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Now this is a really nice one from microsoft. To reproduce:

1. get linux on a ext2 or 3 partition.
2. get the ext2/3 windows driver
3. load your partition into any letter, I used Z and X
4. download visual studio 2008. (don’t worry you don’t need to install it it will crash before the big download) I used the C3 one.
5. run said installer, and you get a neat error.

Now my question is, why on earth are they unpacking in other letter other than c:? Even better why they don’t do a check instead of taking the last letter available?? nice way to go really, go microsoft!

WinMerge is wonderful for those souls that are still trap developing in windows.

Their “main” site is currently down but you can check it out later at winmerge.org.

Meld is another great app which I found ones I moved 100% to linux.

I really like them both but there is one feature that WinMerge has that I haven’t been able to reproduce in Meld. WinMerge has keyboard shortcuts for everything, so you do something like alt-down, alt left (can’t recall the exact commands) and that will go to the next diff and replace the right file with the left file. In Meld you have (or at least as far as I know) to do the same but with the mouse which makes it slower.

A smaller thing is that WinMerge is faster and I believe it’s both because it’s more mature and because it’s C++ while meld is python+GTK .

And of course Meld gets extra points for the cool effect to reflect changes.

I have been wanting to post about a couple of small apps, that I have been using. Which I think rock but not many people know them. So in no particular order here is the first .

InfraRecorder is what I dream of having for all those years I was using windows, ever since Nero crapped out it’s own UI, I think it was nero 5 or 6 when they redoit to make it idiot proved, which in most cases ruins the experience for the “advanced users”.

InfraRecorder is simple and usefull, the website is very ugly (default wordpress install) and the UI too but who wants a flashy UI if all you need is to burn a CD? Infra has 3 or 4 tabs each with 3 or 4 “links” you click. It was everything you will ever need; burn data, mp3 (with a plugin due to copyright), burn ISO, copy disk-to-disk and delete re-writables.

A warning: If you are trying to burn a CD with a DVD burner (always?) it gives you a dialog, which the first time I read confused me, it’s really asking you if you want to burn a CD or DVD and if you choose the wrong one it will ruin your disk.