http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/linux Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: linux - Recent Posts en-US Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:27:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/search.php http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2807#post-56284 Fri, 08 May 2009 02:08:16 +0000 lmilesw 56284@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There is another product called Fiddlehead that shares one PC with multiple users but instead of only Linux applications it allows for Windows apps. You can see this product at <a href="http://www.myfiddlehead.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.myfiddlehead.com</a> and they have a blog at <a href="http://www.myfiddlehead.com/blog" rel="nofollow">http://www.myfiddlehead.com/blog</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2807#post-19988 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:30:34 +0000 goodgotd 19988@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>two sets of input (mouse, kb) and 2 monitors. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2807#post-19986 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:59:27 +0000 GMMan 19986@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Look on their site. They suggest that in case relatives, friends, or other visitors come along, they can use your computer without messing up your installation. (At least, that's what they said about the Live CD for Windows users) And yes, you do need two of everything, because it's impossible having two users on a local computer using it at the same time and doing different stuff without using two of everything. In case you are one of those "visual" people, go on their main site userful.com and there will be a Dotto Tech clip showing how the system works. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2807#post-19985 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:26:45 +0000 k8UndeadFox 19985@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Maybe I'm thick but what exactly does this do and in what circumstances would you use it? You're saying it splits a computer in 2 but then you need 2 of everything.... I don't understand :-(</p> <p>K8 </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2807#post-19875 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:01:01 +0000 GMMan 19875@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here's a little Canadian product that I'd like to share with everyone. It's from a company called Userful and what they do is make software that splits your computer into two or more so that it can be used in libraries, schools, or Internet cafes. My local library uses them and I don't find them too bad. The performance isn't too bad even if people are working at the same time (it's timesharing all over again!). The product is called DiscoverStation and incorporates something called Desktop Multiplier. DiscoverStation is a full-blown Linux distribution based on Fedora, and Desktop Multiplier is a program for computers already running Linux. Right now, they're offering a Live CD for Windows users or a 2-user license for Linux users. The Live CD is pre-licensed and just requires you to insert the CD and reboot. The page with more details are at:<br /> <a href="http://userful.com/products/free-2-user" rel="nofollow">http://userful.com/products/free-2-user</a><br /> (Note for you McAfee SiteAdvisor users: the site seems to be rated red because one of their programs seems to have a trojan in it. I guess that the code might need to have some trojan-like functionalities to actually work properly. However, that has nothing to do with this product and everything else is clean.)</p> <p>You will need a dual-head (or two) graphic cards, two monitors, two keyboards, and two mice. You can also have one of each just to get the feeling of the system, but that may be pointless.</p> <p>WARNING: In case you decide to download and install DiscoverStation (no, not Desktop Multiplier, the separate app for Linux, but the full Fedora distribution), make sure you really want it, because once you insert the CD, reboot, and type install, once it boot up it will FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE!!! So be sure to back up your system before you do this. It happened to me, but good thing I found out a good utility to restore deleted partitions and my Windows CD and some DOS (more Linux, really) skills. So, be careful. Do note that the Live CD is only a Live CD, so it won't change your system in any way, so it's safe.</p> <p>While you're there, visit kiosk.userful.com. They have an offer there to ship you a copy of the DiscoverStation DVD and two free prepaid kiosk cards. Get it while you can; 100 copies available only. I still haven't received mine yet... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1668#post-10439 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:05:35 +0000 Lee 10439@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Be careful with anything thats 'thinstalled' or 'portable' as they could contain backdoors and other nasty code.</p> <p>So make sure it comes from a legit site. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1668#post-10437 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:58:57 +0000 alexiussg 10437@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Once again.. after a short 5 minute or less review on Linux: its cool! its user interface is much like Windows- its quite easy to use. instead of the usual start button, there is the Aplications button, another button as the control panel. basically, the whole windows start menu and taskbar is at the top of the desktop.</p> <p>On the desktop screen i saw some familiar icons such as My Computer, Recycle bin etc. Surprisingly, i didnt know that Linux has its own "Task Manager" too. I guess that progams may stop responding in Linux.</p> <p>And the portable application for running Linux was unable to resize the window frame when i change Linux screen size- it stop responding! :(</p> <p>To sum up, I find that Linux is a good alternative to Windows if buying a Mac is over your budget. but the downside is that you cant run GOTD's giveaways in Linux unless you get Wine(or something like that). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1668#post-10436 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:12:01 +0000 alexiussg 10436@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i've never tried linux/mac before except Windows... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1668#post-10433 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:58:57 +0000 Lee 10433@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>alexiussg, how about you download it, try it out and tell us all what you think? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1668#post-10431 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:39:59 +0000 BuBBy 10431@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <blockquote><p>I would like to know if this portable version is good or not... </p></blockquote> <p>"Good" for what? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1668#post-10426 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:08:22 +0000 alexiussg 10426@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hi!<br /> Portable linux from<br /> (<a href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/19/portable-qemu-persistent-pendrivelinux/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/19/portable-qemu-persistent-pendrivelinux/</a>)<br /> I would like to know if this portable version is good or not... and post it here?<br /> thanks! :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1572#post-9734 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:01:52 +0000 Lee 9734@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>KompoZer is a WYSIWYG HTML Editor based on Nvu. KompoZer provides novice web authors without any HTML experience with a tool to create web sites. It is free, easy to use yet has many features found in FrontPage and even Dreamweaver. The project strives to fix bugs in the NVU project and added new features to it. KompoZer is a continuation of the Nvu project and has corrected many bugs, improved the user interface and updated the CSS editor when compared to the 1.0 baseline. KompoZer is more stable and mature than Nvu. In March 2007 it was featured on Download.com's round up on the best free alternatives to Adobe CS3, where it was favorably compared to Adobe Dreamweaver [source Wikipedia]</p> <p>What's new:</p> <p>Developer Notes: I'm very pleased to announce that KompoZer 0.7.10 is finally available. This release corrects many bugs of Nvu 1.0 and includes a usable version of the CSS editor, CaScadeS. Unlike the 0.7.9.xxx snapshots, this release is stable and ready for end-users. KompoZer users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.</p> <p>Changes: </p> <p>- Application fixed: the extension manager is now able to use the extensions proper locales<br /> - fixed: the same source code now builds on Linux (gcc4.1), MacOSX (gcc3.5), Win32 (vs7.0) and OS/2 (?).<br /> - fixed: (win**) KompoZer and Nvu can run simultaneously (various similary bugs have been corrected)<br /> - fixed: win98 KompoZer now has its own icon in the taskbar<br /> - fixed: the icon has been changed<br /> - HTML Editor o fixed: the toolbars can be customized without relaunching KompoZer<br /> - fixed: links can be styled in wysiwyg<br /> - fixed: display a clickable label on objects, scripts and hidden form inputs ('normal' &#38; 'HTML tags' views)<br /> - added: red dotted borders around<br /> containers ('normal' &#38; 'HTML tags' views)<br /> - added: undo/redo buttons in the main toolbar o fixed: hiding the rulers improves speed and reliability<br /> - fixed: bug in the vertical ruler that causes Nvu/KompoZer to be stuck in 'source' mode o modified: the markup cleaner does not remove empty blocks with ID/class attributes any more<br /> - modified: the markup cleaner now considers</p> <p>Source and download for windows --&gt; <a href="http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&#38;id=42335" rel="nofollow">http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&#38;id=42335</a></p> <p>Other operating systems --&gt; <a href="http://kompozer.net/" rel="nofollow">http://kompozer.net/</a> </p>