Tomboy Notes

What can I say, I love free software!!!
For me a while back "Free Software" used to mean the programs I got a crack for so I didn't have to pay for them. Now it means the programs that I can use, swap, redistribute and modify, free as in freedom to do with it as I choose.

One of the most useful programs that I use is called Tomboy notes, I have been using it for a while and it usually comes installed with Ubuntu.



You know those little tid bits of info that you need to keep, and you can't find your pen so you need to type it somewhere? Or it doesn't fit into any category so you cant file it any were on your computer? Well thats Tomboy notes is for. Whats more is that it has a built in search, so if you can't remember exactly where you put your info its still easy to find. Another feature that I like is that you can link notes together by inserting the title of one note into another.

What is even more awesome is that I noticed that Tomboy is not only available on Linux but they do Mac and Windows versions as well, so go ahead and download it and check it out and see if you like it if you do, let me know what you think.

Download here

I think I have made it easier to leave a comment :)


(Images are unashamedly copied directly of of the tomboy notes site I believe they are under a creative commons license)

New Laptop

I Had a good experience purchasing my first full size laptop. What I was looking for was a relatively simple purchase option that was good quality and one where I didn't have to pay for a Windows license that I would never use. What I ended up with was somewhat of a pleasant surprise.



The version of Ubuntu that was used on the laptop is the LTS (Long Term Support) version and it is understandable that Pioneer used it for their computers, I was after the latest release and it was logical that I would upgrade immediately. Why wouldn't I its Free :)

The links are as follows:

Pioneer Computers

64 bit Flash

With 64 bit Flash I used Solution 4

As a note of correction Pioneer have been around for about 13 years and are quiet and established brand.

Again to you guys, thank you for the Ubuntu pre-install option.

Microsoft Office fail

It was promised that with the release of Microsoft Office 2007 service pack 2, there would support for the 'Open Standard' ODF formats. and what have they delivered?

The support that was released was patchy and buggy, I didn't read much but it appears that the spreadsheet import didn't include formulas just numbers from the cells.

I have a friend that is studying at University, her lecturers have all switched over to the latest MS Office and send their documents in the .docx format (Microsoft's new OOXML format). My friend is unable to open her documents in her spare time at work as their computers have an old version of MS Office that isn't compatible with the new format. She is just grateful that when she gets home she can use the latest version of OpenOffice.org, which she downloaded for free of the internet, to open her Uni work.

I'm looking forward to a 'new day', when interoperability is a goal that every company aims for. While I don't trust any monopoly, I'd rather have one that adheres to and promotes open standards than one that doesn't.