Productivity and Linux - the way of the Jedi

Apple managed to seduce many attractive combination of iron and reliability of the operating system, refined sophisticated user interface to transition with Windows. And what happened to the free Linux operating system family. Can we find in them the tools to be productive?

Go tell your conclusion - yes, Linux can be recommended as a productive environment for everyone who does not focus on the games, or enhanced multimedia performance.

Judge for yourself - the installation is effortless and there is probably smoother than with Windows Vista 64, for which there was no driver. And the need to have the same data, and on Linux and Windows should not stop you: Linux can work not only c FAT, but c NTFS, which makes it possible to move gradually, settling in a new environment, and understanding whether all can be done and how it can be do.

After the final move is rare but may still have a problem to lack of the desired program, and then you will come in handy any kind of virtual machine VirtualBox

Or the wrapper system like WINE. Under WINE runs a very large number of programs from the Windows world including demanding games.

The next element will be the actual productivity tools and then you can not go past the start of programs like GNOME-Do and new to Linux, but our beloved Launchy. The ability to add plug-ins make this program a powerful tool in business efficiency.

The next element, which is considered productive, a Dock, who was born in the Mac OS, but now you can get almost the same, if not more powerful under Linux, if you install Avant Window Navigator (AWN) with its almost countless applets or cairo DockWhich is easier to set up and has a greater range of visual effects.

Also you may be interested in a small application like CheckGmail and Timer Applet, which not only will quickly work with the incoming messages but also to establish the very time-boxes, which we often We are talking. TextMate fans will not find reason to praise the program, if they find out about the possibilities GEdit. Both programs are focused more on programmers and technical writers.

Last but certainly not least is the issue of access to information from anywhere, backup and synchronization. Now, reliable and proven systems like DropBox and SpiderOak working under Linux. In addition, Google Docs fans can either automatically upload documents to the serverOr else install plugin for OpenOfficeWhich allows you to edit and sync documents between local storage and Google's servers.

This, of course, is just a short list of what makes Linux a very attractive platform in addition to being free, and the absence of viruses.

Make Your Linux Desktop More Productive [Kevin Purdy]