Yet Another "10 Useful Forefox Extensions"

You have read such posts again & again... So read Yet Another!

Video Download helper
This extension allows you to download flash videos from Youtube, as well as dozens of sites. 264.000 downloads per week speak for it. It updates very often to support more sites.
Download statusbar
If the pop-up window that shows you the downloads annoys you, then download statusbar is for you. It replaces that window with a bar at the bottom of Firefox, which is not obtrusive.
DownThemAll!
A simple to use download manager inside Firefox. It supports resume as well as downloading from many sources simultaneously. Personally, i don't need much more from a download manager.
Fission
This is more eycandy, than usability. It adds a progress meter to the web bar.

Foxmarks
Foxmark allows you to synchronize your bookmarks across many PCs.
Google Preview
Google preview can help increase your productivity by showing a Thumbnail beside each Google result. Want even more? It works with Yahoo as well!!
Tab Scope
It shows a preview of tabs, as you hover your mouse over them.

Themes
I use Strata Human,
which gives the key-lock shape that we all like in Windows and Mac. For some reason beyond comprehension, the Linux version does not come with this shape in the back/forward buttons and looks like Firefox 2 at first sight.

For KDE users, i suggest KDE4 + Firefox 3 theme. It gives Firefox 3 an Oxygen look.
2 other nice themes are MacOS X for those who like Mac visual style and Phoenity Reborn.
If you want more extensions/themes, take a look at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

15 cool word illusions ~ Wake up to the sunny site up!

Check out these cool word illusions. Especially with the 3rd, you won't believe in your eyes!

15 cool word illusions ~ Wake up to the sunny site up!

OSS Reloaded

2008 was without doubt a very exciting year. Open Source keeps stirring the (until recent years) still waters of IT industry, which is the best things for all Computer users. Competition has risen to profound levels, which gave all commercials programs a run for their money. Any program that stands still faces the danger of being overtaken by an Open Source competitor (See what happened with IE & Firefox).

So, let's see which major applications made major releases this year:

Firefox 3
You have read dozen reviews about Firefox 3 & you probably know about the Guiness world record. Much faster, much lighter, more secure than the previous version & with more extensions than all other browsers combined. What else can we ask for?? Download here

OpenOffice 3
OpenOffice 3 brings many improvements, such as import of MS-Office 2007 documents & Pdf, native version for MAC and better extension management. I don't believe that extensions in an Office application are as important as in a browser, but it is a very welcome improvement nontheless. Download here

KDE 4
KDE 4 received a profound amount of bashing when it came out because a lot of bugs existed and it did not offer a gazillion customizations like KDE 3.5. Does it sound a little like Vista?? Yet, only 6 months after the initial release, many bugs were squashed, customization options are beginning to return and programs like Amarok & Koffice are perparing to be ported. And after another 6 months, the benefits of KDE 4 will be clear: Version 4 is faster than ver.3, it is multi-platform (can be ported to BSD, Solaris, cell phones & Windows) and more importantly it has a very clean codebase with clear seperation of back-ends & front-ends. This may sound irrelavant to end users, but makes the work of developers very easy, which will allow for much creativity in the near future.

PackageKit
PackageKit is a very promising approach to the issue that every new Linux user faces; how do i install a program? What the f&*k is a tar.gz file and why does it not install when i double-click it?? With Packagekit all distributions can have a unified GUI for program installation, while keeping the back-end of their choice (dpkg, yum, apt, zypper, whatever...) This way all Linux users will see the same GUI for package management and a newbie will be able to help other newbies on this subject! Diversity & choice will finally come at no cost. Learn more here
It will be used in Fedora 10 and as stated in Ubuntu Brainstorm, there is an effort to integrate it in Ubuntu 9.04.

RPM
The new version 4.6 (currently in rc1) of the package management of RPM-based distros is featuring cleaned up codebase, bugfixes and several new features such as support for large packages. Full list here

And ofcourse we should mention the succesful new releases of popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, Mandriva and many others that achieved better hardware compatibility, more user-friendliness, more features. In one word, improved & with no setbacks.

13 Great Linux Videos!

Linux does not need multi-million advertising on top TV networks!
Every one of us can spread the word.
Embed these videos on your sites/blogs and email them to your friends.
If you find more good videos, post the links in comments.

The Matrix Runs on Windows

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349


3 Great Videos by NOVELL

Mac vs PC vs Linux # 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRPEIo0LLHQ

Mac vs PC vs Linux # 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDgEdcFTquM


Mac vs PC vs Linux # 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAc2oSgCZZI


Penguins Linux Ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHjT5-XM9o


IBM Linux Commercial: The Kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOtKZA9ri7M

IBM Linux ad: Prodigy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwL0G9wK8j4


Your Linux is Ready

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNLDRVzz78


Some Anti-microsoft Videos

Bill Gates Blue Screen of Death

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgriTO8UHvs

Blue Screen at Windows Vista Launch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFx62_Iadjg

BSOD FAILS THE OLYMPICS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ-qtrzJBTA

"WARNING" - Linux commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAr3XbqUbjo


PC vs MAC vs LINUX

Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

Japanese embedded Linux house Lineo has announced a quick-start technology that it claims can boot Linux in 2.97 seconds on a low-powered system. The technology appears similar to but much faster than Linux's existing "suspend-to-disk" capability.

There is alot more about it here. This was released Nov. 7th.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5185504436.html?kc=rss