Clement Lefebvre from the Mint development team has announced the release of Linux Mint 7 code named Gloria. Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based allocation that aims to be user friendly and provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including support for DVD playback, Java, plug-ins and media codecs.

A new feature built into mintMenu – Suggestions, lets users rapidly filter the list of installed applications with a easy search. An addition to mint install; featured applications, a list of popular applications that are not currently installed on the system, allows users to install the most popular applications in single go. The upload manager includes an updated graphical user interfaceand now supports Secure Copy (SCP) and the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).

Linux Mint also includes a Wubi based installer for Windows called mint4win. When the LiveCD is inserted, the mint4win application runs automatically and allows Windows users to easily install Linux Mint to an existing partition, without modification. Windows multi-boot is also set up for the user. To un-install, all a user needs to do is use the Windows Add/Remove Applications tool to remove mint4win to restore the system to its previous state.

Windows 7 x86 Build 7106.0.090408-1623 || 2.48 GB

Windows 7 (formerly known under the code name Blackcomb and Vienna) – the name of the new operating systems Windows, follow-up for Windows Vista, which is expected to be launched in the 2009-2010 bilennium. In the Windows 7 should enter some of the development, removed from Windows Vista as well as improvements in the interface and embedded software. Windows 7 should be a new step in the development of Microsoft operating systems.

Year: 2009

Version: 7106.0.090408-1623

Developer: Microsoft

Platform: x86

Compatibility with Vista: unknown

System Requirements:

• 1 GHz 32-bit (with support for x64) or 64-bit processor
• 1 GB of RAM
• 16 GB free hard disk space
• 128 MB video card that supports DirectX 9

Windows XP Professional SP3 Corporate February 2009 | 699 MB

RELEASE INFO

Release Date …..  February 2, 2009

Program Type ….  OS

Platform ………… Windows XP Professional SP3 Corporate

Language ………. English

Image Type ……. ISO

Size……………… 698Mb

INSTALL NOTES

1. Unrar and burn with Nero/UltraISO

2. License Product key intergated.

RELEASE NOTES:

• Design base on Original Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 – VL (x86) – CD (English)
• Date Posted (UTC):5/2/2008 12:05:18 AM
• Windows XP Professional with SP3 VL English
• FILE: en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86 _cd_vl_x14-73974.iso
• Size: 589.14 MB
• MD5: 5BF476E2FC445B8D06B3C2A6091FE3AA
• SHA1: 66ac289ae27724c5ae17139227cbe78c01eefe40
• ISO/CRC: FFFFFFFF

DRIVERS INTERGATED:

• +Sata/Raid drivers intergated so supported newest Laptop/Desktop
• +Intel ICH7R/M, ICH8R/M, ICH9R/M or ICH10R/D S-ATA AHCI and RAID Controllers
• +nForce2/3/4 SataRAID and PataRAID systems

APPLICATIONS INTERGATED:

• Windows Media Player 11
• Internet Explorer 7
• Windows Vista bootscreen

UPDATE:

• DirectX for WinXP Post-SP3 February Update (including DirectX for Managed Code for .NET 1.x – only if integrated along with Onepiece .NET 1.1 True Addon)
• Microsoft & Windows Update v7.2.6001.788
• Microsoft Update Catalog Web Control v7.0.6000.569
• (KB892130) Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.31.9/(KB905474) Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications v1.8.31.9
• (KB890830) Malware Removal Tool v2.6
• Windows Search 4.0 (KB940157 & KB961184)
• Microsoft European Union Expansion Font Update 1.2
• (KB955305) Microsoft Silverlight v2.0.31005
• Adobe Flash Player v10.0.12.36
• (KB931125) Root Certificate Update – January 2009
• QFEcheck v6.2.29.0
• (KB873374) GDI+ Detection Tool

Intergated all Windows hotfixs&update up to February 02, 2009

Damn Small Linux 4.4.8 – Bootable LiveCD | 50 Mb

 

 

Damn Small is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution. DSL was originally developed as an experiment to see how many usable desktop applications can fit inside a 50MB live CD. It was at first just a personal tool/toy. But over time Damn Small Linux grew into a community project with hundreds of development hours put into refinements including a fully automated remote and local application installation system and a very versatile backup and restore system which may be used with any writable media including a hard drive, a floppy drive, or a USB device.

 

DSL has a nearly complete desktop, and many command line tools. All applications are chosen with the best balance of functionality, size and speed. Damn Small also has the ability to act as an SSH/FTP/HTTPD server right off of a live CD. In our quest to save space and have a fully functional desktop we’ve made many GUI administration tools which are fast yet still easy to use. What does DSL have?

 

XMMS (MP3, CD Music, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, Netrik web browser, FireFox, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted), three editors (Beaver, Vim, and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf (PDF Viewer), emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox and JWM window managers, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, some wireless support.

 

Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:

• Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)

 

• Boot from a USB pen drive

 

• Boot from within a host operating system (that’s right, it can run *inside* Windows)

 

• Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call “frugal install”

 

• Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install

 

• Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram

 

• Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your
• computer can be!)

 

• Modularly grow — DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize

 

Latest Changes:

• New Lua/Fltk refactored for enhanced performance

 

• New Fltk library now available for C/C++ programs
• New fldiff – File Diff GUI Viewer

 

• Update to rsync to v3.0.2

 

• Updated mydslBrowser – new feature “Download Only”

 

• Modified “X Window Snapshot” to save image file with date

 

• Added dfm association for easy display of “X Window Snapshot” images

 

• Updated .torsmorc for more consistent “used/free/total”

 

• Restored Firefox default search engines

 

• New low resource background & theme

 

• New font added smoothansi – used in jwm menu

 

• New .luafltkrc for Lua/Fltk theme and defaults

 

• Updated dmix

 

• Updated man script, new -o -b options and site

 

• Fixed permissions on fusermount

 

Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Edit. Edit BOOT.INI. Add “/SOS” right after “/fastdetect” with a space between. The line will look something like this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect /SOS. When you’re finished. The first part, multi(0)….. may not be the same on your machine. Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch.

]]> http://www.itsoftmedia.com/disable-the-windows-xp-splash-screen.html/feed 0 http://www.itsoftmedia.com/effective-or-irritating-the-use-of-pop-windows.html http://www.itsoftmedia.com/effective-or-irritating-the-use-of-pop-windows.html#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:44:55 +0000 admin http://www.itsoftmedia.com/?p=14 A few years ago, pop-up windows were all the rage in Internet marketing. It seemed that every time one opened a web page they would be bombarded with offers for this or that. It had gotten to the point where surfing the Internet was almost like playing a video game; when the ads would pop-up one would try and close them out before another one came. This is precisely why we have seen the decline in the use of pop-up windows on the Internet today; surfers simply do not even look at the pop-ups anymore. They close the windows out before even reading the ad. Very often, a surfer will even leave your site if there are too many pop-up ads. They simply do not want the hassle of closing those windows while trying to obtain the information that your site has to offer. This information, while valuable, is not as valuable as the surfers time. Studies have shown however, that even with these set backs, pop-up windows are still an effective method of Internet marketing.

Is there some way that pop-up windows can be less irritating and still be effective? Yes! What if the pop ad were seen upon exiting your site instead of entering? This would allow the surfer to obtain the information that they need from your site, feeling that they were able to come and go quickly without being hassled by other ads and offers all the while making the surfer happy. You have left the surfer with a positive attitude and therefore are more likely to respond to the pop advertisement. This is being accomplished more and more by using what is being called pop-under windows. When the surfer comes to your site, the ad is opened discretely behind the your web page. Then, upon leaving your site, after obtaining all the information that they need , will see the ad and therefore be more likely to respond. Since the surfer has the information, he has achieved his objective and is now open to do other things; ideally respond to the pop under advertisement.

Not all pop-windows are created equally. There are some things that you can do to make your pop-windows, whether pop-up or pop-under more effective. The pop-window should be easy to “escape” from. If the surfer does not want to see the add, but has a hard time closing it out, they will likely become frustrated and could leave your site all together. You should either use a button to that will allow the surfer to close the window or be sure that the “x” is easily visible. Another good idea is to use a script that utilizes cookies. Cookie will prevent pop-windows from overloading the surfer since you can decide the frequency of the pop-windows, rather than each time a page is opened. Also be sure that there is no more than one pop-window per page.

When creating a pop-window, you will be asked to fill out a short information form, select the length of cookies, and choose the layout of the pop-window. When choosing the design of the pop-window, you can increase the effectiveness by creating a large headline that includes benefits that will be most appealing to the customer. You should also consider using incentives and lastly do not ask the customer to read a long and drawn out advertisement. Keep the message simple yet powerful and your pop-ads will be sure to generate profits for your site.