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Author: Muaad Elsharif (Page 259 of 324)
A download manager is a must have tool for any computer user, and there are many options to choose from, my favorite is FDM that only exists on Windows (was recently ported to Mac and soon to Ubuntu). But until FDM is available for Ubuntu, let’s take a look at another popular option, that’s uGet, I chose it over the rest of the bunch for many reasons.
Uget is a light weight fully featured download manager available for many operating systems, Linux (Arch, Debian, elementary OS, Fedora, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Mageia, openSUSE, Semplice, Slackware Sparky, Ubuntu), Windows (XP – 10), BSD, Mac OSX And Android.
Uget is free and open source and available in 29 languages. It has many features like: Mutil mirrors, Pause/Resume, Speed Limits, Clipboard Monitor, and many other features you can check from here.
Despite being a powerful downloader, Uget is very light weight, here I quote from the feature page as it goes: “Uget is a VERY Powerful download manager application with a large inventory of features but is still very light-weight and low on resources, so don’t let the impressive list of features scare you into thinking that it ”might be too powerful” because remember power is good and lightweight power is Uget!”.
Download
Visit the download page and click on your operating system to get specific instructions on download and install.
I recommend using this download manager with Ubuntu, it’s a good one!
Did you like this post? Would you consider downloading uGet? Let me know wha you think in the comments section below.
I fresh installed Ubuntu 14.04.4 lately and things has been smooth, most of the issues I encountered were because of the interface change, looking back maybe the interface was buggy, and I should have read the bug list before installing it!
After installing I noticed that every time I reboot the system shows prompt to send error messages, I sent the error to the developers thinking that was it, I send the error report and I’m done, but another one came, and another one.. And it just keeps happening every time I reboot (to install updates for example) so it became a minor nuisance!
I remember facing this issue back in April 2014 when I first installed Ubuntu, and the fix was so easy!
Apparently Ubuntu tends to look for records of errors and send them, even the old ones that have been reported, so the easy way to stop it is to disable Apport.
Disabling Apport
It’s actually very easy to do, just go to the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T
Then type in gksudo gedit /etc/default/apport and press Enter. You will be prompted to enter your password, please do that.
Be careful because this command is running Gedit in root privileges and we will use it to change a vital part of the system, so follow the steps carefully!
Change Enabled=1 to Enabled=0 and save.
Close Gedit and the terminal.
The next time you reboot, you won’t see such error messages!
It’s as easy as that!
You can research the issue further by visiting this link.
Until one of my readers asked me this question, I thought I posted about this, turns out I didn’t! Let’s take a look at some of the perks that Windows phone has!
It’s an opinion piece, so don’t get all worked up 😉
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Part of the chosen few
Having a Windows phone is unique, it’s unlike owning an Android device, they have a distinct look and feel to them that only a few can appreciate.
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Simpler interface
The interface is really easy to navigate through, no fuss and no unneeded widgets that get in the way.
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Minimalist approach to the smart phone
Many people complain that this “app” or that don’t exist for Windows phone, but the fact is the basic stuff exist with great support, while keeping the rust of the clutter out of the box.
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Less prone to malware
Since Windows phone owns less that 3% of market share, it’s less likely to be targeted with malware, unlike Android who owns over 57% of the market share.
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Business phone to the core
it reminded me of the E-series back at the day, phones that were built for business and comes packed with tools to help you work, Windows phone 8.1 comes with Windows’s own personal assistant “Cortana” (Later ported to Android) and many other apps like Microsoft Office, OneDrive, OneNote, tools that help you work, let’s not forget the excellent keyboard that comes pre-installed with the system, and the excellent integration with Windows computers.
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Motion data
It’s a unique feature of Windows phone that allows your phone to graph your movements via the sensor core and display it in a graphical interface, very accurately and with no impact to battery life and show what applications could use the motion data too. This feature isn’t available for other platforms such as Android and iOS. While Cortana (which was only available to Windows phone) became available for Android and iOS too, even when iOS have Siri as a virtual assistant by default.
Final words
These are some of the reasons I thought of to chose Windows Phone over Android, Keep your options open and don’t stick to one thing, I’ve used several Android smart phones in the past like the Samsung SII And Be Elite 2, and who knows what the future might hold?
Checkout my review of the Lumia 630 dual sim while you are at it.
Did you like this post? Would you consider buying a Windows phone in the future? Let me know what you think in the comments section below!
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