Upgraded to Firefox 3

WOOHOO!!

FAT16 vs FAT32

Advantages of FAT16

Advantages of FAT16 are:

•	MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and some UNIX operating systems can use it.
•	There are many tools available to address problems and recover data.
•	If you have a startup failure, you can start the computer with an MS-DOS bootable floppy disk.
•	It is efficient, both in speed and storage, on volumes smaller than 256 MB.

Disadvantages of FAT16

Disadvantages of FAT16 are:

•	The root folder can manage a maximum of 512 entries. The use of long file names can significantly reduce the number of available entries.
•	FAT16 is limited to 65,536 clusters, but because certain clusters are reserved, it has a practical limit of 65,524. Each cluster is fixed in size relative to the logical drive. If both the maximum number of clusters and their maximum size (32 KB) are reached, the largest drive is limited to 4 GB on Windows 2000. To maintain compatibility with MS-DOS, Windows 95, and Windows 98, a FAT16 volume should not be larger than 2 GB.
•	The boot sector is not backed up.
•	There is no built-in file system security or file compression with FAT16.
•	FAT16 can waste file storage space in larger drives as the size of the cluster increases. The space allocated for storing a file is based on the size of the cluster allocation granularity, not the file size. A 10-KB file stored in a 32-KB cluster wastes 22 KB of disk space.

Advantages of FAT32

FAT32 allocates disk space much more efficiently than previous versions of FAT. Depending on the size of your files, there is a potential for tens and even hundreds of megabytes more free disk space on larger hard disk drives. In addition, FAT32 provides the following enhancements:

•	The root folder on a FAT32 drive is now an ordinary cluster chain, so it can be located anywhere on the volume. For this reason, FAT32 does not restrict the number of entries in the root folder.
•	It uses space more efficiently than FAT16. FAT32 uses smaller clusters (4 KB for drives up to 8 GB), resulting in 10 to 15 percent more efficient use of disk space relative to large FAT16 drives. FAT32 also reduces the resources necessary for the computer to operate.
•	FAT32 is more robust than FAT16. FAT32 has the ability to relocate the root directory and use the backup copy of the FAT instead of the default copy. In addition, the boot record on FAT32 drives has been expanded to include a backup of critical data structures. This means that FAT32 volumes are less susceptible to a single point of failure than FAT16 volumes.

Disadvantages of FAT32

Disadvantages of FAT32 include:

•	The largest FAT32 volume Windows 2000 can format is limited in size to 32 GB.
•	FAT32 volumes are not accessible from any other operating systems other than Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98.
•	The boot sector is not backed up.
•	There is no built-in file system security or compression with FAT32.

from: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/core/fncc_fil_blpd.mspx?mfr=true

June 17 2008: Firefox Download Day

All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

Xubuntu: Thunar Send To Bluetooth

Save the text below to a file Bluetooth.desktop in ~/.local/share/Thunar/sendto/ (create the directory if it does not exist)

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Bluetooth
Icon=bluetooth
Exec=bluetooth-sendto %f


Google is God

I don’t know where I read this but it’s about what Google thinks of Google.

The homepage of Google Suggest states “As you type, Google will offer suggestions. Use the arrow keys to navigate the results. Learn more”

And it’s surprising what Google suggests about Google!

New Google Favicon

I noticed it while looking at my google search trends.

And an interesting post from http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2005/12/second-look-at-google-favicon.html

He said that if you take a closer look at the old google favicon you will notice that the top and bottom borders are green, the left border is blue and the right border is red.

My Google Search Trends

Look at your own search trends in http://www.google.com/history/
I never noticed I was doing more than a hundred searches this past few days and a total of 495 searches for the month of May

Amarok MusicBrainz Tunepimp error

If you get this error:

Tunepimp (MusicBrainz tagging library) returned the following error: “Fingerprinting of .MP3 files is not supported.”.

Completely close amarok (CTRL+Q)
Then type into the terminal
sudo apt-get install libtunepimp5-mp3
Open your amarok and try using Music Brainz again.

Thanks to: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/fix-amarok-error-fingerprinting-of-mp3-files-is-not-supported/

Linux Twitter Client — gTwitter

sudo apt-get install gtwitter

Contrary to what i said in this post. I think that gTwitter is better than Twitux because of the following:

• You can start typing your tweet when you are in the gTwitter window. In Twitux you have to press CTRL+N to write a new tweet.
• You can follow links right from the gTwitter client.
• Integrates well with Ubuntu.

I just had a difficult time in looking for Preferences. To go to Preferences right-click the gTwitter tray icon.

Webmail Thunderbird extension negative vibes error

If you get this error:

Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server localhost responded: negative vibes from email@email.com

Change your Webmail – Yahoo Preferences from Production Website to BETA Website OR from Hotmaill to Hotmail Live!(new website)

thanks to: http://itsonlywords.wordpress.com/category/negative-vibes/