Linux And Friends

Microsoft has released its flagship note taking software OneNote for the Android platform. Microsoft OneNote app for Android is a free software that allows you to create up to 500 notes on your Android cell phone.

This is a git primer for newbies or those people who – want to use Git to version their data, but don’t know how.

This guide explains how to install Opera web browser in Fedora Linux. Opera is a standards complaint web browser that is heavy in features but having a relatively low memory foot print. It is one of the few web browsers that has an integrated mail client and news reader built into it.

You might suffer from eye strain if your job involves working on a computer for long hours. This is especially true if you stare at the computer monitor sitting in a dimly lit room. One of the best ways of reducing computer eye strain is to change the colour of your monitor in relation to [...]

Easystroke is a gesture recognition application for Linux. It allows you to control computer programs with hand drawn mouse gestures. Gestures or strokes are movements that you make with your mouse while holding down a specific mouse button. The default in Easystroke is the middle button of your mouse. But you can change it to [...]

If you are using Ubuntu 11.10 as your Linux Desktop, then you will find that when you minimize any application, there is no visual cue where the application has been minimized. And the only way of bringing the minimized application to the front is to use the application switcher [Alt + Tab] key combination.

GCstar is an open source collections manager software. Collection managers are databases optimized for collecting information on similar things. For example, I have a bunch of DVD movies that I have ripped to my computer for easy viewing. Unfortunately, they have been saved in different locations. Using GCstar, I can create a movie collection database [...]

OfflineIMAP is a command line tool that operates on a remote and a local repository and synchronizes emails between them. Using offlineIMAP, you will be able to read and manage your email from multiple computers – with or without an active Internet connection. Any changes you make in your email folders are reflected on all [...]

I am always interested in exploring efficient ways of taking notes. Using a proper note taking software in collecting and ordering information will help you improve your study skills. Note taking tools help students and professionals alike, to learn new things in a faster, more efficient way.