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by Anonymous on 29. April 2009 - 21:17  (20798)

i want to be slim again

by Anonymous on 22. February 2009 - 19:48  (16597)

*BEST LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HOME USER*

For us folk who are NOT so PC literate. For us who have ONE (maybe two down the road if we're lucky) computer connected to the internet (broadband).

Small, fast, uncomplcated, easy to install... intuitive to use...

I'm getting tired of Windows with it's constantly being under attack by jerk off hackers etc... And trying to make heads or tales of all the security software is impossible. Plus my PC is old and can't handle all that extra cpu and memory usage

After the distributions you'll have to evaluate software.

That's what I want , a Linux I can learn to use and love.

by Anonymous on 22. December 2009 - 15:05  (39157)

I'm looking for ranking of of Linux distros vs. hardware, e.g., "If you have a 5 year old laptop with 256 MB, then you should try ____ or maybe _____ . If you have 512M and a 2 GHz desktop and want to run a Hauppauge video card, _____ is your best bet." I also think that there needs to be a TotallyDumbLinux that people who can't set their watch would have no trouble installing. Ubuntu is almost there! I could talk my dad through it, maybe my wife, but not hand them the CD and a couple pages of instructions and guarantee success. (Then again, Win7 would fail this too.)

by D4RK_4NG3L on 6. September 2009 - 16:28  (32237)

There is a really user friendly installer for ubuntu that acctually allows you to install and uninstall it like you would a normal Windows Application.

"Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way. Are you curious about Linux and Ubuntu? Trying them out has never been easier!"

http://wubi-installer.org/

I am a hard core g33k and yet this is ussually the quickest way for me to help people who are curious about linux, get in the door.
Ciao..

by Anonymous on 22. December 2009 - 15:07  (39158)

I use "Free Windows upgrade! http://wubi-installer.org/" as a signature at the bottom of emails.

by FrankO on 6. September 2009 - 17:02  (32240)

You can always try Portable Ubuntu. It has been upgraded from version UNO (which I wrote about) to Portable Ubuntu Remix version DOS which is based on CoLinux 0.74 and Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).

by Anonymous on 22. February 2009 - 20:16  (16601)

To answer my own question/request I found this website

Linux Distribution Chooser
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true

I took the test and it came up with:
1. OpenSuSE 100% http://www.opensuse.org/
2. Linux Mint 95% http://www.linuxmint.com/
3. Ubuntu 95% http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
4. Xandros 95% http://www.xandros.com/
5. Mandriva 95% http://www.mandrivalinux.org/
6. Kubuntu 90% http://www.kubuntu.org/
7. Fedora 90% http://fedora.redhat.com/

I always speak too soon when I post. Never fail.
Deemarie

by Anonymous on 19. February 2009 - 5:51  (16314)

Can the comment list be extended to 50 or so because sometimes, your question will be buried in a list of comments before they get answered. Also, replies to some comments will also be buried deep before people can read them.

Thanks in advance.

by peter on 19. February 2009 - 7:57  (16321)
by Anonymous on 21. February 2009 - 6:34  (16475)

The forum is a great idea but the whole purpose of extending the comment list is to discuss problems easily within the article, unless the argument gets heated up a little, also you can post anything without the need to log in so it's pretty useful for quick posts and anyone can easily leave a comment without the need to log in or register (unless they want to).

P.S. - Are you trying to promote the new forum, because I've seen that post in several other articles too.

by peter on 21. February 2009 - 7:52  (16479)

Of course we're promoting the new Forum.
We think it's a very effective resource that most will enjoy using.
An added bonus is that it's not subject to my obtrusive moderation.

by Anonymous on 12. February 2009 - 14:44  (15890)

Best free 2d CAD and 3d modeling/unfolding software section please.

by Anonymous on 13. February 2009 - 19:16  (15983)

Use Google SketchUp. it is amazing.

by OnDeck29 on 10. February 2009 - 17:10  (15758)

Monitor Calibration - gamma, rgb, etc

by ianjrichards on 17. February 2009 - 23:15  (16223)

Good idea. I've created a stub and hopefully someone will volunteer to edit it.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-monitor-calibration-utility.htm

Gizmo

by Anonymous on 8. February 2009 - 3:59  (15580)

I would like to see more on the REXX interpreter and related applications that are constructed around it. I find it tremendously useful as a workstation and mainframe programming tool. There are a number of FREE interpreters for REXX including the OO version that IBM made available to SourceForge in the public domain. Also, I have not seen any references to the new Lotus Symphony Office application either. Just my 2 cents for new freeware additions on the site.

by Anonymous on 7. February 2009 - 7:10  (15541)

I think best free security software combination is a good topic. This can also include the security suite vs standalone freeware combinations.

Comparison can be based on performance and resource usage.

by Anonymous on 16. February 2009 - 7:57  (16123)

That gets my vote too.

by ianjrichards on 17. February 2009 - 23:05  (16221)

Coming your way soon. - Gizmo

by Anonymous on 7. February 2009 - 6:42  (15537)

Best Free OCR? Maybe this whole category is out of date, but once upon it is useful.

by Anonymous on 8. February 2009 - 7:38  (15590)

What's OCR?

by Anonymous on 13. February 2009 - 12:31  (15958)

put a paper on a scanner via OCR computer recognizes the characters and you can simply copy them into say a word file, extremely helpful when you need to refer sth else from a printed document.

by Anonymous on 10. February 2009 - 20:48  (15778)

Optical charactor recognition. Lets you scan in a document and edit it in say, word or notepad.

by Anonymous on 6. February 2009 - 6:15  (15472)

Online dictionaries for english and foreign languages.

by Anonymous on 5. February 2009 - 1:54  (15366)

how about more coverage of linux software?

by ianjrichards on 17. February 2009 - 23:07  (16222)

We plan to start Mac, Linux and Server software sections soon but need volunteers with expertise in these areas. If you would like to help then pls contact me using the site contact form (bottom left)

Gizmo

by Anonymous on 2. February 2009 - 20:12  (15160)

Hello

I wish that this site will include mobile phone applications section. This is really necessary given there is too much programs all around that are either malicious or fake. Previews and opinions exchange will be very useful to avoid this.

by Anonymous on 2. February 2009 - 18:56  (15152)

Looking for a free help and manual writing program.

by Anonymous on 5. February 2009 - 9:23  (15383)

Why don't you try Microsoft HTML work shop.

by Anonymous on 5. February 2009 - 9:31  (15385)

You mean Microsoft HTML help workshop don't you

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