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@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

"cites" even. Ouch!

...... and PDP11s too

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...