I have made a couple of changes this week in my usage of Technology, that should have a possitive impact on my personaly productivity.

I installed Ubuntu, the free Linux distribution (See image above), a while back. I liked it, but found too many things lacking, mainly solid support for my Palm handhelds. Since then I have made some changes on how I use my Palm. (Switching over to carrying ONLY my Treo 650), and have found that the syncronization of the Palm is less important to me than I originaly thought. I still cant reliably syc the Palm, but I am learning to live without this as a major priority.

Since I have a dual boot system, I can always boot into windows to do anything I MUST do with the palm. Meanwhile, the Ubuntu O/S is fast, reliable, flexible and frankly "beautiful." I have been using ALL open source software, and honestly have not had my productivity hampered ONE BIT.

On the Palm Side, my Treo has become my main device, and I find that using it to manage my calendar, on the move email and messaging, and even some project management tasks, is a breeze.

UPDATE: I just discovered how to mount my Windows directories in Ubuntu! Now I can access my files from the Dark Side without using my USB Key!

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Posted by: Jake Lafcraft at September 11, 2006 08:55 AM