A New Look For a New Year!

XP sucks! Or Vista Sucks! If that's how you feel about your computer's look, don't sweat it. You can make it different. No need to buy a whole new machine, although if you've got the cash, that's not a bad solution. All you need is one of makeuseof.com's Transformation Packs. Turn your XP SP2 OS into a lookalike for Vista, or Mac OSX, or Linux-Fedora, or others! Get one or all of them at...

makeuseof.com

Barry's Best Computer Tips is updated often; the easiest way to get your regular dose is by subscribing to our news feed. Stay on top of all our updates by subscribing now via RSS or Email.

Read More

What's Next in the World of Computing?

Cordless power, zero-ink printing, flexible displays in the near-term, gigabit Internet and probe storage a few years further out. This is according to an informative and intriguing article on PCWorld.com. Can the flying cars be that far behind? Hey, forget about flying cars, will you?

Source article.

Barry's Best Computer Tips is updated often; the easiest way to get your regular dose is by subscribing to our news feed. Stay on top of all our updates by subscribing now via RSS or Email.

Read More

Time to Add Linux to My OS Tips!

I started with only Windows XP. Then one of my kids got a Vista-loaded machine. Now I have installed a Linux distribution on an old machine that no one in my family was using. (If I could only fit it on my desk!) So this will be the first of many future tips featuring Linux.

I tried Ubuntu but ran into trouble with my wireless adapter and video card. My refresh rate was stuck at a headache-inducing 60Hz. Then I saw that the latest version of Freespire was a lot more friendly to Windows vets, so I installed it. It is a beautiful GUI, I have to say. Very fast on my 8-year-old Pentium-4, 384Mb, 16Gb machine. Freespire is available as a torrent download.

Freespire 2.0

Barry's Best Computer Tips is updated several times every day; the easiest way to get your daily dose is by subscribing to our news feed. Stay on top of all our updates by subscribing now via RSS or Email.

Read More