Weblog of Quests » Internet http://www.yyquest.net Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:32:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Power of opensource http://www.yyquest.net/2011/02/02/power-of-opensource/ http://www.yyquest.net/2011/02/02/power-of-opensource/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:25:48 +0000 Louis http://www.yyquest.net/?p=1135 For those who may still be wondering what opensource is all about, here is an interesting piece on the power of opensource in the context of Obama’s election win. Since I use opensource for both work and at home

  • OS = Linux (Debian and Ubuntu)
  • Web browser = Chrome, Firefox/Iceweasel
  • Email = Thunderbird/Icedove and (well, this is not quite opensource :-) ) GMail
  • Office = OpenOffice
  • Image processing = GIMP
  • Database = MySql
  • CMS = WordPress
  • …

I can certainly appreciate first-hand the versatility and comprehensiveness of opensource softwares.

If you have not done so, why not dip your hand and try something new today?

]]> http://www.yyquest.net/2011/02/02/power-of-opensource/feed/ 0 What is the internet? http://www.yyquest.net/2011/01/31/what-is-the-internet/ http://www.yyquest.net/2011/01/31/what-is-the-internet/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:11:31 +0000 Louis http://www.yyquest.net/?p=1113 A quaint clip from yesteryears! I really like the “innocent” discussions about internet and email. :-)

I really like that duo of Gumble and Couric. Of course, for me it was late-night TV (Australian time) instead of the morning show in USA.

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The privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network.

More about the potential upheavals to spring out from a startup of 4 young people here. These are exciting times.

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Here is a couple of tips that can enhance your Gmail experience.

By the way, if you are interested to find out more about Google technologies and are in Singapore, please drop by the official Singapore Google Technologies Users Group.

]]> http://www.yyquest.net/2009/11/10/google-mail/feed/ 0 Free content management softwares http://www.yyquest.net/2009/02/03/free-content-management-softwares/ http://www.yyquest.net/2009/02/03/free-content-management-softwares/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:07:18 +0000 Louis http://www.yyquest.net/?p=806 I have been down that road before. I mean, even now, from time to time I still get the urge to completely replace what I have now – WordPress – with something that seems more interesting! Well, for people in the market for a content management system to manage their new websites, the folks at Linux Links have compiled the following lists which are very, very useful.

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