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Xmarks the spot (for bookmarks)

Tom Thrush — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:44:17 +0000

Formerly known as Foxmarks, Xmarks is a great tool that synchronizes your Favorites/Bookmarks (depending on the browser you use).

Just install the small app on each of the computers you wish to keep synchronized and it does the rest. I really wish I would’ve found this earlier; years of copying and sorting on numerous computers left my bookmarks a mess.

After one long flight to Chicago I cleaned up most of the redundant and disorganised mess. Once I got back online, Xmarks replicated the changes to its online database and updated my two other computers within minutes of bringing them online.

And did I mention it’s free for Windows, Mac and Linux?

Fedora 10 Released

Tom Thrush — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:53:34 +0000

ars technica has a great review on the newest release of the Fedora Project, version 10.

I’m downloading it as I type, can’t wait to give it a try. Get it here.

DSL

Tom Thrush — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:39:35 +0000

No not the Internet service, it’s Damn Small Linux. Linux you can run from a thumb drive, even a zip drive and it easily runs from with Windows, no virtual machine needed.

Give it a try and have fun; as always it’s Open Source and free.

How to Forge

Tom Thrush — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:15:45 +0000

Here’s a great site I found through a Digg post. HowtoForge has a truckload of tutorials for the most popular flavors of Linux, even FreeBSD. I use this site to polish my little-used Linux skills and highly recommend it for training or helping with a project. They have screenshots, sources and references plus a fairly healthy forum.

Viva la penguin!