Wordpress 2.9.2 launched today

A new version is available for the leading blog software platform WordPress. From the list of fixed things in version 2.9.2, change log:

* Fixed problem where where logged in users can peek at trashed posts belonging to other authors.
* Fixed other issues (? what exactly means this?)

Trac report:

id	summary	owner	type	priority	component	version
11600	gzuncompress() error on http.php line 1824		defect (bug)	normal	HTTP	2.9
11736	Invalid HTML at [12228]		defect (bug)	normal	Administration	2.9
11810	Some users able to comment on unpublished posts		defect (bug)	normal	Comments	2.9.1
12060	Asymmetric Slashing in [12052]	ryan	defect (bug)	normal	Query	2.9
12156	rss_update_frequency FILTER		defect (bug)	normal	Feeds	2.9.1
12173	I18n: Message contains unescaped '100%', translation fail		defect (bug)	normal	General
11922	Pages Hooked by add_menu_page() Have No Security	westi	defect (bug)	high	Role/Capability

The software authors recommend to update to the latest version ...

Windows 7 on MSI Wind U100

After the problems I had with Ubuntu 9.10 I decided to try to install Windows 7 on my Advent netbook(a MSI Wind U100 clone).

I was very impressed to notice that installing Windows 7 was as easy as installing the latest version of Ubuntu. I used a tool available from their site to create a bootable USB. It's called Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool and this is the link to get it: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

Installation took about 30 minutes and everything worked out of the box except wireless and the scroll. Oh how I HATE that RTL8187SE! No OS likes it. I found some posts saying that it should work after a Windows Update, but it wasn't my case.

Ubuntu 9.10 on MSI Wind U100

I just finished installing Ubuntu 9.10 karmic on my netbook few moments ago. Of course nothing works ... I feel like I'm back in the days of Windows 95. For the moment the list of things that are NOT working:

• Wireless drivers (rtl8187se chip set I believe)
• Webcam (never used it anyway)
• Flash is missing

I'm a bit disappointed about all those things not working out of the box, but I'll have to find a way around.

Things that are working:

• Sound
• Bluetooth