I’ve been using “Powerquest Partition Magic” (a non-distructive partitioning program) for sometime now. Here is a great free and opensource tool that replaces P-Magic. Gparted is a non-destructive that pretty much has the look and feel of P-Magic. The only difference I see is P-Magic runs in DOS and Gparted runs on a Linux GIU. Both good programs but Gparted is free!!!
Don’t you hate it when you buy a new pc and it has preinstalled all kinds of programs you will never use. Even worse half of them start up when your computer starts and slows your new fast computer down to a craw. The PC Decrapifier will uninstall many of the common trialware and annoyances found on many of the PCs from big name OEMs. You get to see the list of items it detects and then choose what will be removed automatically.
Jungle Disk is an application that lets you store files and backup data securely to Amazon.com’s S3 ™ Storage Service. S3 does not have an application So Jungle Disk provides you with one. Jungle Disk creates a network drive in your computer and you just drag folder and files over or you can setup an automatic backup. I’ve been using Jungle Disk foryears and it is outstanding. Jungle Disk use to cost $20 and you could use it on as many computers as you wished but now I think it is some sort of monthly subscription. I think it’s $3 dollars a month. The data backed up via Amazon S3 is very cheap as well.
Here a free download that any pc tech or serious enthusiast should have in they’re tool kit. Ultimate Boot CD is the best set of tools for Windows XP out there and you don’t have to pay anything for them. The UBCD has 9 anti-spyware tools, anti-virus tools, 4 CD burning applications, password recovery, network tools, registry tools, benchmarking tools and much, much more, See full list!
Programs and and services the run in the background on your computer can kill your system performance. Process Explorer is a very good way to see what is going on on your computer. You can see all the programs and services that are turned on and see if it is something you may turn off. Very useful and it’s free!
I would be the first to tell you, “I don’t know the first thing about programming.” I’ve tried and tried to no avail. Being a poor typist and having little attention span are huge problems when trying to learn to
code. I just can’t do it! I’ve tried to learn Python and Rube but I tired of it quickly. I keep think, “Why do you have to go through that to add two number together. What I need is a GUI (graphical user interface). Visual Basic Express is a free version of the popular programing platform. I’m going to download and install it tonight. I will attempt to get something going with it and report back to you.
I am always talking about Opensource
Software and I am a big believer in O.S. VB Express is not opensource but it is free. I just want to try it and see if I can get anything out of it. Once I get an understanding of how programming works I wiil try to go back to Python. Maybe I will never get it!
I was discussing last night with someone about upgrading Ubuntu to a new version. I said I did not know much about it because I was alway trying new distros and I never keep a version long enough to upgrade. I also said I thought it was very simple. Just a few clicks and that it is done with little worry that it would break anything. I looked at the Ubuntu instructions for upgrading. It was just as I thought it is all done with no commandline or recompiling the kernel. I don’t know about it breaking stuff. I guess it’s like anything else. Some things could break.
Yes you can take your Firefox browser with you and use on any computer. With “Portable Firefox” where ever you go, what ever computer your using you will have the same great functionality of Firefox and the Firefox extensions goes with you. You take you homepage, your bookmarks and all of your customizations. Stick Portable on a flash-drive then stick it in your pocket and go!
While your there take a look at the other portable applications
You can setup a dual boot Windows-Ubuntu Linux system no muss, no fuss. You hardly need any technical skills at all to this with WUBI (Windows Ubuntu Installer). There is a WUBI installer on all Ubuntu Disk but you have to have some skill to create the disk or boot to the disk but you can just download the WUBI directly. Once you have downloaded the executable file just double click on the file inside of Windows and follow the prompts. WUBI will prompt you to restart your computer and take out the disk then you’ll see the computer will ask you what operating system you want to boot. Choose Ubuntu and hit enter. Login and there you have it, Linux. No repartitioning required! It’s very easy!
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is here and I’ve only been using it for a few days even though its been out since September. Sorry I’ve been busy with Windows 7. Ubuntu 9.10 is a fantastic operating system. There is everything you could want here. Easy install, nice looking and friendly user interface. It is very easy to install new software from the Ubuntu Software Center. It has a lot of the most popular open source software like Firefox, GIMP and Open Office pre-installed. After install and a brief update I enabled the wireless driver and put in the security key and it worked with no other configuration. This OS makes me wish this was not a Microsoft world.
