Since I got this iBook G3 I've been primarily using it for communication (email, instant messaging) and multimedia (audio podcasts and my music collection). Unfortunately, the iBook doesn't have a great deal of power since it is running Tiger which is a bit more...
Basic photo enhancements with The GIMP
For a while now I have been using the trial version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. The trial expired and it's still a bit too much for me to pay for. I love Picasa but it doesn't have all the features that Lightroom spoiled me with while I was using it. Fortunately,...
Fedora 7 (Moonshine) Review
Finally after many months of it being available I am able to sit down and install the latest version of Fedora, not Fedora Core, simply Fedora. The Fedora group decided to ditch the "Core" and "Extras" versions of Fedora and focus their attention on one version. I...
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Last month (May 2007) I wrote a blog entry about Aperture. At the time I was house sitting for my sister who had just got a new iMac. When I came home I was disappointed that I didn't have a similar application to use for working on my photos. Last fall I had played...
Taco HTML Edit
On Monday morning my 17" LCD monitor decided to kick the bucket. I guess it was time for it to go out, the 3 year warranty expired in January so that's usually when things go out. Since then I've been using my iBook a lot more because it has a brighter display than...
Aperture Review
Last night I was chatting with my friend Steve and he mentioned that I should install the Aperture trial. I thought it was a great idea so I did and here are my "first look" thoughts. When you first start up the application you have several options to get started. You...
Wubi
If you've ever wanted to try out Linux and you're a PC user. Now you can and you don't even have to worry about destroying your Windows installation and the best part of it is that you don't even have to set up a separate partition for it. There are no longer any...
InnoTek VirtualBox
I only learned about this product a few weeks ago. This is the only virtualization product that is currently available for Windows, Linux and Mac hosts that is also free and open source. It's developed by a very large community and is backed by InnoTek. Products like...
Parallels Desktop
You're probably asking yourself: "Is he really reviewing another virtualization product?" Yeah, I am. I guess it's a virtualization review special on TechButter. Like I mentioned in the previous article I am reviewing these products because I am unable to run them on...
VMware Fusion
NOTE: Please see the end of this entry for updated information about this product and what has changed in this article since the original posting. I finally have the opportunity to try out VMware Fusion. I am staying at a house this week for a family member who just...