Looking to try Linux.......Read on.

Have you ever wanted to try Linux but have never ventured into the Linux world?

Are you fed up of people like me going on about Linux but thought about trying it?

Don't know which distro, (Linux talk for distribution or version) to try?

Today I received my monthly copy of Linux Format. I do get it a bit later as I am an international subscriber but it came out in the UK around the 7th February. So what I hear you cry. Well, this month they have included a double sided DVD with the magazine and there are TEN distros on the DVD. This means that if you had a spare PC lying around you could try out ten different copies of Linux one after another and you don't have to wait for them all to download. There is also a bit of help in the magazine about installing them. Some even come as "live versions", which means that you can set your computer to boot from your DVD and it will load up the version of Linux you want from the DVD and you can try it out without installing it. Of course this runs slower from the DVD than from a hard disc but at least you can see what it looks like and how it works.

I use Ubuntu on my second computer and as a dual boot on my laptop so I can recommend
this as it works for me.
Don't worry I am not getting paid for this blog post but I just thought I would share a very good opportunity out there with you all.

Any questions, just get in touch.

Firefox versus Internet Explorer and Operating systems.

In the past few months I have installed Google Analytics on my site and today I had a closer look.

It seems that what we really knew was right, Microsoft has the greater share in the operating system department.

The first graphic shows the list of operating systems that people who have logged onto my site are using. The various versions of Windows is winning hands down with the Mac next and Linux brining up the rear.



The second graphic shows the various flavours of Windows being used. As it shows XP is used most. Vista hardly has a show, not the success Microsoft really wanted. I do think people are not upgrading their OS as often as they used to. Why mend something that is not yet broken? I also think people are thinking of the alternatives to Microsoft. Linux in it's various flavours are much more user friendly nowadays.

With Linux being a free OS and getting better all the time, people are turning that way. As a basic desktop alternative to be used in an office or at home Linux can do everything Windows can. I use Ubuntu on my second computer and have it dual booted on my laptop.

BUT it is a very different story when it comes to web browsers. Firefox has the greater share in that department. The third graphic shows the web browsers and the operating systems side by side. Firefox is ahead on all three operating systems.






I have been a fan of Firefox for a number of years now and have found it secure and up to the job of any web site I have come across. To read of a time when Firefox actually helped me, go to this page, I could not believe the difference it made over I.E.

Click on the graphics to make them larger.

The stats on the graphics here relate to when I started using Google's Analytics on my site, which was from 8th January till yesterday 2nd February.

I have been using Trafficera to get more people to see my site, see previous blog post. It is a traffic exchange but I have found that it works. They do pay you if you get others to sign up too.

Trafficera: Get in early for "First Mover" benefits

Traffic Exchange Meets
Social Marketing: Trafficera

The fastest growing social marketing site on the
Internet at the moment is the newly launched
Traffic Exchange - Trafficera which I have just joined.

It is free to join as a silver member and costs a bit to upgrade but there are more benefits for upgraders.

Trafficera combines a
traffic exchange with a social network. The new program
has numerous features including the ability to promote
your website(s) to thousands of people worldwide, create
valuable contacts with others from around the world,
maintain your own blog space, search for other members
that share similar interests to yourself, create and/or
participate in discussion groups and create your own
splash pages.

Trafficera is being offered by the owner of TS25, TrafficPods
and HitPulse - so they know what they are doing.

Get in early for "First Mover" benefits:
http://www.trafficera.com/?ref=paxo

Terracotta stove for sale - Vand soba teracota

Hello to you all,

As an update on the house I have started to work on it. I am going to put central heating in as the first job to do. In doing this I have dismantled the terracotta wood burning stove in what was to be the dining room. This is now sat in the annexe waiting for buyer.

I am going to move the wall that divides the kitchen and dining room at present. This will make the kitchen bigger by two metres and make a dining/kitchen. The resulting smaller room will house the new wood burning stove and boiler etc. for the central heating and hot water system.

If anyone does want to buy the old stove they will have to collect it, Bearing in mind it is in North East Romania. I am not an expert but I would say it is in fair condition.

For more updates on the house project you can go to www.paxo.me.uk.

Sign up for a free bronze membership in MiAmigoServices.

Hello to you all.

This is only open till Sunday. You can still get in free after this time but the membership level is classed as free and you will not get as many perks or bonuses. There are other options with different payments and I would only recommend these if you can get others to follow you in.

Follow the instructions below and then tell all your friends to sign up before Sunday.

Step 1: click on this link
Step 2: Fill out registration and click register at bottom
Step 3: Wait for a confirmation e-mail from admin with further instructions
Step 4: Click on the confirmation link and continue the signup process.
Step 5: Choose Bronze
Step 6: Choose offline payment
Step 7: submit and no other requirements are necessary at this time.

Till next time.

We have signed up.....

Hello again and I wish you a happy new year.

With regards to the house situation, my last post on this was telling you we had decided not to go for the house in the small village attached to Radauţi and we were looking at another.

Well, there were no utilities like drainage and water with that house so we decided not to go ahead with it.

Showing some friends the pictures we had of the house in the village, we were wondering why we had not decided to buy it as it looked so good for the money. I have not said anything here for a while as I wanted to be sure it was right but today we have signed up and have bought the house.

It has stood empty for a few years and has no heating. We also want to put our mark on it and do some work that is needed so we are going to stay in the apartment we have as it is at present between -2 and -12 during the day. With no central heating it would be hard to live in at first and our apartment is so lovely and warm.

The pump for the water supply is broken so that is the first job I need to do so we will be able to use the facilities etc. (And make a cup of tea.)

To see more pictures and the work we want to do go to my site. This will also be updated as we go along with the renovations.

This has turned out not to be a house build but there is still plenty of work to do.

Thank you for reading.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I want to say Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to my readers.

But I also want to ask you to remember what we are celebrating at this time of the year. Nowadays all we get from the media and the shops is how much money we should spend and how doing so makes us look good.

Christmas is a time of Joy as we celebrate the coming of Jesus, but most people celebrate the coming of presents. I am not against giving of presents, this was to symbolise God giving His son as a present to us, but now I think it has got out of hand.

Recently someone said to me we should celebrate Easter more than Christmas. Of course, without Christmas there would be no Easter to celebrate. What he was saying was that Easter was when Jesus died for our sins and that we should think on that more.

I know many people will disagree with me and say that I am a party pooper but I say that parties are great. Jesus did not come to condemn the world but came that we might have life, and have it to the full. Let us enjoy every day and be happy every day thanking God.

If you don't know God, you have never prayed and just want to know if God does exist then ask him to reveal himself to you personally. 'Praying', is just talking, so talk to God as if He was sitting next to you. You don't need to use fancy words, just say what you think, ask Him to reveal Himself. If you are sincere and mean what you say then He will show himself.

How I hear some say, how do I see God. Look around you, this web site (these are my photos) is a fantastic to see what God can do, and does for us, just for our pleasure. Why else do we need such beautiful sunsets and sunrises, such colourful birds and flowers, don't you think God made them look so good so we can enjoy them?

Any way I don't want to start to bore you by starting to preach. If you want to know God, ask Him to come into your life, He will if you mean it.

If you want to discuss this with me further then send me an email.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a very special New Year and keep showing us all your wonderful weather photos.

Paxo.