Oh Windows 7 how I kinda sorta love you.
(other than the 5-7 unique malwares it gave me) so like the subject says considering linux but before I drink the koolaid need to back up my bookmarks. and despite almost a year with html I don't have the fogiest clue what a good way to do that is. On a side note so far top linux winers are:PCLOS.Ubuntu/Kubunto or OpenSUSE. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Not sure about converting to Linux, but for bookmarks there are two ideas:
1 - First of all, simply look for an export bookmarks feature in the browser. There are standard ways to export, the most common being an html format, that has the additional advantage of being a web page of all your bookmarks. Just to make sure this all works, try importing these into another browser. I've found safari, chrome, firefox all do a great job of doing this interoperably. If your current browser supports multiple export formats, use them all, just in case.
2 - Secondly, after exporting the bookmarks, import them into a web-based bookmark site so that from now on you can get to the bookmarks via that site. Delicious was popular, but is declining I think. Pinboard is what I use. There are others, often called "social bookmarking" because you can share the bookmarks with your friends. And they all have browser plugins/extensions/bookmarklets that let you access the bookmarks easily. Like Dropbox, I really love using Pinboard and don't know how I got along without it!
One idea on Linux might be to use a virtual machine (VirtualBox seems popular) so that you can run both Windows and Linux on the same system. This way, if you find you need an app only available on Windows, you can use it. I don't know how easy it is to share files between the two, but I'd be surprised if it were a problem. Maybe Dropbox would help make it easier.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote: Oh Windows 7 how I kinda sorta love you. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
RE bookmarking:
I really like diigo.com for social bookmarking and Xmarks (a Firefox add-on) for regular bookmarks. Both sync nicely with multiple devices and your stuff is always saved in the cloud. Or should it be The Cloud? -tj On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote: Not sure about converting to Linux, but for bookmarks there are two ideas: -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [hidden email] ========================================== ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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In relation to bookmarking of content i recently started using Licorize. (www.licorize.com). It is by far the best application for my bookmarking,reviewing,sharing, and acting on content i find via twitter, web search, linkedin, etc. I highly recommend taking a look. I no longer forget to read items i've bookmarked for more study, or have to check if someone reviewed a link i shared with them. Tagging, Syncing, Projects, Sharing, etc. Truly outstanding. Thanks, Daniel Charboneau On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote: > RE bookmarking: > > I really like diigo.com for social bookmarking and Xmarks (a Firefox add-on) > for regular bookmarks. Both sync nicely with multiple devices and your > stuff is always saved in the cloud. Or should it be The Cloud? > > -tj > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Not sure about converting to Linux, but for bookmarks there are two ideas: >> >> 1 - First of all, simply look for an export bookmarks feature in the >> browser. There are standard ways to export, the most common being an html >> format, that has the additional advantage of being a web page of all your >> bookmarks. Just to make sure this all works, try importing these into >> another browser. I've found safari, chrome, firefox all do a great job of >> doing this interoperably. If your current browser supports multiple export >> formats, use them all, just in case. >> >> 2 - Secondly, after exporting the bookmarks, import them into a web-based >> bookmark site so that from now on you can get to the bookmarks via that >> site. Delicious was popular, but is declining I think. Pinboard is what I >> use. There are others, often called "social bookmarking" because you can >> share the bookmarks with your friends. And they all have browser >> plugins/extensions/bookmarklets that let you access the bookmarks easily. >> Like Dropbox, I really love using Pinboard and don't know how I got along >> without it! >> >> One idea on Linux might be to use a virtual machine (VirtualBox seems >> popular) so that you can run both Windows and Linux on the same system. >> This way, if you find you need an app only available on Windows, you can >> use it. I don't know how easy it is to share files between the two, but I'd >> be surprised if it were a problem. Maybe Dropbox would help make it easier. >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Oh Windows 7 how I kinda sorta love you. >>> (other than the 5-7 unique malwares it gave me) >>> so like the subject says considering linux but before I drink the >>> koolaid need to back up my bookmarks. >>> and despite almost a year with html I don't have the fogiest clue what >>> a good way to do that is. >>> >>> On a side note so far top linux winers are:PCLOS.Ubuntu/Kubunto or >>> OpenSUSE. >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [hidden email] > ========================================== > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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