Life with Linux: On the Road

"In Ubuntu, this means going to the Applications > Add/Remove menu item or the more advanced System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Don't clutter up your system with stuff with which you experiment and then don't use. You can always add it back in later. By that time it will probably be at a higher version, more functional, and less bug ridden.

"I installed the Doomi Adobe AIR-based todo list manager but then started playing with the online Remember The Milk system. I still have both of them available and will play with each of them some more, when I remember to do so. Remember The Milk is extraordinary in the number of services and Web 2.0 add-ons and extensions that support it."

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