The new Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerka is in Beta now and will be released October 10, 2010. I have not tried it (because I hardly do Betas anymore) but it is said to have many great features. Besides the usual updates, there’s a new photo manager, improved multimedia controls, better Ubuntu One syncing, and more. [...]
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Ubuntu Better Than Ever
Posted: July 11, 2010 in SoftwareTags: Linux, Lusid Lynx, opensource, Ubuntu
The new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is by far the best Ubuntu ever. I installed it on several computer. The installs have been flawless. Every easy! It is much more difficult to install Windows.
Firefox 4 Coming Soon
Posted: July 9, 2010 in SoftwareTags: Chrome, Firefox, Firefox 4, HTML5, Mozilla
Firefox 4 Beta is now available for download and the product is scheduled for release early this Fall. It promises to have lots of great new features
The Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is out. You can download it now.
recordMyDesktop is a opensource desktop session recorder. It records everything you do on your desktop. It is very simple to use, much easier than Jing for Windows and Mac. Basically you select the region of the screen that you want to record and press record. When you finished recording press stop and wait for it [...]
There are several programs that may start up when your Ubuntu computer starts. Many of these programs are not needed. You can turn these off by going to “System, Preferences and Startup Applications”. You can turn off some of these but first you must know which applications do not have to start up so I [...]
Windows 7 is a great OS but a lot of essential software was left out on purpose to keep the basic install streamline. There is no email program like “Outlook Express”. No “Windows Movie Maker”. Frankly, I don’t use either of these but if you needed them you can get these and a whole lot [...]
Personal Software Inspector
Posted: March 18, 2010 in SoftwareTags: inspector, PSI, Secunia, Software, updates, Windows
The Personsl Software Inspector by Secunia will check to see if you have critical software out of date and will prompt you to install the new version. I have a very up to date system but I install Secunia PSI and ran it. After a couple of minutes it found that my Skype
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Favorite Firefox Extentions
Posted: March 14, 2010 in SoftwareTags: browser, extentions, Firefox, opensource, plugins, web browser
I love the Firefox web-browser. One of things I like the most about Firefox are the extentions. Here are some of our favorites: FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. 1-Click YouTube Video Download – Download YouTube in a single click. Download [...]
Upgrade To Windows 7 Now
Posted: February 28, 2010 in SoftwareTags: deal, Microsoft, upgrade, Windows, Windows 7
If your still using the Windows XP or Windows 7 RC (time is running out for the RC – release candidate) you might want to be thinking about installing your Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade that you preordered back in the summer of 2009 for $49. Didn’t catch that deal? I’m sorry. There are several [...]
