Monthly Archives: February 2004

The public domain needs your help

Posted on February 8, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Quick link to the EFF Action Center to send a fax or e-mail supporting the Public Domain Enhancement Act. If passed, PDEA would require a small registration fee – as low as $1 – in order to retain copyright in … Continue reading →

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Two Critical Bugs in KMail 1.6 Detected

Posted on February 7, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Head’s up for anyone who’s using K-Mail from the KDE 3.2 release: Two Critical Bugs in KMail 1.6 Detected. You definitely want to check this out and get the latest release if you’re using KMail…

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Alternatives to Pine

Posted on February 7, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Someone on my LUG mailing list was looking for a replacement to Pine, since Pine isn’t included in the Fedora Core distribution. (Dropped due to Pine’s unfortunate license.) For folks who really love Pine, but want to switch to a … Continue reading →

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The long compile…

Posted on February 5, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Waiting for KDE 3.2 to compile… yeesh. Konstruct is easy as hell to use, but it takes a very long time to compile the full KDE 3.2 distribution plus applications. Still… should be fun when it’s finished.

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Sticking with Sylpheed

Posted on February 1, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

In my eternal quest for the perfect e-mail client I’ve finally found one that I really like. I’ve been using Sylpheed-Claws for more than two months now and I’m really coming to like it. Sylpheed-Claws is a “bleeding-edge” version of … Continue reading →

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