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What makes Ubuntu 11.10 so great? Preview Video

by on October 10, 2011
in Computer, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Ubuntu

Ubuntu 11.10 looks like a great free open source linux based operating System for doing tasks like browsing the web, chat, e-mail, Linux gaming, media playback, and multi-tasking.  It also has a nice purple theme. Ubuntu 11.10 also looks like a very  fast even though it has fancy animations. The launching apps, searching for files and apps run very fast in this guy screencast video of Ubuntu 11.10 I might just have to update Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 11.10 by doing a clean install. I hope the launcher bar is movable to the bottom.

The Ubuntu Software center for 11.10 also looks pretty nice with 1000s of apps. One thing I hope is Ubuntu 11.10 bundeles a better video editor then Pitivi, and a better sound recorder app like Audacity. Although, the music players like Banshee, RythmBox which come with Ubuntu are pretty good. But, the default video players like Totem player is kind of basic, but it is very easy to use Ubuntu Software Center to find, and install VLC VideoLan,  and Mplayer, SM Player video players which are more feature rich. The best software which come with Ubuntu would probably be LibreOffice since it is a great free open source office suite software.

It also seems Ubuntu 11.10 will be more about buying music online like iTunes, and storing it online with Ubuntu One Cloud online storage.

I wonder,  in the future, would Ubuntu sell movies, or stream video like NetFlix, and other services.

But, I’m not sure if Ubuntu will ever offer cloud applications like ZoHo office online cloud office suite, onlive cloud gaming, other online based software since Cloud computing is closed and proprietary, and does not go well with open source unless you also release the Cloud App for free like EyeOS which lets you install the web based Operating System on any web server with php, and MySQL support.  WordPress is also a good example of a free online open source App which you can modify into a cloud application for Word Proccessing if you know how to code plug-ins for WP.

I like the built-in search function in Ubuntu it looks very easy to use and fast. I wonder if the Unity desktop works better. Otherwise I probably just stick with the Claasic Gnome,  KDE,  LXDE, Xfce and other leaner less system resources desktop environment compared to Unity. The Unity desktop, and the Launcher bar on the left side of the screen was one of the reasons I decided to switch back to Ubuntu 10.04, and Ubuntu 11.04 was kind of unstable on my PC, and Adobe flash crashes Firefox 4. Hopefully, HTML5 will be more popular with videosites like YouTube where all the videos are in HTML5 mode.

This is a very nice video made by CelebrateUbuntu of YouTube. I like the music it is kind of catchy.

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Dropbox: The Cheap and Easy Storage Solution for Windows Users (Guest post)

by on October 3, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computer, Computer Tutorials, File Backup Imaging Recovery, Google Android, Local PC security, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Security, Software, software tutorial, System Utilities, Tech Tutorials

There is a lot of talk about the upcoming “cloud” and the benefits it offers. The most practical use for the “cloud” for most users is as a storage system. Cloud storage allows users to store files and media on a virtual, external hard drive. This virtual hard drive can then, in theory, be accessed on any system anywhere via the Internet. While Microsoft already offers some cloud services, they run exclusively on Windows products and this makes them less than ideal for collaboration. Dropbox is a cloud solution that works on every platform and is very cheap and easy to use.

How Dropbox Works

Dropbox works like a lot of the other more popular cloud services but with a convenient twist. It has a client for almost every system including Windows, Mac, Android and IOS. In order to use Dropbox, you first have to install the client. On computers, the client can be found via their website and on mobile devices, Dropbox is available via the application store. Once installed, an icon will appear in your status bar. Right-clicking this icon will bring up an option to show the folder. Once the folder is open, simply drag and drop what you want on the cloud into the folder. It functions like any other folder on your desktop and allows you to cut, paste and even create sub-directories. You can now access these files by logging in on any device with Dropbox installed. This is ideal for collaboration projects where some users are on Mac and others on PC. All you have to do is give them the log in and everyone has access to the cloud folder to share files. Dropbox is also ideal for those who have a lot of different devices. While the Windows cloud services work on PCs and Windows Phones, Dropbox works on everything including iPhone and Android.

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Is Microsoft Ditching Linux? (Guest Post)

by on September 28, 2011
in Computer, Linux, Local PC security, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, System Utilities, Ubuntu

There are a lot of rumors swirling around right now about what’s going to happen with Linux when Windows 8 hits the scene. A lot of those rumors are centralizing around Linux not being supported by the new Windows 8. So is there something to the hype, or will Linux keep on existing?

As of right now, there has been no official announcement made that Linux is on the outs. But in the blog Building Windows 8 (a Microsoft blog) Steven Sinofsky, the president of the Microsoft Windows division, says, “Microsoft supports OEMs having the flexibility to decide who manages security certificates and how to allow customers to import and manage those certificates, and manage secure boot. We believe it is important to support this flexibility to the OEMs and to allow our customers to decide how they want to manage their systems”. He later says, “OEMs are free to choose how to enable this support and can further customize the parameters as described above in an effort to deliver unique value propositions to their customers…”

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