My thoughts about the world and the web
About 3 months ago I wrote my post first post about Ubuntu on the FSC Amilo si1520. So it is time to write a follow up. I am still very happy with the notebook. In the above mentioned post I wrote about the software I was using at that time.
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I was trying to get Google Gears working on my computer. Not that I would really need it, but I like the idea to be able to read my feeds offline. That comes really handy when you are travelling and you do not have any internet connection. You could easily get up to date by reading through the latest posts on your favourite blogs and news sites.
However, when I click on the link Google is offering (“Offline New!”) in the upper right corner of Google Reader it opens a window, gives me the opportunity to install the plug-in. The plug-in installs, but after restarting Firefox the “Offline” links still shows up and I can not download the feeds to my computer.
Is anyone running Google Gears with Firefox and Ubuntu 7.04? Any idea how to fix the problem?
[UPDATE|22.11.07] Google Gears works now on my notebook! Read the story “Finally Google Gears works on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)” to know more.
Beside that I still do not get how a company could pay such an amount for a business which yet has to find it’s business model, I start to like YouTube. I still consider 99% of the videos on YouTube total crap. But there are some nice, funny and interesting videos out there.
Continue reading “Music – Or why I am getting to like YouTube more and more”