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Debian win32-loader goes official
Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13, @03:39AM

An anonymous reader writes “After a long process of review and polishing, the win32 loader from http://goodbye-microsoft.com has finally made its way to official Debian CDs. Latest daily builds of lenny (the development version) are including it, making the start of Debian Installer as simple as just a few clicks. The win32-loader version, now based on GRUB 2, includes new features such as detection and preseeding of Windows settings, and is translated to 20 languages.”
http://goodbye-microsoft.com

Last week I bought a copy of PdaNet and installed it on my laptop and Motorola Q. It works great!

PdaNet allows your Windows computer to connect to the Internet through your Windows Mobile Phone with your ActiveSync cable/dock, Bluetooth or InfraRed. If you own a Motorola Q or any other Windows Mobile phone with a data plan, PdaNet will make it your high speed wireless Internet Service for your laptop/desktop computer instantly - no extra hardware or setup necessary, no need to kill ActiveSync or perform any tricky hacking to your device whatsoever.

Click the image above to checkout their website. There you can download the 7 day demo and/or purchase the full version.

I searched high and low for a Windows Media Player Mobile skin that looks like the new Windows Media Player 11. Yesterday I finally found a really good one.

I had to tweak the time and volume locations on the landscape version down two pixels to make it look right for the “Motorola Q”. I also had to move the volume icon down and left a few pixels to make it line up better.

1. Just click on the image to download it.
2. Unzip the files and copy them to “Program Files\Windows Media Player” on your mobile phone.
3. Now you can select that skin in the options menu in Windows Media Player Mobile.

I have noticed that several people have been looking for the “Geek Inside wallpaper” that I posted on my old site several years ago. It seems that I’m not the only one that likes it.

It’s not my creation and I do not claim any ownership of it. However, I can’t find the source.

1/19/2008 Update: I have uploaded to image to two different file sharing sites. These are the links to them.

http://rapidshare.de/files/38350672/Geek-Inside-1280.jpg.html

http://www.sharebigfile.com/en/file/4647/Geek-Inside-1280-jpg.html

1/18/2008 Update: Well it appears that several people have become very interested in this wallpaper. It was downloaded over 27,000 times in the last three days. My ISP just alerted me that I am about to hit my bandwidth limit for the month. In a normal month I average around 100MB of daily bandwidth usage. In the last three days it’s been around 5GB daily and 99.9% of it was this wallpaper. So, unfortunately I had to remove it. I am sorry.

I recently pickup a “Motorola Q” at my local Verizon Wireless store. The “Q” is one of the first smart phones running Windows Mobile 5. The device is very light weight at 4.05 oz and thin at 4.56 inches tall x 2.48 inches wide x 0.45 inches thick. The first thing I look for in a mobile device is its balance. By that I mean does its weight and size match up and fit in my hand. The “Q” meets both of my requirements.

I am syncing my desktops outlook 2003 (email, contacts, and tasks) to the mobile outlook on the device with Verizon’s wireless sync service. The sync is sometimes slow, taking up to 30 minutes during pick hours to notify me of new updates. Despite the sometimes slow updates, I think it’s still a good service. Browsing the web on its mobile IE is as good as any mobile device I have tested.

The only issue I have had so far is with battery life. Even with the extended battery, I have to plug it in for a quick charge in the evenings.

Here are a few links to other sites about the “Q”:

Verizon’s “Q” Site
Motorola’s “Q” Site

Here’s the Vista grass wallpaper reduced for the “Q”: