David Fredh : Blog and Pictures

Hi again!

I have been thinking a lot about preparing a list like this. When i started to use a Linux based netbook i suddenlly realised that this kind of list does not exist.  Yes. .. .now…..

My main OS is MacOSX for private usage. I use Windows XP at work and have Linux Ubuntu installed in my Netbook. My goal is to give you a complete guide of applications for the all thre operating systems that has the same functionality and is needed for your daily computer usage. Read the rest of this entry »

• Do you have more than two computers? Maybe one at work and one at home.
• Do you use your USB memory a lot?
• Do you send e-mails to yourself?
• Do you think it’s hard to send large files by e-mail?

If you answer yes on one/several of the questions above, then dropbox is definitely something for you. Read the rest of this entry »

After text, images, music and video it’s now the TV that will move to the internet. The latest free software in the category is LiveStation from Microsoft. It’s a great, free software that exactly does what it needs to. With this slim piece of software you can watch a number of tv-channels free of charge. For example, I have been watching BBC without any breaks on a quite bad internet-line.

Example of channels available:

• Al Jazeera
• BBC
• CNN
• MTV
• Discovery

It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I think it’s worth a try.

I had the privelidge to be included in the Spotify early beta test phase (Thanks Filip) and i must say that Spotify is one of the gratest applications i have tested, ever!

Did I say it was swedish?

Spotify is entering the group of listen-to-streaming-free-music. There is a lot of competing solutions as last.fm, pandora, web-radio, podcasts and so on. Great services, but all with one problem: You cannot choose the song yourself.

Spotify is basically an iTunes ripoff but with a huge music-library that you can use directly. You can create playlists, search for new music, listen to webradio etc. Everything is fast and seamless. It’s almost like all the music is on your local computer.

There are 3 different ways to subscribe to spotify. Free, 1-day and premium. Free is free, but with commercial between the songs. You can pay for one day or monthly to skip the commercial.

I only have 1 minus point. The most of the music is old, and no new album that i have checked has been added. Maybe this is something that will be changed now when the application is released as a public beta.

Give it a try at: www.spotify.com