Archive for April, 2008
While the dock in the Mac OSX is a revolutionary tool that enables you to access to your favorite application with a click, it does not grow in intelligence and help you manage your application.
Sapiens is a application launcher that allows you to access all your applications using mouse gestures. Rather than setting up a bunch of shortcut keys or a series of mouse gestures, you only need to know how to draw circle with your mouse.
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Popularity: 7% [?]
I have just started using Twitter and I am already addicted to it. If you are also having fun with it, here are some applications that can make your twitting more interesting and meaningful.
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Popularity: 7% [?]
If you install a dual boot of Windows or Mac OSX on your Ubuntu machine, you may find that your Grub bootloader are wiped out and you can’t boot into any of your OS. If this is the case, the only way is to restore Grub back in your Ubuntu system.
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Popularity: 10% [?]
FreeMind is an open-source mind mapping software that is written in Java and cross-platform compatible. It is simple, easy to use and come with a interface that anyone can get used to in few minutes.
There are quite a number of mind mapping software out there, but the main reason why I love FreeMind is its ability to operate in various operating system. I have three different OS (Windows, Linux and Mac OSX) sitting in three different partitions of my PC. When I need to access a mind map that I created on another OS, I can simply pull the file out and open the .mm (FreeMind file extension) file with FreeMind.
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Popularity: 11% [?]
I have just started using Twitter and it have been really addictive. One thing I hate though: to load the twitter site on my browser and login before I can post a message. So here I am, searching for a desktop alternative to twitting.
Desktop twitting has been a rather easy task in Windows and Mac since there are plenty of Twitter client around. In Ubuntu Gutsy, I have found the below few methods to work:
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Popularity: 6% [?]
Tired of your desktop games? Or just want to take a break from work? Just point your browser to Kongregate.com and enjoy highly addictive online flash games, and if you like, challenge other gamers to a game too.
Kongregate is a social gaming site that allows users to upload and share flash-based games. Aiming to be the gaming version of ‘YouTube‘, it also allows users to rate, tags, add comments and pitch their skills against each other. The games that are highly rated by users are featured in the front page.
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Popularity: 9% [?]
One of the overlooked feature in Ubuntu Gutsy is the deskbar-applet found on the top panel. Being one of the best (personally, I found that this is the best) desktop search tool around, I am quite surprised that only few are fully utilizing it. The only reason that I can think of is either most people don’t know how to use it, or they don’t realize how powerful it is
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Popularity: 4% [?]
What happen if you are accessing a public PC and it doesn’t have the applications you need to open your file? Well, there is really nothing that you can do about it, except to remind yourself to bring all your applications with you next time you are on the road.
While I have mentioned that Damn Small Linux is a simple, small system that you can bring on your travel, there is also another alternative – portable apps.
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Popularity: 6% [?]
For those who are too used to Windows XP interface, XPde (XP Desktop Environment) provides a desktop environment that emulates after XP.
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Popularity: 9% [?]
If you are a simple Ubuntu user who just want to surf the net and check email, then the default Firefox browser (or Konqueror for Kubuntu) should be sufficient to fulfill your needs. However, if you are a Web designer/developer, who at the same time also a Ubuntu lover, then you will find that you need more than just Firefox on your desktop.
Since Firefox, IE 6, 7, Safari, Opera all have different rendering engines, web designers/developers will have to test their projects on various browsers to see the rendering effects for each browser. While Windows users can simply download the windows version of the various browsers and install it in their platform, it is not so straightforward in Ubuntu, since there is no Linux version of Internet Explorer and Safari.
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Popularity: 14% [?]
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