Thanks to PortableApps, I can now take my most useful and favorite piece of software, Firefox, with me to teach on my flash drive. I have always been frustrated with the Windoze machines in our classrooms. First, they’re Windoze machines. Secondly, and more importantly, they never have Firefox installed, so I and my students are [...]
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Windows Sucks
Via BoingBoing: An overwhelming number of web users agree: Microsoft Windows sucks, according to the Operating System Sucks-Rules-o-Meter. Thank goodness there is now scientific proof of what I have long suspected. I wonder just how many of my previous blog posts have added to the results? Well, majority rules, I guess.
Choice
Tired of giving M$ all your money for a productivity suite? Well, contrary to what you might think, you do have a choice. Try AbiWord, a beautiful free alternative to Word, or OpenOffice, a free office solution. Both read and write popular formats, so you won’t be living on a computing island all by yourself. [...]