How does our consumption of software and Web services for the year - Linux, Chrome, Fidel.ru, Yast, Springpad

Layfhakera working in a team, I have to test in search of interesting topics variety of services and programs. Most of them are forgotten immediately after writing the review, some find a place in tabs and remain in the dark corners of your hard drive "just in case, maybe useful." And only a few are selected for permanent use, changing not only the usual methods of work, but also life. I want to offer you a small list of Layfhakera posts in 2011, which helped me to make some changes in the habitual way.

Format C or up to date, Windows!

Yes, I did it. :)
My introduction to the world of Linux can not be called a short-term or superficial: as a second system are different versions of Linux already present in the five years I was sure. Every time you install a regular distribution advancing super-short period of euphoria, which then broke up about mistakes and shortcomings of the system, resulting again brings me back to the family members Windows. And just this year, in preparation Articles about Ubuntu

I finally realized that this system is perfectly suited for my needs. At the same time as the shell was chosen OpenBox minimalist, with the result that even on my laptop I got a feeble system operating speed of sound. Windows And now I live in a box (VirtualBox) to all sorts of experiments.

Ubuntu 11.10: an overview

5 Unity in Ubuntu alternatives

google Chrome

Even before the global platform shifting my browser change occurred. Despite the long-term use Firefox, I still went to Google Chrome. Not that that stopped me ognelis meet functional or lose one's attraction does. But, I'm sure no one would argue that the most interesting and new is happening now in chrome camp. So, if you want to remain on the cutting edge of progress, then the choice is unambiguous.

Chrome 16 - the first multi-user browser

Lifehacker-2011: The 10 best applications of the year for Chrome

Cloud music services

My musical youth took place at a time when the music of "getting out" and changed the plates, which caused in the end reflex musical greed and hoarding. As a result, hundreds of gigabytes of disk space were filled as a favorite, and never listen to the albums. This year it is the final realization of the fact that any music I had ever will like to listen to, I can easily find and play right in the network. A modern music services make this process quick and enjoyable.

Where to hear music entire albums?

Listen to music and watch movies on Fidel.ru

Accounting and Control

Strange paradox - our life is getting better, but it is necessary to operate at more and more. At a time when every hour during limited hours, and every minute has a monetary value, of particular importance is the ability to plan and manage your time. Such tools there are many great and we often turn to this topic. Among the services and programs the tried my best to catch on Yast. With it you can quickly and easily establish a daily monitoring of the time-consuming to perform various tasks. However, we have in stock, there are several such services, which are waiting for the test, so stay tuned.

Yast - free service accounting and planning time

How to find the lost time?

Notebook

An indispensable tool for every journalist is a notebook. But a computer journalist, respectively, an online notebook. For a long time its function succeeds Google Notebook, but closing it was a question of replacing. Having tried many alternatives focused on SpringPad. Excellent design, plenty of opportunities, that's just the speed of the poor. While I am using it, but look around in search of the best.

«Smart »Springpad Organizer - a worthy alternative to Evernote

And what Layfhakera article useful to you in the past year? That has been used in your life or work? Write to us in the comments, we will be pleased to know that we do not work for nothing. :)