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Ubuntu 7.04: Feisty Fawn!

Tuesday, 8. May 2007, 01:12:44

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Finally we get to the most hyped of Linux distributions. Firefox is to web browsers what Ubuntu is to Operating Systems: it's fans are so enthusastic in their support of Ubuntu that you almost need the word "rabid". However it does look like the uptake is pretty rapid, even detractors aren't say too much is wrong with it, and recently it became the only Linux operating system available pre-installed on PCs offered by a major manufacturing brand. So, let's give it a go...

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Simply Mepis 6.5 - the live CD

Thursday, 3. May 2007, 21:49:43

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Moving right along in my Linux/BSD desktop for newbs test, the next to test is Simply Mepis 6.5. Mepis appears to be a Debian based version of Linux which borrows a lot from Ubuntu. Although over at the forums there was a couple of complaints about driver issues, there seems to be a lot of endorsements for it as well. And hey, driver issues are pretty universal - even with Windows... Mepis is touted on the site as "Desktop Linux the way you want it", which is easy to try, easy to install, easy to use, and with extra features. It's also the first distro that includes OpenOffice, so I may have more luck opening those MSOffice documents I have on my HDD.

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Freeware I recommend

  • Opera USB

    Get Opera on a stick!

  • Media Monkey

    Don't get winamp. Get Media Monkey! Much easier to bulk-edit ID tags, much easier to organise your music. It also rips and burns audio CDs much better than crappy windows media player, which takes forever "preparing" files. Did I mention it's free?

  • Audacity - multitrack audio editor

    Open source audio editor and multitracker.

  • LAME Aint an Mp3 Encoder

    The original MP3 encoding software website.

  • WavPack - hybrid audio compression

    High quality audio compression.

  • 7-zip - archiver

    Zip program that gives better compression than any others. Supports zip, rar, gz, tar, and others, plus its own superior 7z format. On top of that it can open and edit iso files without mounting them!

  • PDF Creator

    Create PDFs out of any document or graphic file using a virutual "PDF Printer". Very easy to use.

  • CDBurnerXP Pro - CD and DVD burning software

    Easy, quick and full-featured CD/DVD burning software. Will also burn any ISO to any disk, and create an ISO file from any compilation you make. AND... it's free.

  • IrfanView

    The smallest, fastest, easiest graphics viewing and editing program I've come across.

  • The Gimp - Gnu Image Manipulation Program

    GNU Image Manipulation Program. Open source image editor available for Linux/BSD, Windows and Mac. Even more features, some that even Photoshop doesn't have such as gif animation.

  • Nvu - web editor

    Free web page editor - does most of what Dreamweaver does plus a bit more besides, and it's free - very handy...

  • PSPad - text/code editor

    Free text editor for coders. Very full-featured with loads of online resources, no matter what you are coding - PHP, HTML, C++, whatever. Or just like writing plain text documents.

  • Open Office suite

    Open Source office suite. It does pretty much everything that MS Office does - except drain your wallet of funds of course.

  • Spybot - Search and Destroy anti-spyware

    A great Spyware and Malware detection and removal program with lots of useful system tools for Windows.

  • Crap Cleaner

    Useful Windows cleanup utility. Free up disk space, check and fix registry errors, and other useful tools.

  • Avira Antivir

    A highly rated free anti-virus program

  • Avast Anti-Virus

    Another highly rated free anti-virus program

  • AVG Anti-virus/anti-malware

    Free Antivirus, anti spyware and anti rootkit software

  • Comodo Firewall Pro

    The best Firewall software available - and it's free. Comodo also make free antivirus and anti-spyware software.

  • Trillian - multi-protocol chat program

    Connects you to MSN, AIM, ICQ and Yahoo Messenger so you can chat to your friends cross-platform all in one chat client.

  • Pidgin - multi-protocol chat program

    Like Trillian, but connects to you lots more instant messenger services for free: Jabber/XMPP/GoogleTalk, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Zephyr and more. It's also available for Linux, BSD and other platforms whereas Trillian is Windows only.

  • Portable Apps

    A suite of programs you can put on any USB drive and run them on any Windows computer you plug the USB drive into. Huge range of useful apps.