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You are getting Windows 10 Whether you like it or not!

2015-10-21 / / / 0 Comments
I haven’t been using Windows very often lately!

I am mostly on Xubuntu doing things light and easy. Today I logged in to defrag and checkout things. I also checked the updates, looking closely I found a bad surp
rise!

I was looking at the optional updates when an update number caught my attention. I had to look in the knowledge base to make sure, yes! It’s the notorious Get Windows 10!!
But.. I did my best to get rid of it! I even hid the update when presented with it!

I read some reports online that Microsoft are getting aggressive in terms of Windows 10 adaptation, they want you to install it and install it now!

My impressions so far

I didn’t think Microsoft would go that low! But here they are!
I tried it. Didn’t like it, uninstalled it and moved on! Why can’t you Microsoft?
There is no way on god’s green earth I’d go back to Windows 10. It’s just that bad!!
I have many reasons to stay away from Windows 10.  Being too pushy is now one of them.
Windows 10 is being shoved down our throats, I don’t want it, I don’t care for it. End of story..
Be careful and keep an open eye. They will not rest until you are using Windows 10, and that’s when the fun starts!!
If you installed the get Windows 10 by mistake. Check my tutorial on how to remove it and prevent it in the future!

Life after leaving “the book”

2015-10-20 / / / 2 Comments
It’s been a few months since I deleted my Facebook account once and fo rall. I felt that Facebook took away my friends and a big part of my life and productivity, but my friends and acquaintances felt differently..

Many of them felt that I didn’t want them in my life, or thought I was being a jerk for unfriending them (take this seriously! People were killed for unfriending some people!) and the general attitude was very unfriendly.

In short, I had no social life (ironic isn’t it?)

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that some people who have my number, email, know where I live still want to have me on Facebook when they could just call me and get this over with!

Social stigma

I’ve been called a nerd for not having a Facebook account (kind of weird isn’t it) and many people are staying away because I don’t have an account on the site, while there are many social options to choose from. One statement in particular I found really alarming as one of my friends said after I deleted my Facebook I went “off the grid”, so Facebook is the grid now? This friend has my number and knows my website, how can I be off the grid if my blog is active?
I prefer to have real friends, like the ones you had before signing up to Facebook, people to meet and talk to, not some avatar and a couple of likes!

Chat Apps

I agree that chat apps help communicate people in an effective cost efficient type of way, I don’t believe that the cost should be one’s life!
I missed out on many announcements and events, because it’s so much easier to create a page than to have a proper website. Where I live many companies and government offices use Facebook to communicate with customers, and to be able to know what’s going on you need to have an account, and from what I saw, people don’t have Facebook accounts, Facebook has people!
It owns them and I simply refuse to be treated that way!
And just for the record, Facebook owns Instagram and Whatsapp.
I say what’s next!!

Final words

While my friends and acquaintances continue to live the way Mark wants them to live, succumbing every last bit of detail voluntarily to the site, I remain to be the holdout, while Facebook continues to expand eating away all competition, I’ll be watching it, living it, and not posting about it..
There are tons of chat apps out there where you can chat without being owned.

**An update: Facebook went out for 21 minutes on September the 25th, so many people were lost and confused!

مقدمة الى التصميم

2015-10-17 / / / 0 Comments
توجد عدة طرق خاطئة لتصميم المواقع والجرافيكس. ستضمن لك الإحباط وضياع الجهد والوقت !

لا تخطط

نصب آخر نسخة من الفوتوشوب، وقم بفتحها مباشرة ودون تأخير!

لاتحترم التراخيص

تأكد من تحميل أخر كراك وقم بتفعيل البرنامج مباشرة، ولا تهتم لسرقة بياناتك الشخصية أو تدمير حاسوبك!

لا تتعلم

لا تحضر دورة تدريبية أو تطلع على اليوتيوب أو كتاب جيد، فقط اغطس في البرنامج مباشرة!

استسلم للإحباط

اقفل الفوتوشوب والغ تنصيبه، وانزع مصمم من الوظيفة في صفحتك على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي ذاك (الذي كان مفتوحا طيلة الوقت!!)

هل جربت هذه الطرق من قبل؟ جيد! انت مستعد لدراسة التصميم!

في البداية لنفهم جيدا معنى كلمة تصميم، التصميم هو تصور متكامل للعمل الذي نريد القيام به، يشمل كل التفاصيل، أدق التفاصيل دون ترك شئ للصدفة، فلنأخذ مثالا شهيرا:

  • عندما يقوم المهندس المعماري ببناء بيت فإن أول شي يقوم به هو رسم الخريطة، هذه الخريطة هي رسم تفصيلي لكل أركان وزوايا البيت، أي إنها تصميم!
  • لا يستطيع المهندس بناء بيت عشوائيا دون مراعاة المساحة وحدود الأرض وكميات المواد الخام وعدد الغرف والميزانية، إلخ..

الأمر ذاته ينطبق على التصميم بالحاسوب!

لذا إن أردت تصميما جيدا فعليك ترك “الفوتوشوب” لوقت لاحق!

في البداية وقبل كل شئ يجب أن نقوم بمعرفة التصميم، ثم نضع الخطوط العريضة للتصميم، ثم ندخل في التفاصيل.

هذه الأمور تحددها متطلبات التصميم، سواء كان لك أم لزبون فيجب التقيد بالموضوع (Theme).

في النهاية بعد أن نتحصل على فكرة متكاملة من حيث الشكل واللون ونوع وحجم الخطوط، نبدأ في العمل على الحاسوب.

 

Xara Xtreme. Another Linux design tool

2015-10-10 / / / 0 Comments
I’ve reviewed Inkscape on this blog before and gave it a thumbs up. It’s a little resource extensive so if you are looking for a free alternative. Then Xara Xtreme has you covered!

Xara Xtreme has provided a version of its designer free for Linux (and Linux only ) so if you are looking to do some design on your Linux machine then lets get going! So the Linux desktop doesn’t lack a design software (according the the developer website).

About Xara Xtreme

The current stable version is 0.7 made in 2014 and there is a less stable build. You can download it from the software center. After installing, double click to run the program.

Xara main interface

The interface is really simple, especially if you used Inkscape before. With many tools similar here and there. You can see the path tool, pencil and eraser. Typical stuff. You can also open and edit image files in Xara Xtreme.

Modeling in Xara Xtreme

Pros

  • Small and light weight. 
  • Simpler to use.
  • Free and open source. 

Cons

  • Crashes often. 
  • Not as good as Inkscape! 
  • Not cross platform, as it’s Linux only.
  •  Discontinued!

This was a review of Xara Xtreme … I wouldn’t compare it to Inkscape as it’s widely used and more mature. But it’s a good start to anyone who would like a lite suit for design. Especially netbook users.

I hope you liked this tutorial. Leave your comments below

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