I’ve been asked several times in the past why I choose to use Linux over Windows in my day to day computing.  I always answer with the same, response because I can.  Usually the asker doesn’t press on to get my reasoning, however every now and then someone will ask me for my reasons behind using Linux. I use Linux, or more specifically Ubuntu, because for one it’s free, and almost all of the software for it, is also...

As many Google Chrome users should know by now that their browser of choice has an operating system also in the works.  Chrome OS is a minimalistic approach of an operating system, so minimalistic that almost nothing but a web browser.  The idea behind Chrome OS is that most users don’t use their computer (laptop) without an internet connection, so they chose to their popular browser and operating system.  A few months ago, I was...

Mozilla has made Firefox 4 Beta available to the public.  Now it does not have the Tab Candy feature that is in the custom build (that build is a beta 3 pre-build).  New features in Beta 2 are. Tabs are now on top by default on Windows and OSX – Linux will be changing when the theme has been modified to support the change. You can turn any tab into an “App Tab” by right-clicking on it and selecting “Make into...

With the release of Firefox 4.0 beta2 scheduled only a few days away, it appears that Firefox is gaining the expose feature from Mac OS X for tab management.  The new feature is called Tab Candy, and lets you organize your tabs in different windowed environments to prevent excess clutter.  Though you can have multiple windows with categorized tabs in them, Tab Candy is much faster than opening a new window and dragging tabs over to that...

The new firefox 4 Beta 1 is here! To download, please see the bottom of the article. I have installed Firefox 4 successfully. This is not a pre-alpha beta or anything, this is the real deal. Firefox 4 comes with a brand new visual overhaul. As well as support for WebM, Google’s HTML 5 video codec. You can also switch between tabs with ctrl + tab. Or search for the tab you want in the “awesome bar” at the top. It will then...

Web based desktops are a very iffy subject since, legally the host company can keep anything that you do or put on the server.  However, cloud based desktop are none the less are still cool to play around with. I’ve used a few different cloud based desktop services, however my 2 favorites is the Fedora based Allwaysonpc which runs on a VNC type service, and the fully browser based icloud.  In my opinion icloud is much cleaner and...