Day: October 3, 2006

World of Warcraft on Linux? Yep.

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The new Crossover Office beta supports World of Warcraft. Now, let me say, I am not a gamer. But, from what I hear, this is huge! Mainly because this type of game is a “stream-based” game such as Half Life 2 and Counterstrike. These games are popular and hard to transfer to a Linux environment… and now Crossover will support them. Dewd.

Bigger, better CrossOver adds WoW to Linux

“CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White wants to make sure, though, that everyone understands that ‘this is still beta software, and there are many issues remaining; we still have a ways to go until we feel comfortable considering it ready for release. While we greatly appreciate feedback on this release, if you don’t like bleeding edge experimental software, we’d really rather you waited for a proper production version.'”

Try it and see what you think!

VMware Releases a New Converter Tool!

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Transforming physical systems to virtual systems may be easier now with VMware’s new tool! The “P2V” process can be tricky, and this tool claims to make it easier.

VMware Releases New Converter Tool

“VMware on Monday released a beta version of VMware Converter 3, a tool that takes a physical computer system and transforms it into a virtual machine image to be used with the company’s products. The new release combines two previously separate tools: VMware P2V Assistant and Virtual Machine Importer. In addition to the physical-to-virtual conversion, Converter 3 can also change third-party VM formats including Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery into VMware compatible images. Converter 3 will be available free of charge, with a special Enterprise Edition for paying customers. A beta version is available for download now.”

VMware Beta Converter Link

Is E-mail for “the Old?”

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OK, I am a curmudgeon. It’s official. You would figure that that was a “moot point” since this is “Dr. Bill – The Computer Curmudgeon.” However, to seem “officially old” … “Yeah, sonny, I can remember waaay back when e-mail was cutting edge! We couldn’t get anyone to use it, and everybody thought I was crazy to promote it as a business tool! Why, back in that day I was known first as the ‘VAXman’, and then as ‘the Mailman’ because I pushed e-mail so hard. This was back in the late seventies and early eighties.” Well, now, kids are saying the e-mail is “so last century.”

Teens: E-mail is for old people

“Is e-mail only for the old? That’s the contention of a string of articles published in the last four months, the most recent appearing today in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle says that in a study last year, ‘teenagers preferred new technology, like instant messaging or text messaging, for talking to friends and use e-mail to communicate with ‘old people.’ The Mercury News says, ‘For those of you who have just figured out how to zap spam or manage your inbox, prepare for the bad news: E-mail is, like, so yesterday.’ And then there’s USA Today, which makes the claim that ‘E-mail is so last millennium.'”