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There’s a new browser in town. And based on initial reviews, it looks like it can douse the fire out of Firefox. So, as soon as I read the good reviews, I figured might as well try out the new browser. I downloaded it from http://www.google.com/chrome

Note that Chrome for now is only available for Windows XP and VIsta.

I’m all excited to try it out but the installation kept crashing. Darn it! FYI, I’m using Windows XP Pro SP3. Now, after several tries, I’m giving up. I’m gonna wait for a later release.

Might be a good thing too, because there’s been a report that there is a security flaw in Google Chrome that can “trick users into launching executables direct from the new browser” You can read it here. Not sure whether this is true or not, but flaws are bound to exist in any new release.

If you already have Chrome installed,  it would be a good idea to limit it to your browsing and searching. Better to perform anything sensitive like banking on Firefox for now.

Update: Checkout a comic book by Google on Chrome

I’ve been using ZapGrab for years every since I first discovered it in 2004. Makes your life a whole lot easier when you had to make a user manual with screen shots.

Plus points;

1- You don’t have to use “Print Screen” which copies the whole of your screen, and edit it later using some picture editing software (like Paint in Windows) to crop it down to the part you want.

2 - Small, 30 kb zipped file. Small enough to attach in an email or carry in your thumb drive

3 - No installation required. Just run from the zipped file. Voila!

4- And best of all, its freeware.

Checkout the howto here.

The catch, only works for Windows.

Anyone know of any similar programs for Linux?

After years of being stuck with using Windows Operating Systems 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP, (my former company, former schools…etc was Pro-Microsoft), I finally got a machine of my own to install Linux. (Well, technically the laptop is a loaner from my sister. Thanks sis. ) After weeks of backing up and reorganizing my Windows documents, I finally got Linux installed last week.

Now, what prompted me to use Linux?

1. I don’t like being dependent on proprietary software/programs. Money wise.

2. Windows tend to hang… a lot!

3. There’s lots of (Linux) distributions to choose from. Freedom of choice.

4. I can’t called myself a geek without using Linux. Duh!

5. Its about time for people to start moving on from Windows and Bill Gates…and to Linux and Open Source

6. Well, why not? Its as good as or even better than Windows.

7. You can easily download the installation CD/DVD. No shopping at Low Yatt required

8. Lots of viruses aimed for Windows

Hm…the list goes on …and on…

Now, after almost 2 weeks of using Ubuntu Linux, I definitely recommend you to use it, and ditch Windows out the window! <evil laugh!>

Why I choose Ubuntu over other Linux Operating Systems? If you’re a newbie, you might want to start of with Ubuntu first which is one of the most popular (and simple) Linux distributions. Transition from Windows is almost seamless. Only a single installation CD is needed, unlike a DVD for Fedora Linux. If you’re unsure of making the plunge, you can try to use it on your machine using LiveCD first, without any installation required. Cool eh!

Some links you might find useful would be;

Find out what is Ubuntu?

Different ways you can get Ubuntu

Other Linux OS options

Ubuntu vs Vista

Can Linux Replace Windows?

Switching from Windows

Installing Ubuntu

Dual Booting Ubuntu and Windows

Yup! w3schools.com is all u need for your web progamming references; “from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP”

Tutorials, examples, syntaxes…. u name it. Best of all, they’re free. Right now, I’m learning up PHP which I last used way back when php 3 was still in use. And now they’ve moved on to php 5. Man, have I got lots of catching up to do. Actually, might as well I start over. And put them up on the http://code.computing-anna.com. That’s coming up next.