On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I've been a happy netbook user since the original Eee PC 701. I've been
> through three netbooks so far -- the 701, an MSI Wind, and an Eee 1005HA.
> Sold the latter last week. Much as I loved them all, they never became my
> primary mac
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I want a machine that weighs no more than 1.3 kg. I'm not rich. I like
> Ubuntu. What do I get?
Try the Thinkpad X100E - 1.3kg, a somewhat better-than-Atom Athlon Neo
single core CPU, 11.6in screen, a keyboard that Thinkpad users don't
On Friday 26 Feb 2010 7:57:24 pm Thaths wrote:
> Your reasons for kicking the Apple habit are not at all clear to me
> from the rest of your email.
Not really..
On Friday 26 Feb 2010 6:40:29 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I want a machine that weighs no more than 1.3 kg. I'm not rich. I like
> Ub
On Friday 26 Feb 2010 6:40:29 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> (Fire survivor and already forgotten fifteen minute celebrity
Now that you are forgotten let me ask you to tell in detail what happened. I
meant to do that but as I mentioned in an earlier message I was bringing
myself up to date wih t
On Friday 26 Feb 2010 11:04:46 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I use iTunes. I like iTunes. It is the only sensible audio library
> management framework I've seen. However, iTunes is also past its prime. My
> library's outgrown iTunes's ability to manage it:
>
> 1. My laptop no longer has enough spa
On Friday 26 Feb 2010 8:21:11 pm Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> There have been no claimants so far, nor am I visible in any of the
> published press pictures. Pity.
Well actress Aindrita something and actor Raj-somethingelse - who were in
Mysore and on location near Ooty respectively during the fir
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
Have you seen RawTherapee?
>
Evaluated it before it went open source and found the UI a mess. Maybe it's
improved now.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Thaths wrote:
> Picasa?
>
Doesn't read EXIF from raw images, last I checked. Rather nice UI (for
Linux) otherwise.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Thaths wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>> Speaking for myself, most news I get is from online sources (I do read
>> the ToI for entertainment value while having breakfast). A site like
>> google news makes it quite easy to see if a
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I did, and I can tolerate it, but the thing is, F-Spot can't process raw. It
> passes the job to UFRaw, which does its job and is reasonably speedy even on
> an Atom processor. The two of them however have no idea how to handle a
> batc
At 2010-02-27 00:36:19 +0530, j...@pobox.com wrote:
>
> > For pictures, didn't you get once settle on a work cycle involving
> > F-Spot?
>
> I did, and I can tolerate it, but the thing is, F-Spot can't process
> raw.
Have you seen RawTherapee?
-- ams
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Pranesh Prakash
wrote:
> The Thinkpad X201s has been getting lubricious glances from me. :)
>
As long as someone else's paying the bill. :-)
> For pictures, didn't you get once settle on a work cycle involving F-Spot?
I did, and I can tolerate it, but the thi
On Friday 26 February 2010 06:40 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
Amarok's UI makes me cry. Rhythmbox and Banshee are no more than demo apps.
iTunes on an ancient machine with the music on network storage, synced to an
iPod via USB 1.1, was far more tolerable than these three.
I believe you alread
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Thaths wrote:
Of course, this implies you have to live with the abominations like
> Rhythmbox, Banshee for music on your netbook.
>
The music bit needs more explanation.
I use iTunes. I like iTunes. It is the only sensible audio library
management framework I've
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> http://www.apple.com/macbook/ is too heavy?
>
As a cyclist, yes. A MacBook is 2.1 kg and the far more expensive 13" MBP is
2.0. Small differences in weight add up over distance, given I ride an
average 30 km a day. I wish there was a MacBook
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I'm off photography until there's a decent camera that fits in my pocket and
> can directly upload to the Internet.
A kludge, but http://www.eye.fi/
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:31:29PM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> I like my Mac very much, but it's heavy, and there's no such thing as a
> light Mac that's decently featured (the Air isn't a candidate due to its
> single USB port).
http://www.apple.com/macbook/ is too heavy?
> I also like
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> In my very subjective opinion the Thinkpad line has never been the
> same without IBM. The 13" Apple Macbook (now called MacBook Pro 13")
> is very very good - pricey, but you get what you pay for. In fact, for
> that combination of powe
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Thaths wrote:
> Your reasons for kicking the Apple habit are not at all clear to me
> from the rest of your email.
It's like this:
I like my Mac very much, but it's heavy, and there's no such thing as a
light Mac that's decently featured (the Air isn't a candid
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:58 PM, John Marshall Johnson
wrote:
> Kiran, you will not be forgotten for a while - The first person to to tweet
> with humour during an inferno.
> Did you have to give a cornerhouse treat to anyone ?
There have been no claimants so far, nor am I visible in any of the
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
>
> In fact pick whatever
> thinkpad
> thinkpad works for you - the damn things are built
> like tanks, have usable keyboards and excellent linux support
In my very subjective opinion the Thinkpad line has never been the
same without
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> Now that Apple's long-awaited ultraportable has been confirmed as the iPad
> and not a netbook-class machine with open access, I'm wondering what it
> takes to fully kick the Apple habit.
Your reasons for kicking the Apple habit are not
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 05:51:59AM -0800, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> In fact pick whatever thinkpad works for you - the damn things are built
> like tanks, have usable keyboards and excellent linux support
I'm not sure why not keeping the Apple habit. iPad looks very useful
for what it's des
Kiran Jonnalagadda [26/02/10 18:40 +0530]:
I want a machine that weighs no more than 1.3 kg. I'm not rich. I like
Ubuntu. What do I get?
If you were rich I'd have suggested one of the lighter thinkpads - x
series. Underpowered but feather light. Sony vaios too but they're way too
flimsy for rou
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
> Kiran
> (Fire survivor and already forgotten fifteen minute celebrity)
Kiran, you will not be forgotten for a while - The first person to to tweet
with humour during an inferno.
Did you have to give a cornerhouse treat to anyone ?
john
Hi,
A bit late!
> Silklister Jace is tweeting from inside:
> Hope he gets out ok ..
At 1730 hours that day I got a Skype IBNLive link from my friend. Going
through the report, Jace was mentioned. Since I am not on twitter, I asked
my friend to follow it and he reported that Jace was out of the b
Hello all,
Perhaps Silk is the best place to ask this question.
Now that Apple's long-awaited ultraportable has been confirmed as the iPad
and not a netbook-class machine with open access, I'm wondering what it
takes to fully kick the Apple habit.
I want a machine that weighs no more than 1.3 kg
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