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Run Linux apps on Windows.. kinda
by Grant Robertson Jun 25th 2007
Got a Linux box in the house and want just a few applications from over there(Linux) to run over here (Windows)? This may just be the trick. The X windows system -- the base which allows graphical applications to run in Linux -- has always had the ability for an application to run on one machine while displaying on another. That's a basic concept of X's design, and with Xming running on your Windows machine, now you can export those X applications to your XP/2003/Vista desktop.
The downside is you'll need a running Linux box (either separate or as a virtual machine) to host the application you want to export. However, if you're already spending time at more than one machine, this could be a serious productivity tool for your arsenal.
[via Lifehacker]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
