Lifehacker Pack for Linux 2010: Our List of the Best Linux Downloads
Lifehacker Pack for Linux 2010: Our List of the Best Linux Downloads We love Linux, and want to make it easier for others to do so, too. This first edition of the Lifehacker Pack for Linux includes our favorite apps that get things done and make your desktop great. Linux isn't quite like Windows or Mac, as there are many, many distributions, usually running on one of two desktop systems (GNOME or
Customize Conky for Ambient Linux Productivity
Linux often gets criticized by the ease-of-use crowd for making its users occasionally edit a text file to get something working. In the case of the nimble, endlessly extensible desktop monitor Conky, though, a text file is a great thing. You can changed the format, color, font, and output of what Conky shows you any way you want, and using some freely available tools, have Conky monitor your emai
How to Maintain a Project List that Doesn't Crush Your Soul
You're great at ubiquitous capture, you process your inbox every day, but somewhere between a captured idea and the execution things get gummed up. It's time to overhaul your project list and how you interact with it. Photo a composite of images by nkzs and Martyn Rice. Whether you're an adherent of David Allen's Getting Things Done or any other system that encourages you to capture all the ideas
Use Google Suggest to Find Software Alternatives
You've got a file that needs opening, or a piece of software that, frankly, sucks. Want to find a better, or maybe free, alternative? One reader has found Google's auto-completing "Suggest" feature a great recommendation engine. We'll let reader Alex tell the tale himself: Mainly, this tip is for when you're looking for a list of products that all fall into a single category. All you have to do is
Boost Your Brainstorming Session with MindMeister
Click to view Jotting a simple list is a great way to brainstorm, but when you want to visualize, organize, and untangle a deep set of ideas, you want a mind map. Web-based mind mapping tool MindMeister offers a simple interface to create mind maps collaboratively or on the go. We've mentioned a few mind mapping apps in the past, and showed you how to mind map meetings as an alternative to linear
Turn Gmail Into Your Ultimate GTD Inbox
If you love Gmail and you happen to be a disciple of the Getting Things Done philosophy, reader Chris Zimmerman details how he employs a couple of Gmail Labs features to transform Gmail into an impressive GTD inbox. Ed. note: Everything below comes courtesy of Chris, who details how he uses previously mentioned Gmail Labs features like Gmail Superstars. and Multiple Inboxes to get things done. Gma
Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Better Coffee
Coffee doesn't always make work better, but you can definitely work to get better coffee. From four-cup hotel machines to French presses, from home-roasted beans to decorative foam—we've got a wealth of tips for enjoying a better cup. Photo by lepiaf.geo. 10. Decorate your own lattesIt's not as hard as you might think to make lattes for yourself or coffee-loving guests at home, and with a little p
Free OCR Converts Your Scanned Documents to Text
Converting a scanned document to editable text is a handy trick that can save you hours of retyping documents. Free OCR converts your documents for free. To use Free OCR you need to have your document in a PDF, JPG, GIF, TIFF or BMP format. You can upload documents up to 2MB in size which for most small document conversions will be sufficient. We tested the site with the same passage from the intr
Five Best Online Image Editors
Editing your images on a desktop image editor might be ideal, but sometimes you're away from your home workstation and need to do some impromptu editing. Check out these five options favored by Lifehacker readers. Photo by karlfrankowski. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite tools for editing images online, independent of any downloaded or portable software. You responded and we r
Top 10 Productivity Basics Explained
There's a core set of habits and techniques that filter and color a lot of what we write about at Lifehacker, but we rarely step back to explain them for newcomers. Let's get back to basics with 10 productivity tactics. 10. Doable to-do listsAs our founding editor so aptly puts it, every worker of any stripe has two different hats they wear, and can switch between them often: the Boss hat, when ta
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