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Free Stuff:

Downloads I’ve come across or created that will help people

 

  • Using DuckDuckGo as a WordPress Search Engine

    I’m very happy using DuckDuckGo as my site’s new search engine. Here’s how I did it.



  • Free Small Business Software to Help Accomplish The Basics

    There are a few tasks common to most small businesses. While there are many proprietary, and often expensive, applications to get these things done, there is also lots of free software for small business as well.



  • You Can View PDF Without Adobe

    I found years ago that Adobe’s Acrobat reader is a resource hog. To avoid this and view pdf without Adobe, you’ve just got to get another reader. Here are a few to choose from.



  • Small Business Invoice Spreadsheet

    Sometimes full blown ERPs are just too much hassle for a small business. Spreadsheet invoices can be enough to keep track of things.



Latest News

  • Wake Up on an Acer Aspire 7750 Works Again After Kernel Upgrade In Fedora

     

    Since installing Fedora 18 on my Acer Aspire 7750 (I ran Ubtuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin on it before) I've had a couple of display problems.  Well, backlight problems to be more specific…



  • Trying Out DuckDuckGo

     

    I’ve been getting sick of Google’s search results for a while, so I started looking both both a new personal search engine, and one for the site.



  • Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) to 12.04 (Precise)

     

    Many people’s transition from one LTS version of Ubuntu to another went fine. While mine didn’t, and I’m happily running clean installs on three computers I use regularly now, I did find some oddities on my Acer Aspire 5517 laptop.



  • ERP Software For Small Business

     

    ERP software for small business can be a minefield of buggy and/or expensive software. I was looking into OpenBravo and OpenERP for a bit, but the project has been tabled for now.



  • Blocking Cookies With Firefox

     

     

     

    With an Add On, selectively blocking cookies is easy again in Firefox. YAY!



  • OpenBravo at Work

     

    I started the ball rolling today and spoke with an OpenBravo partner.



  • Openbravo Is NOT Happening For a Client

     

    For the moment, OpenBravo isn’t happening for a customer of mine.



  • Small Business Calendar Software Testing

     

    One pricey bit of stuff is small business calendar software. I’m looking for one set up that’s NOT so pricey, and open source to boot. I think I’ve got it.



  • Acer Hard Drive Recovery

     

    If they’d have just used Linux, Acer hard drive recovery would be easy. But a bunch of lawyers have gotten involved though… Now, how smart do you feel Acer?



  • Ubuntu on Smart Phones Coming

     

    Canonical announced (before their big shin-dig) that Ubuntu is bound for installation on smart phones and tablets.



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