center panel. If your songs don't show up in your collection, click on the Configure Folders button, at the top of the Collection panel. From there, you can check which folders to include in your collection. Note that there is a filt

Reply to Testing Out Linux. Part 1 in OS Wars WinCustomize Forums

Kona, it doesn't install any codec. It will play all the codecs installed on your computer. I know that some distributions such as Fedora or Redhat don't ship with MP3 decoders due to patenting issues. But I know that SimplyMepis and other Debian based distros will. In any case, with Fedora/RedHat, you can always install MP3 playback doing the following: Alt-F2, gg:redhat mp3 kde, ENTER

Reply to Testing Out Linux. Part 1 in OS Wars WinCustomize Forums

BTW, I think you said earlier you installed SimplyMepis? Then use the Synaptic Package Manager to install or upgrade Amarok, it will be seamless.

Reply to Testing Out Linux. Part 1 in OS Wars WinCustomize Forums

My favorite audio player is Amarok: http://amarok.kde.org/ Try it, absolutely awsome. It supports every format that's intalled on your computer (in other words, if you have already something that will play wma, such as Xine, then Amarok will play it).

Reply to Great GUI Interfaces...Lousy Newbie Interface in New Users WinCustomize Forums

There is a sister site for the customization newbies: http://www.xpthemes.com/ It's basically most of the most popular content, but displayed in more laymen terms. Same database and all, just a different front end.

Reply to BUY Apple! in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

OK, lets calm down here. All it says is that Apple is talking to Intel. From there to releasing OSX for the PC is a far stretch. They may be examining the possibility of using Intel chips in their computers, but even if that's the case, the Apple OS would still be running under very specific hardware, and it would most probably would not support the multitude of drivers available for the PC.

Reply to Netscape Hits 8.0 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Indeed AOL bought Netscape in 1998. AOL "merged" with Time Warner in 2000 to become AOL Time Warner. In 2003, the company corporate name droped the AOL part to just become revert back to Time Warner. So, in short, Netscape is owned by Time Warner. The AOL company doesn't really exist anymore. For a complete list of what Time Warner owns, see this link .

Reply to Netscape Hits 8.0 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Netscape 8 is actually rather cool. I like that it switches from the IE engine to the Firefox engine on the fly. I have WC setup to use the IE engine and most other sites to use Firefox. Only problem yet is that the Firefox extensions don't work on it. When my fvorite extensions are available for N8, I may start using it more regularely, but for now I can't live without extensions such as AdBlock and ForecastFox.

Reply to Testing Out Linux. Part 1 in OS Wars WinCustomize Forums

Just did the test on my rather outdated computer. From cold boot to completely loaded, XP: 4 minutes; Linux: 2 minutes. And I have disabled already all the unneeded services in XP, but it does load a bunch of apps that I consider invaluable such as Windowblinds, mySQL, PHP, antivirus, anti-spyware, etc. On the other hand, pretty much the same kind of apps are alos loaded in Linux, except the antivirus and antispyware which aren't needed.

Reply to Beta testers needed in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

The project is on standby for the moment for lack of time. Will go back to it as soon as I can.

Reply to Peace talk in Community WinCustomize Forums

"I don't know what weapons we'll use in WW3, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein (or something like that... may not be the exact wording)

Reply to Turning to the darkside... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I prefer the gray side of the force.

Reply to Sports Series in Requests WinCustomize Forums

roadrunnerm, you're welcome to try emailing them. I've tried personnaly and #4 was their answer.

Reply to Sports Series in Requests WinCustomize Forums

Sports teams are more than happy to give permission to use thier logos, as long as you pay big moneys.

Reply to Monday Morning Test in Community WinCustomize Forums

9 out of 11, but I contest the widow one. I understood the catch, but it's neither legal or illegal, it's just not possible. I answered that it was legal, just cause I had to pick one. But really, if you're dead, you're dead. There's nothing illegal about it. The othe one I got wrong was the Moises one. Should have gotten it, I didn't think on that one. Idjot.

Reply to Microsoft Readies a 'Lean' Windows Client in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Guys, this OS is targeted towards Pentium class processors (that's around 100 Mhz and less), not Pentium II or Pentium III, with 64 Megs of RAM. Regular XP can run fine even on 300 Mhz processors, but certainly not on a Pentium 75. And no, Linux is not an option for the target market of this OS, as the target is office computers running legacy terminal applications (DOS). These will not run on Linux. The whole point is to avoid having to replace the DOS application.

Reply to Microsoft Readies a 'Lean' Windows Client in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

This version will be able to run on 64 Megs of RAM. Forget it with regular XP. But this is not intended for home users, but for some legacy office computers running in terminal mode or mainframe-terminal, or even for those running some Internet-based applications. This OS wouldn't be much use for most people. It seems to me it's mainly just to increase the OS security of these offices still running DOS applications and such.

Reply to Sir Jafo in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Écoute Philippe, si tu veux discuter de ces problèmes en français, tu peux m'écrire par email. Il me fera plaisir d'essayer de t'expliquer où est le problème. Peut-être s'agit-il d'un problème de communication engendré par une barrière linguistique? Aucun admin n'a rien contre toi. Les règles sont les mêmes pour tous. patricfontaine arobas gmail point com.

Reply to Fonts in Favorites and toolbar menus in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

there are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't Hahaha! That's hilarious and very clever!

Reply to Does Apple get away with things Microsoft could not? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

There are no viruses on OS X. Not a single one. Nope, you're wrong. There are a few, one of them is called "Opener". The difference is that the Mac ones yet don't spread automatically, they have to spread manually. They can be disguised as something else, such as a new security update (ex: the PhantomUpdate exploit) or as an MP3 (ex: the MP3virus

Reply to Does Apple get away with things Microsoft could not? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

But anyway. I was just making a point, but a worthless one. Macs all come shipped with all these (including a trial version of Norton I believe), as most PC's ship with all of these as well, or the equivalent. Very few people, if any, would go out and buy the list of software above, either on a Mac or on a PC.

Reply to Does Apple get away with things Microsoft could not? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

jtfolden, I'm sorry, but you need an antivirus even on OSX. Not having one is taking risks, as there are indeed viruses on OSX. Not as many as on the PC, but they are there nevertheless. And furthermore, OSX users can spread PC viruses (to friends, co-workers, etc.) even when they're not affected. As for XP Pro, most Pro users don't need it. It hs features that most don't even use, and that OSX may have but not nearly as friendly to use as Pro. OSX may have Apache, but you can get Apache f

Reply to Does Apple get away with things Microsoft could not? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Anyway, if you took the cost of all 4 OSX releases, added iLife and iWork (4x$129=$516+$70+$70) = $656. Now lets take XP Pro, add Office, antivirus, and a decent burning program ($300+$300+$50+$50) = $700 Hum, why do you not compare apples with apples? OSX + iLife + iWork + Norton Antivirus = 129$ + 79$ + 79$ + 49.95$ = 336.95$ XP

Reply to About rejecting uploads in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Sure you added permission, but the permision you got from Treetog said that you need to ask permission from the original wallpaper author as well because he did not make that wall. So, you need to do that.

Reply to Does Apple get away with things Microsoft could not? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

All right, I just looked it up on Apple's store cause it was bugging me. Macs have always marketed to new users how much when you buy a Mac you have everything you need, simple and easy to use, right out of the box. So, I wsa thinking, how can they remove iLife? Well, I stand corrected. iLife may not be shipped as part of the OS if you buy the OS seperately, but it seems to be included with every purchase of a new Mac, as well as AppleWorks (a sortof Office kinda suite). So, indeed, new Apple u