Reviews

I am going to test some OpenSource-Free solutions and I am going to write a brief review about each one and also I am going to include some Getting Started style tips and tricks.

 

• Password Manager ( 5 Articles )
  

  Keeping track of passwords sucks.

  I am testing some Free Password Managers in order to find the best one that satisfies my personal needs. In this section I am going to write a brief review about each one and also I am going to include some screenshots.

  One thing that I have found out so far is that, unfortunately, something no password manager currently offers is a way to store those blasted “additional credentials” and “security questions” that financial institutions are demanding nowadays.

  Moreover, if you have been using the built-in password management of Firefox (as I was used to do), Password Exporter is a Firefox add-on that allows you to export your saved passwords and disabled login hosts using XML or CSV files that can be imported somewhere else.

   

  However, there are some password managers that I am not going to use:

  • KeePass 2.x is written completely in C# using the .NET framework^{http://keepass.info/devstatus.html#nodotnet}.
  • LastPass uses encrypted online storage at third party site

   
• Note Taking ( 6 Articles )
  

  Traditional paper sticky notes are ubiquitous and, in my office, everybody is using them, a lot!
  I searched for a note taking applications in Linux. The free note taking tools I tried out, and liked, are listed here.

  Moreover, there are some other useful links:

  • Another review which I liked: http://linuxandfriends.com/2009/08/03/note-taking-free-microsoft-onenote-alternatives-for-linux/
  • An incomplete list in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_notetaking_software
  • A short list of note taking software for Linux: http://linux.zachjones.net/2009/02/28/note-taking-software-for-linux-and-ubuntu/
  • Top 10 Online Note Taking Applications: http://mashable.com/2008/08/19/online-note-taking-applications/
• Backup Solutions ( 1 Article )
  

  I am going to test some OpenSource-Free backup solutions in order to select the one that would be used in my company in order to backup workstations of IT department. In this section I am going to write a brief review about each one and also I am going to include some Getting Started style tips and tricks.