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Gizmo Clarifies a Common Confusion
Every day I get email or see comments on our website where people confuse Gizmo’s Freeware with Windows Secrets Newsletter.
I want to make it perfectly clear that Gizmo’s Freeware has nothing to do with Windows Secrets Newsletter. We have no ownership in Windows Secrets newsletter or their website and vice versa. We don't even have any co-operative arrangements with Windows Secrets; both sites are totally independent and unconnected.
People get confused because Windows Secrets took over my old Support Alert newsletter in July 2008 including all the articles I had written for the newsletter. But they only took over the newsletter itself not the Gizmo's Freeware website, www.techsupportalert.com. The Gizmo's Freeware website has always been independent from Windows Secrets. Our site is a non-commercial community website staffed by volunteers. Theirs is a fully commercial website operated by salaried employees.
An additional source of confusion is I agreed to write two new articles per month for Windows Secrets newsletter for a period of two years until July 2010. However despite being given the impressive title "Senior Editor", my only role at Windows Secrets was simply that of a part-time writer. I no longer write for Windows Secrets and have no connection with them.
So what’s this mean?
1. Your Windows Secrets newsletter login will not work at the Gizmo’s Freeware website.
2. The subscription fees you pay for Windows Secrets does not provide you access to any special content at Gizmo's Freeware. All the content here is free and available to all.
3. The product ads in Windows Secrets have nothing to do with Gizmo’s Freeware and we can't be held responsible for them.
4. The articles and recommendations that appear in Windows Secrets have nothing to do with Gizmo’s Freeware and are not necessarily endorsed by Gizmo's Freeware.
Don’t get me wrong. Windows Secrets is an excellent commercial tech newsletter, one of the best available, and I wish it every commercial success. It just has nothing to do with me or the Gizmo’s Freeware website.
I hope this is now unambiguously clear to all.
Gizmo
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Gizmo,
Thanks for all the information you pass on. I see it daily on FB and when I need a solution I turn to your site first. I did not know about MS newsletter so no confusion for me! Other than just general. I appreciate your site and insight.
:i love you man:
Gizmo,
I'm a retired young geezer who's been in electronics most all my life, having my own business 20 yrs. I started playing with computers (win 3.1)a long time ago. I look forward every day for your info and follow your advice to the "T". Yours is the best out there!! Now I'm trying to learn Linux to install on about 10 old computers I have for my grankids and finding it hard to learn. My motto is "Knowledge eliminates fear"! You give all of us that! God bless you, and keep up the great work!!
Truly,
Retired, 67 and Learning
Hi Denny,
Thanks a lot for the kind words about the site :).
We have a Linux section on the site here :
http://www.techsupportalert.com/linux.html
You can find various helpful articles there.
We also have a dedicated Linux forum in the freeware forum here :
http://www.techsupportalert.com/freeware-forum/linux/
There are various interesting, and helpful topics in the forum. If you want any help, you can register on the site, and ask in the forum. There are many able members in the forum, who use and enjoy Linux, and are ready to help out.
I agree with your motto 100% :).
I second what Anupam says. Linux is still not as easy as Windows (in some respects) but it gets more that way with every release and is certainly a lot less aggravating after you get it installed.
Some versions (distros) like Mandriva look pretty cute out of the box but require a bit of work to get some stuff working afterwards. For a full system, IMO Linux Mint requires some beating, looks good as is, or you can install Emerald and a ton of extra themes for free. (Gives the same results as Windowblinds, but without paying :D)
Try Peppermint One (not the "Ice" version) too for a more simplistic but still elegant approach. These and many others will all run from a live CD which you can download and burn yourself. Just post in the Linux forum here if you need some help with any of it :)
A lot of thanks for clearing it up. I find Windows Secrets Newsletter a bit more advanced than I need. I get it and read it and can understand why they have a hundred thousand plus readers but Gizmo's is more my style.
Am amazed at how the site has developed over last 2-3 years. Its brilliant. Do you ever sleep?
Sorry about some of the ill considered, ill mannered, comments of some of your readers. You and the rest of the numerous editors handle them with remarkable forbearance and good grace. Maybe because you all know that for each uncouth contributor there are 10,000 other fans who appreciate what you all provide for free and for the benefit of the rest of us. Rock on Gizmo,Schifreen,Laurie,Rhiannon et al. (Like your observations Midnight Cowboy)
RR
Gizmo, thank you for this site. I really enjoy your articles and freeware suggestions, and I appreciate getting your free newsletter. Because of people like you who are willing to share tips and tricks and tutorials, I learn something new all the time about computers, knowledge very valuable in this rapidly changing world.
Thanks for your efforts and best wishes!
Gizmo has the content that I share quite frequently with my son-in-law. Now that, in itself, isn't such a great boast but my son-in-law was/is a programmer for IBM and he was an hired consultant for Walmart in Bentonville. So, how much hirer does this recommendation have to go before you realize that Gizmo is theeeee best?
Huggy, huggy.
Great Grany of 7 and loving computing
I was one of those who was confused about the 2. I like both though and I have a lifetime membership at Windows Secrets and I have your T-shirt 8-)
I am glad you wrote this post because I use to think freeware on W.S. was endorsed by you thus being more trust worthy. I was with you BEFORE I was with W.S. so they are the add-on as far as my experience. - THANKS! Your the BEST!
Your time there, as you explained, was probably the cause for the confusion for some...Not for me though :o)
Honestly, aside from Freds stuff (wish he was back doing his thing again) I just don't think their content appeals to most people like the stuff you and your editors put online (free or for pay). Thanks to all those who contribute their time here. We love and greatly appreciate it.
Oh and as I said a few months ago, soooo oh soooo glad you are back Gizmo.
Cc
I agree 100%, Compliance, and suspect many others feel the same. I haven't needed it, but the WindowsSecrets Lounge still seems to be a wonderful resource. Also miss Clif's newsletter as well.
Well that is news to me. I though the sites were the related. Obviously not - my bad.
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