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An awesome irony would be if Microsoft fails due to not making Office for Mac or iOS. In many ways, looking at history, you can see Microsoft getting its starts/big breaks when it first created software for Apple. BASIC, Word (MS Write) specifically.They have been successful when providing the software that Apple users have wanted or needed.
I would love it if they prove unsuccessful by ignoring Apple and Apple users.The Dell gang had to eat their words. I would like to see all the MS fanboys eat their words. Not reported anywhere else: “This forthcoming version of Office for the Mac is all about the true Mac experience in our suite of office essentials. We are pioneering a new way of being in tune with our users. Gone is the innovative but maligned ‘Clippy’ — we are excited to see how users take to the new virtual assistant that mirrors its suggestions and responses to the mood of the user.
The development name for this new technology has been ‘Yawn’ but the marketing guys will spruce that up by shipment time.”.
I will start off by saying that I am a 67 year old retired male who is only moderately computer savvy.I started out using with the Mandrake version about 8 years ago as an experiment. I was upset with Windows 95 & 98 because it would continuously freeze up and eventually would ruin the hard drive. Not to mention the virus problems.I tried for a while because I liked their repository and the ease at which one could download and install programs. After a few years Lindows which had changed its name to Linspire was discontinued so I switched to with the.About 2 years ago I tried and have used it and upgraded it on one of my computers since. I especially like the desktop experience because I can change it to look like Windows 7 or like Mac. That is flexibility! I also enjoy the Ubuntu type repository system!I feel that anyone who has never tried Linux and wants to should try a - that would be Zorin.This is a guest post by Harry S.
Durham, which took part in the joint Zorin OS. I'm currently working as the only IT staff member at a small neighbourhood council that is dedicated to helping our neighbours as much as we can by providing various services such as reconditioning schools, parks, and in my case computers.Now recent we received a huge batch of laptops as donations. We use these laptops so they can provide online and local training to youth workers so they can learn work skills and etiquette that will be essential for them to advance their careers professionally. It is not the first time I announce something similar, so my old readers know what I mean.With the coming release of next version of Ubuntu 14.10 just a, many of you already looking for downloading of your own ISO image of the system. Yes, that's the next version, codenamed Utopic Unicorn.But many of you are not so lucky, and will need to wait longer, because you can not or do not want to create their own CDs with operating system images.We can help!You can pre-order your own copy of Ubuntu 14.10 (or Xubuntu, or Lubuntu, or Kubuntu) right now. It means that a DVD with your favourite OS will be burnt to you as early as possible, and dispatched on the 23rd of October 2014, or soon after. Dispatched to anywhere in the world.How you can get the DVD?
Go to site, purchase the Ubuntu DVD from there, and in the PayPal comments state that you want version 14.10. If you want K-, L- or Xubuntu, state it also in the same comment. That's easy.To help you even further, here is a mini-shop which you can use straight away. It supports PayPal checkout, similar to site. And you even don't need a PayPal account to pay - you can do this with your credit a debit card!UK (2.00 GBP):Ubuntu 14.10 pre-order (UK). My first encounter with occurred about ten years ago when I used to enjoy reading software magazines.
I was about 14 at that time. Loving to put in practice everything I was learning from those magazines, I downloaded my first Linux distribution:! I really can't remember which version, but if I look in some old boxes I'm sure I will find the CD I used to install it.I loved it but my parents that needed to use very often the only PC in the house got quickly tired of the dual boot start page and they asked me to get rid of it. That is how my first experience with the Linux world came to an end. It was quite painful but I never forget the good moments. There is no doubt and its siblings, Lubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions.
It became synonym to Linux to many, though.New versions of family come out every six months, April and October each year. Every forth of them, released in April on even year, is a 'long-term support' version. It means users get updates for their LTS systems longer than for non-LTS. The current version of Ubuntu 14.04 is LTS. It is so stable that many Ubuntu derivatives like and decided to remain on 14.04 base and not upgrade it until the next LTS version.However, it is not so obvious that Ubuntu 14.10 will be worse than 14.04. It will come out on the. That is why I decided to make a little poll for my readers.
There are two questions:1. Are you waiting for Ubuntu 14.10 release?2. Are you planning to update/upgrade/install Ubuntu 14.10 on your computer?The poll is now open, and I will announce its results early October.THE POLL IS NOW CLOSED!!!Loading. It was found in a pharmacy store in the UK. Apparently, Ubuntu (or Ubuntu Oils) is a brand of haircare products. Nothing to surprise here. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others', as per their official.If you are interested in haircare product, or want to make an unusual gift to your Linux friends, you can buy it from Amazon.
They are available in both and parts of that web store.Even more. If you want to have Ubuntu cola, it is available too: and.And, of course, if you just need a disk with Ubuntu, you can order it via.Happy shopping! 64 cores of high performance computing at your deskWe now have the freedom to test a wide variety of solutionswithout the need to run loud, hot, expensive high end hardware oroutdated power hungry servers.The project began in March 2014 with bothco-geeks Raffi Manoian and Zohrab Tavitian who founded. Theydecided to cram 8 credit card size servers into a little box anddevelop an open source platform where home enthusiasts, ITprofessionals, Linux technicians as well as high-end users can explorenew possibilities.To read more:Other linksThis is a guest post by Zohrab Tavitian, co-founder of Clusterbit.
I, a Microsoft user since DOS 5.x was introduced to in the late 90's when a friend gave me a copy of Novell Linux. I was in awe that you could get a 'free' operating system without having to pay for it. The system didn't hold my attention long because there were not a lot of applications for it that were similar to the Windows programs I was accustomed to.Along comes and in 2004 I picked up a book called by No Starch Press which included a copy of Fedora. I learned of Open Source and the Free Software Foundation through this book and thought it was great that a community of folks could come together and make a product they then would give to the world. I loved the idea that software should be shared freely. I used fedora for about a year while dual booting with Windows.
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During that time I learned there were many Linux distributions gaining popularity like never before. I tried as many as I could but were never satisfied. I had my Windows XP operating system so why bother getting serious about Linux when Windows provided all I needed.I began to notice Microsoft in the news more and more for unscrupulous business practices. This contrasted with the meaning of Open Source I had learned from my Linux experience.
Microsoft started losing it's appeal. I began to see how with each new Windows release the systems became more draconian and restrictive.
I am a hard core first person single player shooter fan and Windows played all my games when nothing else would. I could not just leave Windows no matter how I wanted to.I decided I would try to use Linux for everything else except gaming. I used several distros for a while, (until Unity) and learned to love a slackware distro called Vector Linux. I even tried and liked 9 and 9.1. My goal was to try to find the system that most resembled the look and feel of the Windows systems I was used to because of familiarity and ease of use. I didn't like the terminal much and only used it when I had to. Though I liked each distro they somehow fell short of my expectations.I first found with.
I liked it but had just come out and so I switched but felt Zorin was still too new so I didn't stick with it. Zorin 7 came out and it was Linux love at first install. I used Zorin 7 till came out and now I'm onto my first LTS Zorin distro (still dual booting).
I have seen how the Linux community has grown up over the years with stable distros that have all the features I could desire but Zorin has a style that matches my expectations of how a distro should work.Steam now has games that work in Linux and thanks to the stability of Ubuntu I know Zorin will play those games. GOG will be coming out with game versions for Linux at the end of this year.
Between the two, I hope to leave Windows forever in a heap of dust. I can finally have my cake and eat it too. Linux for me means a chance at computer freedom. I know I can have that with Zorin.Thank You Zorin!This is a guest post by Electric Rider, which took part in the joint Zorin OS.
Has closely followed the development of for a long time now. The first review was for, and since then it seems like I haven't missed any new release. I also interviewed, the leader of the distribution.Even though I don't do reviews en masse now, I felt I had to write a review of Zorin OS 9, which was, just few days ago.I downloaded the version Zorin OS 9 32-bit Core. It is about 1.3 GB in size, which means you either need a DVD or a USB stick with 1GB capacity to get this ISO working.Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get Live USB with this distribution. I tried different methods: dd command, Unetbootin, and even USB image writer from Linux Mint 17 toolkit.
None of them created a workable Live USB stick.Then I reverted to a Live DVD option.So, DVD with Zorin OS 9 Core is in the DVD-ROM of my laptop. Choose to boot from DVD. Contest is closed. Results are.You probably remember a that ran about two years ago. It was dedicated to Zorin OS 6. A new release of Zorin OS 9 has been released only few days ago, that is why it is time for yet another contest, isn't it?Let's Do It!Just to refresh your memories, here are the rules.This contest is organised together by team, and.Who can participate?Everyone with a passion for Linux, and with some writing skills.
If you're good enough to compose a short e-mail to your friend, then you're ready for the contest.What you need to do?Please write a short story about Zorin OS, or maybe just Linux in general.Why do you use Linux? How did you come to the Linux world?
What do you like here? What are you doing to promote Linux? Any of these, or maybe your own themes are good.It would be better, if your post is about Zorin OS, but this is just 'nice to have'.The text you're going to write should not be one-liner. Please be little bit more productive. At least 50 words, if you don't mind.Where to send your works?Please e-mail them to.When to send?Any time until the 31st of July 2014.What will you get?Organizers of the contest will select winners, and they will receive:. Disk with Zorin OS 9 Premium with all the attached support.
Prize is given by team. 10 GBP e-voucher for Amazon.co.uk site.
Prize from. CD with any Linux distribution of your choice. Prize from.Update: there is another prize from Linuxaria: 25 USD voucher for amazon.com.
It will be awarded to the 10th article submitted to the contest, disregarding the content of it (unless it is a really dummy submission)! If you are a person who speaks different languages, you are very likely to end up having friends in different parts of the world that you need to communicate with.
The modern technological world gives you a good way of doing so using various instant messaging protocols.is a free open source application that allows you to communicate through different protocols. I believe it covers most of the protocols currently known in the world. Some of these protocols are available out of the box, others are available through additional plugins.I have previously written a on Linuxaria's blog that shows the power of plugins for Pidgin.
Today I’m going to dive into a similar topic once again, looking through a different prism. I haven't written reviews for Linux distributions for a while. I think the last review I've done was about about a year ago, but it was a rather short article.
The last full-blown review from DarkDuck was in January 2013.However, I have received a request to make a review, and I simply could not say 'no'.We will discuss today. This is an operating system released by a French community, but targeted to worldwide use.
You can download the English release from - please be sure to select the file.-l10n-., otherwise you get a French edition.So, I downloaded the ISO image of HandyLinux 1.5 for 'modern' computers, i.e. 686 architecture. The ISO size is about 1.2 GB. Then I 'burnt' it onto a USB drive with a dd command.
USB stick is plugged into the laptop.Fasten your seatbelts. Choose to boot from USB. The readers and fans of have noticed already that the blog has not been updated for a while.
There are 2 major reasons for that:. I have changed my job.
Settling on new grounds took a serious part of my time, leaving almost no space for additional activities. My laptop VGN-NR21Z decided to end its life after less than a year, and I had to acquire a new hardware. My new device is with dual core 2.2 GHz, 3Gb RAM, wireless network card.I think you would expect a 'Tux moving house' article again, but I must disappoint you this time. The reason is that I have nothing to write about. All the Linux operating systems installed on the hard drive (, and ) made absolutely no problem for me when the disk had been moved across.
The only problem I had was linked to new drivers for Windows Vista, but that was easy to solve using the Dell web site.However, I still have something to tell you about. My hardcore fans should remember a series of articles I wrote about keyboard layouts in different Desktop Environments:.I also produced a series of showing the process of keyboard layout configuration.The original articles were written in English. Now they are available in Russian, published in User and Linux magazine as my guest articles:. #14.03, March 2014, page 20. #14.04, April 2014, page 20.
#14.05, May 2014, page 12Welcome to read both original and translated articles! As you may know, has a sister site:. That is the place where you can purchase disks with your favourite Linux distribution, and they will be delivered to anywhere in the world.You may remember the time when you could get disks with for free. I personally have one copy for my memories! Unfortunately, Canonical withdrawn that offer long ago.Nicely, seems like the good times are back! There are some Linux fans that are ready to send you disks with Linux for free!
Yes, you read that right - free disks with any Linux distribution you like, to anywhere in the world.All you need to do is to e-mail Sean Rickerd with your postal address and name the distribution you want. He will burn the disk specially for you!
(I would ask an authograph too!) Sean lives in Canada, so you can calculate the estimated delivery time for your place.Please note: this initiative is Sean's personal, and Linux notes from DarkDuck is not responsible for any outcome you may get when contacting Sean. Of course, the offer may be withdrawn at any time without notice.Anyway, I wish Sean and his initiative all the best in his way to promote Linux! You have been waiting for long 2 years!With the coming raelease of next long-term support version of Linux Mint 17 just a,many of you already looking for downloading of your own ISO image ofthe system. Yes, that's the next version, codenamed Qiana.I was waiting for this too!
That is because I run Linux Mint 15 as one of the systems on my laptop. I waited for version 17 to upgrade the system, because Qiana will be based on Long-term-support version of Ubuntu, and will be a LTS version itself.Butmany of you are not so lucky, and will need to wait longer, because youcan not or do not want to create their own DVDs with operating systemimages.We can help!You can pre-order your own copy of Linux Mint 17 ( Cinnamon or MATE) right now. It means that a DVD with your favourite OS will be burnt to you as early as possible, and dispatched on the release date at the end of May 2014, or soon after.
Dispatched to anywhere in the world.Youmay ask why I cannot tell you the exact date of dispatch? This is because Linux Mint team, as usual, does not announce the release date, but only states that it is approximately 'end of May'.How you can get the DVD? There are 2 options!1. Free - email with your postal address and distribution you want. Presumably Linux Mint 17.2.
Read below and purchase from there.Go tosite, purchase the Linux Mint DVD from there, and in the PayPal commentsstate that you want version 17. That's easy.To help you even further, here is a mini-shop which you can use straight away.
It supports PayPal checkout, similar to site. And you even don't need a PayPal account to pay - you can do this with your credit a debit card!UK (2.00 GBP):Linux Mint 17 pre-order (UK). The day is very close!I mean the day when Linux installations will flood the desktop market.
It may be even closer than you think! Let me explain.Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP in a week’s time, on the. The number of users who still use Windows XP is astonishing. Let's be honest – XP was the best and the most stable of all the releases of that Redmond corporation.Another thing to point out is that quite a lot of users prefer Microsoft Security Essentials to all the antivirus software available on the market.And here is the trick and a present that Microsoft prepared to all Linux fans in the world.
The update of Microsoft Security Essentials for XP released on the 1st of April 2014 contains a direct recommendation to upgrade Windows XP to Linux!Yes, you read that right. The link in the MSE article gives a list of most popular Linux distributions (, ) with a short description of each of them. The user has a choice of a system to migrate to – similar to browser selection screen available for European Windows users for a while now.That's very nice of you, Microsoft! Thank you very much! We appreciate!What should we do now?
Fasten our seatbelts, relax and watch the army of Linux users grow!Then look out – every XP user who knows you will begin to ask you to teach them Linux!And for those who took this article seriously: please scroll to the top of it and check the date. You have been waiting for long 2 years!With the coming release of next long-term support version of Ubuntu 14.04 just a, many of you already looking for downloading of your own ISO image of the system. Yes, that's the next version, codenamed Trusty Tahr.But many of you are not so lucky, and will need to wait longer, because you can not or do not want to create their own CDs with operating system images.We can help!You can pre-order your own copy of Ubuntu 14.04 (or Xubuntu, or Lubuntu, or Kubuntu) right now. It means that a DVD with your favourite OS will be burnt to you as early as possible, and dispatched on the 19th of April 2014, or soon after. Dispatched to anywhere in the world.You may ask why it is 19th of April, if the release date is the 17th of April? This is because 18th of April is a bank holidays in the United Kingdom - Good Friday.
Royal Mail will not process any post on this day.How you can get the DVD? Go to site, purchase the Ubuntu DVD from there, and in the PayPal comments state that you want version 14.04. If you want K-, L- or Xubuntu, state it also in the same comment. That's easy.To help you even further, here is a mini-shop which you can use straight away. It supports PayPal checkout, similar to site. And you even don't need a PayPal account to pay - you can do this with your credit a debit card!UK (2.00 GBP):Ubuntu 14.04 pre-order (UK). I have been using (Lucid) and (Precise) for a while now and as I would love to continue using them into the future.
But there will come a time (Precise ends April 2017, Lucid already stopped last year) when support will seize and quite possibly the repositories of their software packages will fold up as well; meaning that we won't be able to install new applications any longer.One solution is to create your own repositories of all the software packages they offer. They can then be stored on your own computer or external hard drive. I won't get into the possibility of creating it for Internet or LAN streaming; but just for your own use.The basic idea is to sync the repositories of your choice with the ones on your own computer. The application apt-mirror does just that. It downloads the package lists.
Then compares it with the existing files you already have and eventually downloads the new one. There is also the option to delete previous versions of those new packages. No doubt, is one of the most respectable resource for the Linux and, more generic, open source enthusiasts. This site's the most known feature is to list all possible Linux distributions available around the world.
It may be your first point of contact if you are looking for the distribution of your choice.Other than listing the distributions, Distrowatch also tracks reviews of them. DarkDuck is proud that his several reviews are listed there. Just to name a few:,Yet another feature of Distrowatch is for coming releases for Linux distributions. If you look at the list of distributions due to be released within next 3 months, which one is the most interesting for you? Which new release are you looking for most?. with its sisters of, and?.?.?.?Please vote! The results will be announced in a couple of weeks.Loading.
VoIP phone systems are great allies for cost-effective communication needs. Regardless of the business size the features can be adapted to the office requirements.
Some small businesses prefer using the VoIP technology on devices different than VoIP phones. This can be accomplished with the available software and apps that can be installed on desktop or mobile.Linphone was the first open source software to use the session initiation protocol (SIP) with VoIP. The open software has voice, video and messaging features that can be used with any SIP VoIP operator. And because of its open source nature, it can be distributed for free.What VoIP phones essentially do for business is transform the telephone data so it can be transmitted over the internet. VoIP software transmits data straight from the internet from a computer or mobile device and it offers the same features a VoIP phone system would in an office environment.Linphone allows simultaneous call management with hold music, audio conferences and transfers. It can also work on a low bandwidth mode and supports encryption of voice and video. Linphone is no longer linux exclusive, it now runs on Windows and MacOSX.
As well as the android, iOS and blackberry platforms.The reason for VoIP phone systems to have rapidly increased popularity is that it represents a more efficient way of handling communications. Not only because it reduces costs, but because the data can be tracked in order to provide a better customer service.Also an attractive quality, VoIP allows users to work from different places and receive the same calls they would if they spent 8 hours in the office.
This flexible features adapts to the modern mobile lifestyle we have gotten used to. Linphones features and functioning place it on the same level as well known VoIP software such as Skype, Viber or 3CX. Proving that communication solutions is a still growing market that can only benefit from competing developers.Have you tried an open source VoIP software yet? Share your impressions on Linphone or other apps to get the conversation started.Article by CreativeWorksCreativeWorks Systems, Inc. Is astate-of-the-art New York State outsourcing firm with more than 10 yearsof experience in providing a wide range of cost-efficient, tailored WebDevelopment and Inbound Marketing Services for clients looking toachieve online results, in a very specific geographic market, that wouldbe out of reach for in-house staff.Image provided is royalty free and the credit is given to commons.wikimedia.org. You may know that my current laptop Sony VAIO VGN-NR21Z has 4 operating systems installed.:, and.sits there as a guarantor of boot stability.
It controls the GRUB records. As usual, it is a rock solid distribution without much fun in it, although I have an issue with a mounted network drive: like before, Debian switches off the wireless network interface before unmounting the shared drive. Thus, the unmounting process hangs for about 10 minutes before the computer can finally shut down.However, that is not the point of today's article. Hi DarkDuck blog readers!My name is Steve Barth, and I am a video producer for IT training company: CBT Nuggets. Part of my job is to produce a video podcast, with the goal of taking difficult IT concepts and making them easy to understand and entertaining to learn about.
I write, film and edit the show with the help of our amazing CBT Nuggets trainers. But, I have a confession to make: My passion is video production. So I'm not an IT or Linux guru.When asked me to guest write a blog post, due to our recent Linux show, I scratched my head and then immediately enlisted the help of Shawn Powers, our own Linux trainer. Here's what he had to say about our Linux themed show. You may be aware that the newest version of on the 1st of February 2014.
I am happy tell you that pre-ordering of disks with this distribution is now open!You can pre-order your own copy of Mageia 4 right now. It means that a DVD with your favourite OS will be burnt for you as early as possible, and dispatched on the day of release, or soon after. Dispatched to anywhere in the world.How you can get the DVD? Go to site, purchase the Mageia DVD from there, and in the PayPal comments state that you want version 4. That's easy.To help you even further, here is a mini-shop that you can use straight away. It supports PayPal checkout, similar to site.
And you even don't need a PayPal account to pay - you can do this with your credit a debit card! T&Cs from Buy Linux CDs site apply.UK (2.00 GBP):Mageia 4 pre-order (UK). You probably know that is a commercial arm of. This is a site where you can purchase disks with any Linux distribution of your choice, delivered straight to your mailbox anywhere in the world.I am happy to bring you some happy news from that site. As of today, you can purchase CDs or DVDs with your favourite Linux distributions via even cheaper!It means that now costs only $5.50 instead of previous $6.50., except for USA or UK, will cost you only GBP 3.50 instead of GBP 4.50.The price for remains the same - GBP 2.00.The choice of available distributions is astonishingly vast. Check yourself!
Even if you don't see the distribution in the list, you can request a disk via the.Hope you like this little New Year present from, even though it is a bit late.I would appreciate if you spread the news to help your friends get the disks they want. An SMS Gateway allows you to send and manage your messages from a computer or server (depending on the volume). It's a great option to set a Free SMS system for your business. For example, like the ones offered by iQsim.com are reliable and flexible, and this means your text messages are sent more efficiently.Since SMS Gateways are implemented to avoid higher costs and contracts with traditional telecom operators, their legality has been discussed around the world.
For instance, a spokesperson from Ofcom, an independent telecom regulator from the UK states:'An unsolicited marketing message that a subscriber has opted into receiving is one that they haveb not invited but they have indicated that they do not, for the time being, object to receiving it.' That being said, discretion is advised for sms campaigns, since saturating customers with random messages could minimize the reaching effect.FrontlineSMS is one the most popular servers used in any of the Linux distributions. The software is free and it sends the messages via GSM modems, so the SMS termination rates depend on the standard plan of each provider. Frontline V1 is available for Linux, but the second version is only available in Beta. For more information on other commercial.Let's go through 3 simple steps to set the software up.
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