I have been trying Gnome Shell and have decided I like it.
I hope the traditional Gnome will be kept as an alternative for older machines though, as I have one older machine that does not seem to have the graphic capabilities to run Gnome Shell.
I have completely switched to GS for my office machine and [...]
Trying out Gnome Shell?
There are many places to go to get the instructions about downloading and installing, but how to get it to start automatically might be a puzzle to some. One reason for that is that there are some faulty instructions on the web. A good place for instructions on how to use Gnome [...]
Read full post...There are many flavours of Linux, these flavours are known as distributions or ‘distros’. My favourite distro is Ubuntu although I have tried a few over the last ten years.
I have put Ubuntu on a few netbooks, but for those who are new to this sort of thing there are some distros especially for netbooks. [...]
Now this is a really cool free mobile phone application. It turns your mobile into a bluetooth remote control for your laptop.
This only works if your computer runs on Linux. If you machine is a Mac you will have your own solution. If your machine runs on Windows you have enough problems already but you [...]
I have been offered an opportunity to trial a Nokia device and am looking forward to it. I think I will be getting a phone, N900 or N97mini.
At first I was offered the Booklet 3G but have said to WomWorld.com that a trial of the Booklet is probably not worth me doing after all.
Once I [...]
I like Gmail (or Google Mail) for a whole load of reasons. I like Google Docs and other of the Google goodies. I am pleased that Chrome is now available on Linux. But Buzz?
The problem I have with Google Buzz is that I feel it is like having a converation with a friend [...]
The great little Netbook by Samsung, the NC10 has been out about a year now and I gave a report on how I got it going with Ubuntu (much snappier than running it on XP).
I have noticed that my previous post still gets lots of hits so I thought it is about time to add [...]
