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Orange (EE) Updating Samsung Galaxy Note 1 to 4.1.2 :-)
At last!
About time Orange!
Just saw that AT&T in the states was rolling out an update a few days ago, I wonder what the connection is…
Maybe EE were just embarrassed about being so late?
Anyway Samsung were so lucky… as I had just made a promise to myself that I would be going Nexus 5, as the carriers were so slow with updates.
So to recap I have had 2 updates one to 4.04 and another to 4.1.2 in the 13 months I have had the phone.
They were pushing things this time but… OK.
The plan I have been following is:
Go with a flagship phone from a successful company, who updates.
Go with a phone company that updates.
Next time?
Well if the Nexus 5 is a good phone, in 11 months, Google may have another customer.
Want:
- Big hi-resolution screen with LTE.
- Removable battery
- Upgradeable storage
1 is a dealbreaker, but 2 and 3, I think I can (possibly) live without.
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Microsoft, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
We are witnessing something truly remarkable, the end of Microsoft and Intel’s Wintel strangle hold on consumer computing.
Take a moment and consider that.
Yeah we are so busy doing day-to-day things that you sometimes miss the huge sea changes, because they are incremental, and not at all obvious from ground level.
But zoom out to 40,000 feet and… Wow just wow.
The PC market is tanking. Windows 8 is proving to be a disaster. Dell is hoping to go private. HP is flailing. But not every “personal computing” company is suffering. In the past few years, Apple has sold more than 500 million iOS devices – not licenses, devices - and is selling an additional 75 million iOS devices (iPhones and iPads, mostly), each quarter. At this rate it could be only a few years before the iOS installed base surpasses the global Windows installed base.
A Theory about the Office on iPad Schedule
Office for iPad, launched at the same time as Windows 8/RT, would most likely have killed the market for Windows 8 and RT devices. As it was, that market was already severely diminished and below expectations. But with a viable alternative tablet, it could have been game over. And the ramifications of that decision would have impacted far more than just Windows 8/RT: The PC market could have literally collapsed, much as the videogame market did in 1983. The fallout would have included PC makers going out of business/being sold, a serious and potentially permanent hit to Microsoft’s bottom line and the ouster of Steve Ballmer. I’m talking tech Armageddon here.
It’s actually happening, we all wondered and speculated on, if, and when, and how…
Well people here it is! Microsoft THE END.
Too weird.
Notes:
This battle was not fought for the sake of gaining positions or so many square miles of desert territory. General Alexander and General Montgomery fought it with one single idea. they meant to destroy the armed force of the enemy and to destroy it at the place where the disaster would be most far-reaching and irrecoverable….
There Are 1.25 Billion Windows PCs Worldwide Matt Rosoff|December 06, 2011
Feedly Power User Setup – Two Keys to Anywhere – Using Index and Goto
Want to see whats new (per feed, not per category), and to be able to jump to it fast?
Here’s how:
Use Index (gh) to see what’s unread and (gg) to search and jump to a feed.
(gg) then type to narrow your search.
Set everything to Title View.
Increase the Zoom in chrome until you lose the left feeds menu and it gets replace with a hover over control.
Install “Force Background Tab” from Yuchen Wang from here:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/force-background-tab/gidlfommnbibbmegmgajdbikelkdcmcl .
This lets you scan through your items fast using keyboard shortcuts:
n and p (next) and (previous) to work down the list.
o to (open) the summary of an item.
v to (view) in a new tab (forcing it to open in the background is a huge time saver).
r to reload.
Notes:
New keyboard shortcuts: View original in *background* tab, Preview
Feedly Is A Revelation! – Feedly in 5 minutes – A Quick Intro And How To
Google actually did me a favour with the brouhaha over its closure of Google Reader…it introduced me to Feedly.
Feedly is a revelation, somewhat like the first time you use Gmail, this is a fantastic RSS reader, really fantastic.
It is a big change to the way I normally consume RSS content, something more like a constantly updating newspaper… but not really, because it is its own thing.
And you have fantastic opportunities for customisation, and you can use it in various different ways depending on how much time you have.
How have I missed this for so long?!?
Quick Instructions on the use and set-up of Feedly.
Diving straight in, this is what Feedly looks like once I was finished messing about learning how things worked.
Today: Magazine View
Main: Magazine View
Feed (Softpedia): Titles View
Below is a Titles View zoomed in – Use the n (next) and p (previous) keys to read each atticle and r to refresh.
Keyboard Shortcuts Help is Shift+?. A hidden shortcut that works is Shift+s for sharing/liking.
Use the keyboard shortcut gg:
Now start typing for where you want to go.
Below is the view you see if you have zoomed in, the controls are hidden on the left.
On my smaller work screens this is a good view…
The next view shows the Organise popup.
Feed Set-up - Open Directly
Here is a feed (BBC News) which is part of the group called “Main”, clicking the cog icon allows you to set “Open Directly”
Feed Set-up - Edit
Clicking the “edit” button to the right of the title, allows you to set “Must Read”.
Feed Set-up - Add/Search
Search icon on the right
You can search or copy and paste RSS feeds or url’s in here…
Scroll down for a lot more. Here I could ‘add all’ to the Photograph stuff… or keep on searching.
Once you have a few feeds you can now organise them into groups…
Note that you can move items between groups (by drag and drop ), but you cannot order items in the group, this took me some getting used to, but it makes sense when you see how Feedly works.
You can order the way groups are shown, just move them around until you are happy.
Before: Main, Tech, Linux, Bored.
Moving Tech.
Now: Main, Linux, Tech, Bored.
Preferences:
Views: Magazine
Views: Titles
Views: Mosaic
Views: Cards
Views: Full Article
When I have a lot of articles to read I kick the zoom up and just remove all the controls from my view.
Notes:
I set-up a dedicated Google Account just for Feedly, this is to be used at home (Linux), at work (Windows) and on my phone (Android).
The thinking here was that I don’t want to compromise the security of my main account by using it to sign in at a work machine just to use Feedly.
I was previously using “RSS Live Links” as my RSS reader, so I first exported to an OPML file.
Next I imported to Google Reader.
Finally Feedly synch’s with Google Reader.
Feedly Chrome Log in:
Feedly Chrome, (There is a Feedly Plus but I don’t need the Icon in the tool-bar).
You will need to have a Google Account to install Feedly.
Connecting Feedly to Google Reader.
Lifehacker poll: Five Best Google Reader Alternatives
Goodbye Firefox Its Been Fun, Hello Chrome My Cool New Friend.
Time to move on: Moving from mainly using Firefox to mainly using Chrome.
Reasons and Rationalisations:
Google:
I use a lot of Google services and I own a lot of Google devices.
Security is top notch and updates are pushed out fast, but in a way that does not bug users.
Chrome is now mature enough that I can find equivalent extensions to those in Firefox.
e.g. I have found an extension “Sidewise Tree Style Tab” that allows me to have usable vertical tab stacking.
Chrome is developing a technical lead and will be developed at quite a fast pace for the foreseeable future.
Chrome updating does not break extensions.
Although I don’t trust Google as much as I do Mozilla (banking will still be a Firefox activity), I still trust them a lot.
Mozilla:
Mozilla’s treatment of the RSS LiveBookMarks feature was for me a turning point, instead of updating the feature, it was largely emasculated.
And in point of fact the Chrome extension, RSS Live Links, looks to be a better long term proposition than my favourite Firefox extension Boox, :-( go figure.
A New World:
So here we go a whole new world to get used to :-o
This should be fun :-)
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The next few articles will note any useful tips on using and configuring Chrome.
I will back link them all here to make it easer for anyone making the same journey.
Notes: The Best Chrome Extensions For An Ex Firefox User.
Notes: Chrome’s Built In Page Zoom and Minimum Font Size – No Need For An Extension? Probably.
My Google Nexus 10 is Absolutely Gorgeous – First Impressions: Apple Beware Google has a Winner
Ordered Tuesday Delivered Thursday… Score!
The Nexus is a beautiful black device that just screams build quality.
The 300 dpi screen is stunning, the included Ice Age video is a great way to show how good it is.
Surprisingly good Stereo speakers, everyone who has heard it is impressed.
The none slip black back is a great idea.
Changed the wallpaper to a live wallpaper that shows the weather and the Sun or Moon position in the sky, very very cool.
Update to the latest Jelly Bean 4.2 to get “Users” added to the settings, a friend used their Google account to log in and they were up and running in under 3mins.
Killer feature.
The Notifications on the left and the Quick Settings on the right are great.
I love the new effect in YouTube, its a “curved” view, lovely :-)
Note: Adding in free content with the Nexus: A Video, Books and Music is really appreciated, nice touch Google.
More details later.
Flipboard v1.9.10 now available.
No BBC iPlayer so I installed flash and used Firefox to save a shortcut to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ to the desktop
Xubuntu To The Rescue: Swap Ubuntu (Quantal) to Xubuntu 12.10 Sweet :-)
12.04 to 12.10: Well that was the simplest upgrade I have ever done :-)
After testing Unity for years I have decided that it degrades my Linux experience and that I need to move on.
I still love Ubuntu, its just that the Unity UI is physically painful to use.
Xubuntu to the rescue!
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Install Xfce (Xubuntu) on Ubuntu Linux
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
To upgrade to 12.10
Switch Notify me of a new Ubuntu version.
Set to “For any new version.”
Software Updater > Settings > Software Sources:
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Notes: Appearance
Style: Clearlooks (Title bar is blue not orange, tool tips yellow not black).
Icons: elementary Xfce dark
Notes: Firefox
Create blank rule in Stylish: nodropmarker
.bookmark-item[container] > .toolbarbutton-menu-dropmarker { display: none !important; }
Notes: Thunar File Manager
EM: Unable to find or create wastebasket directory
Fix: Use Shift+Delete :-)
Notes: Update Manager Delay
Fix: No fix yet but it does start after 20 seconds.
Notes: VirtualBox Guest Additions not installing
Fix: Install the newest deb (no repository yet).
Ubuntu 12.10 (“Quantal Quetzal”) i386 | AMD64
sudo dpkg -i package.deb
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Sources:
Download VirtualBox for Linux Hosts
Install Xfce (Xubuntu) on Ubuntu Linux
[SOLVED] Xubuntu 11.10 – Unable to find or create wastebasket directory
How to remove icons from FF 4 Bookmarks Toolbar? Waste of space!
Google Authenticator and a New Phone – Changing Devices
gragib says:
There is a very simple solution.
- Under Security, click on Edit in 2-step verification.
- Under How to receive codes and Mobile application, click on Remove/Replace and follow the instructions.
You will be issued with a new QR code and the sequence for the verification code will be reset. Your Application-specific passwords (if any) will remain unchanged.
Via theverge.com.
Firefox Aurora Android Screenshots – Looking Good
This is a great way to handle tabs on Android.
Of course this is a pre beta :-)
Very fast but there are checker boarding issues being worked on atm.
Precise Pangolin Ubuntu 12.04 Release Notes
Cant find the release notes?
I think they are now called “TechnicalOverview” :-)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta1
Get Ubuntu 12.04
Upgrading from Ubuntu 11.10
To upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’12.04′ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
To upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d; and follow the on-screen instructions. Note that the server upgrade is now more robust and will utilize GNU screen and automatically re-attach in case of e.g. dropped connection problems.
Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04
There are some known issues at this time, so only developers and testers should try doing this upgrade at the moment. (927993)
Notes:
