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 <o...@backspaces.net> 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 > <gil.densm...@gmail.com>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<http://www.analyticjournalism.com> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com t...@jtjohnson.com ==========================================
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