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The UpdateMe page,
for a detailed page progression tracking. Top updates are the most recent. You can bookmark this page for a quick reference of updates. You may need to update your browser's cache (hit update inside the pages). Back to: Index Screenshots-New-Layout RSS Archive Linux intro GNU/Linux Works Windows7 Windows Vista Screenshots Updates2004 |
| 28 Jan 2012: | With the help of Cygwin,
Imagemagick command-line tools (convert & mogrify)
were used to massively optimize image size through bash
scripts. Saved 17% of site space! |
| 03 Jan 2012: | Windows Setup: Remote Desktop Manager - centralized viewer (VNC RDP Xwindow etc.), encryption capable, with various VPN protocols enabled. |
| 01 Jan 2012: | Happy New Year! |
| 24 Nov 2011: | Helpme: Added minicom, a serial-modem terminal emulation program, Ansi & VT100 compatible with Zmodem upload-download capabilities. |
| 26 Oct 2011: | Windows Setup: Communication: RSS-Owl news feeder application and MRemote RDP-VNC-SSH desktop connection app added. |
| 25 Oct 2011: | EmulateMe - some minor
fixes. Sometimes my pages appear nearly on top of Google
results, so fame requires responsibility :) |
| 22 Oct 2011: | Windows
Setup: Development-Programming: Microsoft Software
Development Kit for Unix Applications (SDK SUA) solution
added. Link here. |
| 21 Oct 2011: | Windows Setup: GPL
Ghostscript & Ghostview: PDF & Postscript bitmap
renderers-converters & viewers. |
| 26 Sep 2011: | Windows Setup: Nrg2iso GNU util added in Utilities - Various Utils. |
| 16 Sep 2011: | Windows Setup: Easeus
Partition Manager 9.1 Home Edition (free) added in
Utilities - Various Utils. |
| 07 Sep 2011: | Slackme: Some latest info
added. |
| 08 May 2011: | Windows as an
Xwindow Terminal: Remote X applications running
locally using SSH X11 port Forwarding options! Encrypted
and simplified connection! |
| 08 May 2011: | Windows Setup:
Entertainment > Media Station paragraph mentioning XBMC
MediaPortal & MS Media Center. For GNU/Linux look for
XBMC & MythTV! |
| 23 Apr 2011: | Windows Setup: Radik
Burner
Lite & Burnaware Free cd/dvd burning apps added under
Utilities - Various paragraph. |
| 23 Mar 2011: | Windows Setup: Atari
emulators added: STEem Engine, SainT,
WinSTon, PaCifiST, STew. Linux equivalent: STonX. MacOS X
equivalent: NoSTalgia |
| 23 Mar 2011: | New
page: Windows Setup: Active
list proposing software for Windows, usually my regular
setup, mostly Freeware or Free/Open Source software. |
| 12 Mar 2011: | Modern Desktops : Playing
Eve Online and watching a video on one
computer with 2 monitors , both
in full screen mode! Not
many games can do that! |
| 11 Mar 2011: | New
page: RSS archive. This
page keeps the old RSS links, in order to keep the feed.
clean. Only issues irrelevant to the site are stored
there. |
| 11 Mar 2011: | TrickMe page issue discussed:
RSS
parser returns error for the & (ampersand)
character. A generic approach to relevant
problems. |
| 06 Mar 2011: | My personal RSS feed regularely updated: click here. |
| 28 Feb 2011: | Special Issues on
Vista: Viewing an XPS document with MS XPS
viewer: A Microsoft's open standard, also supported by
portable projects (Ocular Evince etc) |
| 25 Feb 2011: | Windows Linux and the
rest of the services: VNC and Xwindow protocol!
Windows VNC client viewing a Linux GUI, without an actual
XServer running! |
| 25 Feb 2011: | Bringing up a Unix Compatible
box as a local area (or wider) network Server: Added
the proxy-encryption service proposition for a linux box. |
| 24 Feb 2011: | Busy Bee! EmulateMe - Notes on Wine Cygwin coLinux
Dosbox ScummVM and VirtualBox:
detailed notes on coLinux! |
| 24 Feb 2011: | New!
RSS: Micro RSS feed Hope to
update frequently! |
| 24 Feb 2011: | FileMe page: Some details added
about character and block devices and filesysten types. |
| 20 Feb 2011: | Api Layer Emulation and
Virtualization
updated: coLinux kernel alongside Windows7! Superfast,
doesn't need a VM to run but needs XServer for GUI apps. |
| 19 Feb 2011: | EmulateMe page: How could I
forget Cooperative Linux as a method for running a Linux
distro alongside Windows? Issue corrected and more to
come! |
| 21 Jan 2011: | Windows 7 page: a lot of positive comments added, including backwards compatibility indexing service and ease of use! |
| 03 Jan 2011: | SecureMe page: updated benefits of Linux or *nix systems considering openness and the power of command line driven simple tools. |
| 02 Jan 2011: | Windows Linux and
the rest of the services page update: Special
issue on Samba file share service added. |
| 01 Jan 2011: | Happy
New Year! |
| 27 Dec 2010: | Bio (Greek) & CV (English) pages update: Updated
teaching status & performance places. |
| 10 Dec 2010: | Emulateme page updated with
some details about Wine game compatibility list, Flash,
Silverlight, Mono, Moonlight and .Net. GreekMe page minor additions. |
| 22 Nov 2010: | New Demoscene page created: The
Demoscene computer art subculture, information and great
demo links! |
| 01 Nov 2010: | New Windows7 Issue: Dealing
with specific old Windows games a bug
submitted: some tray process icons may
disappear when stopping and then
re-running Explorer |
| 01 Nov 2010: | New Windows7 Special Issue added:
Dealing
with specific old Windows games such as
Fighters Anthology and Starcraft using Batch files! |
| 15 Oct 2010: | New
screenshot in new layout -
Portable Software
XMind, an impressive portable application! |
| 29 Sep 2010: | Screenshots
- new layout - Modern Desktops image
added: Windows 7 operating with 2
monitors! For history, VLC shows the first GUI (1973)
from Xerox! |
| 28 Sep 2010: | New
screenshot added in Api Layer Emulation and
Virtualization:
Fortunes on Cygwin. Removed thumbnail for MC on Cygwin,
link preserved. |
| 23 Sep 2010: | New
screenshot added in Portable Software:
Openoffice.org! Former Sun Microsystem's child and
originating from StarOffice. |
| 19 Sep 2010: | New
screenshot added in Api Layer Emulation and
Virtualization: Cygwin
(Wine's counterpart) is a Linux Api layer for Windows! |
| 12 Sep 2010: | New Windows7 Special Issue added: How to purge old Notification icons. Caution! Ads spotted luring users to run programs with viruses that pretend to solve this issue! |
| 03 Sep 2010: | New Trickme issue added: Lilo Problem after upgrading to Slackware 13.1: Solve the issue in many different ways! |
| 12 Jun 2010: | A great site added in Links: Nathan's Toasty Technology page.Take your time here, worth reading every word. |
| 06 Jun 2010: | Screenshots
- Api Layer Emulation and
Virtualization: added the legendary Fallout
Roleplaying game screenshot, ple adayed
through Wine! |
| 25 May 2010: | Slackware
is now updated to the official 13.1 release! Click here! It's stable,
configurable, controllable, expandable, modern and neat! |
| 07 May 2010: | My farm
from Farmerama: Cleck here!
Frequent "Latest" screenshots. Image source is external
and a new counter added just for fun! |
| 02 Apr 2010: | New layout Screenshots
- Kde native or Kde - QT
related Applications
updated with a new Kde4 Dolphin screenshot. |
| 01 Apr 2010: | Screenshots
- Educational
Applications merged with new page Portable Software and
removed from the new layout.
Frog3d -> Other
Applications. |
| 05 Mar 2010: | Screenshots
- new layout - Modern Desktops image
added: Kde4 operating with 2 monitors! This is my
latest! |
| 05 Mar 2010: |
Screenshots - new layout
- Modern Desktops
page added! Featuring Kde4, WIndows7, Opensolaris and
Windows XP enhancements! |
| 03 Mar
2010: |
Started updating the screenshots and designing a new layout,
incorporating Linux and Windows issues. |
| 24 Feb
2010: |
Visit
my new Facebook
page :) |
| 01 Jan 2010: | Happy
New Year! |
| 07 Dec 2009: | Slackme: Added the Swaret and
Sbopkg online update frontends. |
| 06 Dec 2009: | Trickme : Added Problem upgrading Slackware from 12.x to the 13th version. |
| 05 Dec 2009: | Slackme: Added the Slackpkg
online update mechanism descripton. |
| 04 Dec
2009: |
EmulateMe: Added Games
personally tested by me with Wine: Eve Online,
Rollercoaster Tycoon, Tropico II Pirate Cove |
| 03 Jun 2009: | TrickmeWindows
page added better description in the "How to stop lilo
from booting" issue. |
| 17 Apr 2009: | SecureMe page, minor
fixes and additions. |
| 24 Dec 2008: | Articles page: Windows NT and VMS: The Rest of the Story |
| 22 Aug 2008: | Gnu/Linux
Screenshots > Api &
Virtual Machine: Windows XP in VirtualBox screenshot. Emulateme: VirtualBox info
added. |
| 18 Aug 2008: | Gnu/Linux
Screenshots > Other Applications: Kde Widgets
using Superkaramba screenshot added |
| 01 Aug 2008: | Wireme
page: Dynamic ip assignment paragraph added and Configme page: /etc/dhcpd.conf
page created. |
| 14 Jun 2008: | Windows Linux and the
rest of the services two
screenshots added: Combination of XServers and Remote
Desktop Connections. |
| 11 May 2008: | Trickme
page trick added: Problem with the PS/2 mouse and/or the
pc speaker using the new Slackware kernel. |
| 19 Apr 2008: | Trickme
page trick added: Trouble compiling/installing the NVidia
module in Slackware 12 |
| 03 Mar 2008: | Windows Vista Screenshots
> Windows as an
XWindow Terminal screenshot added: Running XpkgTool
and updating the server. |
| 14 Jan 2008: | Minor updates in UseMe - Standalone
Desktop page. |
| 01 Jan 2008: | Wish a happy and full of
everything new year to everyone :) |
| 07 Oct 2007: | Windows
Vista > Special
issues > Tips
Tricks and Caution 5) How to disable Superfetch
Windows Search and Thumbnail Preview. |
| 06 Oct 2007: | Windows Vista Screenshots
> Windows Linux and the
rest of the services screenshot added: MLDonkey p2p
backend, Sancho frontend. |
| 16 Sep 2007: | Windows Vista Screenshots
> Windows Linux and the
rest of the services screenshot added: WinSCP and
SSH server. |
| 15 Sep 2007: | Windows Vista Screenshots
forked again. 2 screenshots
also added: Dumb Terminal and SQL client - server. |
| 12 Sep 2007: | Windows Vista Screenshots
> Windows Linux and the
rest of the services screenshot
added: Kaddressbook. |
| 05 Sep 2007: | New set of screenshots: Windows Vista Screenshots
> Windows Linux and the
rest of the World. |
| 28 Aug 2007: | Windows Vista > Special issues > Tips Tricks and Caution > Paragraph 6 (serious installation failure probability). |
| 18 Aug 2007: | Windows Vista Screenshots > Special issues on
Vista added a setting permissions screenshot. |
| 17 Aug 2007: | Windows Vista Screenshots forked.
Special issues on
Vista added ex2 filesystem layer screenshot. |
| 16 Aug 2007: | Update: Windows
Vista > Tricks
> Tips
Tricks and Caution paragraph added. Plus more Screenshots. |
| 15 Aug 2007: | Linux
Screenshots > Other
Apps: Running X on X with different desktops and
Hosting WindowMaker dockapps in Kde |
| 14 Aug 2007: | Tricks
added: Importing KDE Mail into Mozilla. Version for
GNU/Linux here
, version for Windows Vista here. |
| 11 Aug 2007: | Screenshots Vista: New
screenshot added - location tab showing as tree view. |
| 11 Aug 2007: | Pages created: Windows Vista, Trickme for Windows. New issue added: I want to tweak my system restore settings. |
| 30 July 2007: | Trickme page - The Kernel Source Tree polished a little updating some options for 2.4+ or 2.6+ kernels. |
| 27 July 2007: | Screenshots
- Api & Virtual Machine: Blizzard downloader running
in Linux. Notes on Wine
Dosbox and ScummVM also added. |
| 17 July 2007: | My Blog
page, newly created - a major leap for an old fashioned
html user like me, so have patience pls. |
| 30 May 2007: | What's our place in the
Universe? Click here to
get an idea. |
| 26 Apr 2007: | Grave news. Please goto this page. |
| 11 Mar 2007: | Screenshots - Virtual Machine updated. Screenshots - comments added/updated. |
| 30 Sep 2006: | New
portal: Linuxhome.gr
added into the Links page. |
| 03 Apr
2005: |
Star
Wars - Star Trek and The Borg pages obsolete, therefore
taken down. |
| 26 Nov 2005: | TrickMe: "Suse 10.0: Frequent bug starting X in runlevel 3" solution added. |
| 24 Nov 2005: | New
Page: ComposeMe -
Sound-Music GNU/Linux related issues. |
| 14 Nov 2005: | TrickMe: Two major issues in
Suse 10.0 added. More to come for Suse. |
| 09 Nov 2005: | MusE
added in UseMe. MusE is a
Midi-Audio desktop recording-sequencer application. |
| 01 Nov 2005: | Started
using Suse 10.0. Tricks and solutions for Suse will be
posted in the TrickMe page soon. |
| 12 Oct 2005: | HelpMe, HelpMe details page and PermitMe slightly corrected. |
| 10 Oct 2005: | EmulateMe: QEmu additions,
Bochs and ReactOS introduction. All of these plus Haiku
and Syllable added in Links. |
| 06 Oct 2005: | Trickme and Slackme updated with the
trouble starting the NFS Service issue. |
| 05 Oct 2005: | EmulateMe:
Flash and Java descriptions added (end of the page)and Dosemu
evaluated at last.... |
| 28 Sep 2005: | All
pages changed font style and size. Tell me what you
think about this but be gentle - it wasn't easy... |
| 28 Sep 2005: | Examples
page purged. Taken down. Torn apart. Burned. |
| 19 Aug 2005: | Theodore Sturgeon and
Samuel R. Delany works added in The Borg page. |
| 16 Aug 2005: | The
Borg: resources updated; specific episodes and web
links added. |
| 15 Aug 2005: |
New page: The Borg: Some thoughts and
answers. |
| 27 Jul 2005: |
Personal news: I am a
father!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. |
| 27 Jun 2005: |
Star Wars - Star Trek:
Corrections based on the Star Trek TNG episode
"Symbiosis". |
| 22 May 2005: | New page: Star Wars - Star Trek.
An answering page to some Stardestroyer.net essays. |
| 20 May 2005: | EmulateMe:
Added Xen. |
| 17 May 2005: |
Chords
page: minor fixes. |
| 30 Apr 2005: | EmulateMe:
added QEmu virtual machine. Try it. |
| 28 Apr 2005: | HelpMe
(and helpmedetails) heavily redesigned. |
| 28 Apr 2005: | TrickMe added: I know how to eject a cd, but how can I close the tray again? |
| 20 Apr 2005: | WireMe: TCP/IP issue
slightly updated: port functionality. |
| 20 Apr 2005: | ImpressMe
and AmazeMe pages updated. |
| 20 Apr 2005: | TrickMe:
Sound devices missing
paragraph added. |
| 20 Apr 2005: | UseMe
- Desktop: Wired Sound processing GTK2 dependent
application added. |
| 14 Apr 2005: | Grave news. Please goto this page. |
| 14 Apr 2005: | HelpMe
update: The terminal command: cal displays a calendar. Try cal -y. |
| 10 Apr 2005: | ScriptMe:
SMART script to make clean corrected: cd - >/dev/null |
| 05 Apr 2005: | Correction: TrickMe -
Slackware 10.1 sound: alsaconf writes to
/etc/modprobe.conf |
| 23 Mar 2005: | NEW
Screenshots-Educational
Applications created: Celestia and Frog3d. |
| 22 Mar 2005: |
Music Intro update:
Definitions page up. |
| 19 Mar 2005: | PlayMe: Link added Linux Gamer's Game List |
| 19 Mar 2005: | TrickMe
updated: Annoying
Document relations toolbar |
| 13 Mar 2005: |
NEW
Music Intro official
opening: General Theory Online! |
| 12 Mar 2005: | TrickMe updated: Slackware 10.1 sound problem |
| 13 Feb 2005: | Music pages started:
unknown time remaining. |
| 08 Feb 2005: | Screenshots-Kde updated:
Kde help browsing man pages. |
| 06 Feb 2005: |
Screenshots-Kde updated:
Kpackage updating my Slackware box via the internet. |
| 27 Jan 2005: | Articles
updated: Last link is new. |
| 21 Jan 2005: | Screenshots-Kde updated:
Scribus Desktop Publishing Free application. |
| 21 Jan 2005: | Links
updated: MenuetOS,
a tiny assembly programmed full x86 OS in a single floppy! |
| 18 Jan 2505: |
Screenshots-Apps
updated: Xpkgtool (pkgtools gui frontend) for Slackware. |
| 15 Jan 2005: | DistroMe
heavy update about Debian and Slackware. |
| 15 Jan 2005: | ConnectMe
additions and corrections. |
| 15 Jan 2005: | SlackMe
last paragraph "Slackware Packaging Mechanism" updated "a
little". |
| 11 Jan 2005: | Linux intro page created: a
friendlier approach to my GNU/Linux pages. |
| 10 Jan 2005: | Posts page too old.
Taken down until someone posts an opinion. |
| 09
Jan 2005: |
Articles
page created. Interesting opinions online. |
| 01 Jan 2005: | Happy New Year. |