To clarify, I installed Linux Mint "Elyssa" – XFCE Community Edition.  The Kubuntu 7.04 install that I had on this laptop seemed to run fairly slowly, so I decided to experiment with a lighter weight, yet still full featured, setup. I hardly had to intervene with the install.  I was asked to set up a…

I’m currently trying out the Chrome browser from Google. Very nice so far, however, pros and cons for each so far are: Firefox:Pros– TwitterFox Delicious Ubiquity ScribeFire Cons– Memory hog. Chrome:Pros– Pretty (in a minimalist sort of way) Fast Relatively lightweight (in a 2008 application sense, not in an absolute program sense) Special about: pages…

Whenever you need a new word in German, just join the words in the definition together: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz – “beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law” Longest German Words German Word of the Year