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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Windows 7

OK, hate to admit it but I actually quite like Windows 7! Been running the RTM since August and am quite impressed. Not sure what they have done between this and Vista to speed it up but it works.
Customising and window effects are still better with Compiz but for Windows it seems good. Even runs on relatively crappy hardware.
Not so impressed with the XP virtual machine though, quite slow and for end users more hassle than it is worth!
Also been trying the new MS anti-virus package, MS Security Essentials, which for a freebie doesn't seem too bad, should be an OK alternative to AVG free, AVAST etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

ImageMagick

Been using this lately, you sometimes forgot just how quick and powerful linux command line utils are.

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php