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Written by UK Marketing
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Sunday, 14 October 2007 |
If you use a computer, it's a pretty safe bet that you will have heard of Microsoft Windows. The best way to explain the job that Windows does for your computer is to imagine it as a kind of brain. It's the 'intelligence' that knows how to print a document or display a mouse pointer or connect to the Internet. If we were to refer to this 'brain' by its proper name, we'd call it an operating system.
What you might not know is that there are other operating systems out there for your computer, many of which work better than Windows, some of which are even free!
Let me introduce you to my favourite operating system. It's called Ubuntu, and it's my favourite for many reasons. If you stick with me, I'd love to explain why.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 October 2007 )
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PortableApps.Com - Your DIgital Life, Anywhere |
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Written by William Davies
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Friday, 02 March 2007 |
Ever wish you could carry your computer in your pocket? Ever used someone else's computer and wished you had your own applications with your own data and your own settings? Now you can with PortableApps.com!!!
USB sticks are very commonplace today for carrying data from place to place and large amounts of data at that. Now it is possible to carry not only data but also complete computer applications, emails, and settings with you. Imagine having your personal browser preferences and bookmarks wherever you are!
PortableApps.com makes that all possible. Works with any Windows computer and leaves no personal, possibly-sensitive data behind.
You can carry your scheduler with all your appointments and your instant messenger with your buddy list.
PortableApps.com is free, contains no spyware or adware, and no advertisements. Nothing (hardware or software) to buy except your stick and no "free trial" expiration date. You can use it for free, copy it for free and even give it away for free.
THe suite comes in two flavors, regular and lite. Your choice! Yes, freedom of choice is back!
Great for students, parents, adults,travelers, presenters, technicians, just about everyone! Even works with Ipods and MP3 Players!
Learn more at PortableApps.com |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 02 March 2007 )
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Written by William Davies
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
What is the Freely Project? The Freely Project was setup for the advocacy and encouragement of
Open Source Software (OSS) and Linux usage within churches and Christian organisations. Members of the project have a range of technical abilities and denominations. The Project does not have a statement of faith, nor does it require members to be of the Christian faith in order to participate, on the understanding that the Project is specifically for Christian organisations, and thus most members will likely either be connected with the Christian community, or the Linux/OSS community.
Why was the Project setup? The Freely Project was setup following the realisation that churches could benefit greatly from using OSS and Linux, and the belief that there are sound ethical and philosophical reasons why this should happen. However, it was recognised that many churches were unaware or unable to take advantage of these benefits, and that a coordination of resources would be advantageous.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 January 2007 )
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Written by William Davies
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
From the bug list of the forthcoming Ubuntu Linux release,Ubuntu Bug Number One is posted here:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix
Microsoft has a majority market share | Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.
Steps to repeat:
1. Visit a local PC store.
What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PC's for sale have non-free software pre-installed
3. Observe very few PC's with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed
What should happen:
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 January 2007 )
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Written by William Davies
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Tuesday, 03 October 2006 |
Use PDFCreator to generate PDF documents directly from any Windows program. PDF (Portable Document Format) files are the de facto standard in electronic publishing, because the author can be sure that the document will look as intended on all platforms, regardless of local fonts or lack thereof. PDFs can also be generated with commercial packages, but PDFCreator is by far the easiest and cheapest option (free). Once installed, simply select 'Print' from the File menu of your word processor or drawing program, and select 'PDFCreator Printer' from the list of printers. Click 'Save' and enter a name for your PDF output file. That's it!
Optionally, you may also enter information to identify the document, such as Title, Creation Date and Author. The Options dialogue lets you control the process in more detail. You can set the resolution and compression levels for the various file types, and control how fonts are included. Use the security feature to protect your document with a password. JPEG, PNG, Postscript (PS) and Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) output formats are also supported. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 January 2007 )
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Are We Educating Or Training? |
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Written by William Davies
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Monday, 28 August 2006 |
Are we educating or training?
It is appropriate for a business to standardize on a hardware or software platform, but multi-platform computing is ideal in an educational environment. If we want children to learn concepts and not products, we should teach them using diverse platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and diverse software (MS Office, Open Office, Abiword, Apple Works(?)). Teaching concepts is education; teaching products is training.
What's current is passé.
We need to look beyond the currently dominant business practices to determine which products we should have and teach in our schools, and we need to educate our children instead of training them. The very first version of MS Office was released in 1989, and now millions of professionals -- who were already out of school then -- use it every day. There is no reason not to teach using up-and-coming technologies such as Open Office, which may well dominate the professional world of the future. (The state government of Massachusetts, for example, is committed to migrating by January, 2007 to the document format used by Open Office.) Such a shift in focus from MS Office to Open Office, which is free, can save the district thousands of dollars which can then be put toward obtaining more computers and equipment or personnel. Even if the district doesn't want to incorporate Open Office in the curriculum at this point, at least computers without MS Office should be supplied with Open Office (fast computers) or the Abi office tools (Abiword and others) to increase access to productivity applications. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 September 2006 )
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