"Open Source" & DVR News

ARE you using WINE to run Windows inside Linux? Is it unstable? Having other problems? HowToGeek recommends Crossover. The article is written by Syed Abbas of TNerd.com and is very good. He goes through the steps of installing and utilizing the program. There are graphics too. Nice piece of work.

Crossover is not free. It will cost around 70 bucks the first year and then 40 bucks for an annual license. Hey, I WILL keep looking for a free alternative. Codeweavers, the parent company of Crossover, apparently does NOT embrace the spirit of open source and is grubbing money from the public. Gee dudes, thought Linux utilities were all about being for the public? Greed is a horrible thing. Sad.

There is not a DVR, aka TiVo, at the beach house. Shucks, there's not even a 1080 HDTV. Just an old analog 27" that's been going strong for about 12-13 years now with one minor glitch. I inherited it (thanks David and Michelle) and had a friend repair a known defect by replacing a board. All this will possibly change, soon. I have a particular TV in mind. It's the Toshiba 31.6" REZGA with Cinespeed. It will also double as a gaming monitor. And I am researching how to record from the internet onto a DVR. I've decided to stop watching TV in the normal cable mode since the networks news fiasco with the last election. Yes, the prejudice, liberal, wussie news media came out of the closet.

Here's a great link discovered during researching this expensive upgrade. If you own a DVR/TiVo you might want to look at PC Magazine's TiVo: 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do. About all I know about these devices is that they utilize a Linux OS plus a hard drive to manipulate programming. If someone finds out something real clever from this article let us know about it. Use the comments.

BTW, Guild Wars will run in Linux using Crossover. It also will play nice with both GNOME and KDE.

"Definition of Open Source - A program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge."
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