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Happy Mac Users

Just like many people have been caught up in the whole idea of PC (Windows) vs Mac train of thought, I was guilty of this.  To the masses, Mac might seem like some foreign and pricey operating system for high-end, snobby users, however I'm learning this thinking isn't entirely true.  I know that I'm a little late in getting to the Mac table, but better late than never! What I've come to realize is that although Mac products tend to cost more initially, I cannot help but also take serious note th...

PCLinuxOS 2009.2, Gnome Promotional Video

PCLinuxOS was first announced in 2003 by Bill Reynolds, better known as "Texstar". Prior to creating his own distribution, Texstar was already a well-known developer in the Mandrake Linux community of users for building up-to-date RPM packages for the popular distribution and providing them as a free download. In 2003 he decided to build a new distribution, initially based on Mandrake Linux, but with several significant usability improvements. The goals? It should be beginner-friendl...

Emailng in the Clouds

Freedom.  It's powerful. You can't beat it. Email can be tied to one computer, using an email client (program) like Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird and others, which are all installed on your computer.  What if you use more than one computer?  Do you install and download your email, contacts, etc. to multiple machines?  Having to deal with multiple copies of the same email or having to maintain more than one independent address book for all of your contacts?  No way! Once I acquired a sec...