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OpenMandriva Lx 2014 review
om-welcome Greeter Application: om-welcome is a greeter application that made its debut in OpenMandriva Lx 2014. It is similar to Mageia Welcome (see screenshots here).
Like all greeter applications, it is designed to introduce users to the distribution, showcase the distribution's most important features, and provide "quick links to common tasks such as updating, installing new software, and configuring" the desktop. The application's main interface is shown below.
For new users, and even for experienced users, om-welcome should be a very handy application to have on the desktop. I like it a lot, but would like it a lot more if it incorporated some of the features of Kapudan, a similar application for the Chakra Linux distribution. Kapudan lets you customize certain aspects of the desktop, instead of just providing links to other applications. Click on any image in this gallery to view om-welcome's other features.
OpenMandriva Lx 2014 is a bleeding-edge type of distribution, shipping with some of the latest and greatest versions of popular Free Software applications. That includes Firefox 29, LibreOffice 4.2.3, Plasma Media Center, an XBMC-like media center applications, and VLC Media Player. However, not a single game application is installed. And that's a common practice among Linux distributions, even though there are dozens of game applications in repositories and gaming ranks as one of the most popular online activities.
Graphical Management Applications: For managing applications on the system, OpenMandriva still relies on the graphical package manager it inherited from Mandriva Linux. It's point-and-click easy to use, but dated. I think by the time OpenMandriva Lx 2015 is released, the current graphical package manager will likely have been replaced with ROSA Software Center, a graphical package manager being developed for ROSA Desktop. (See ROSA Software Center: Beta, but looks, feels and functions better than the competition.)
Out of the box, repositories for both Free and non-Free applications are enabled, so access to many patent-encumbered applications and libraries are just a few mouse-clicks away. Unless you want to, you never have to use the command-line for any package-related management tasks in OpenMandriva.
Aside from the FirewallD applet,
firewall-config, the graphical interface for managing the firewall, is installed. However, the default network zone is not configured in the NetworkManager service.
Like many Linux distributions, OpenMandriva has made the switch to systemd, a system management daemon designed to replaced the old Init system. And OpenMandriva Lx 2014 shipped with systemd 208. It also shipped with a graphical interface for managing it, for those times when you don't feel like using
systemctl or other systemd command-line utilities.
To sum OpenMandriva Lx 2014 offers users a stable, new user-friendly operating system for desktop computing. It is one of a handful of KDE-centric Linux distributions to choose from, and it could easily be in the high end of the pack. I said could, because the installer is a drawback, and a major one. Not only because it does not support full disk encryption, but support for computers with UEFI firmware is still very shaky.
Resources: To download an installation image of OpenMandriva Lx 2014, click here. And you may read the Release Notes.
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I get so tired of these kind of desktops, which remind me of menu's of long ago.
The desktop of .. let's say XP or Linux in general is so clever, so easy, so userfriendly, you never should touch it. Maybe to make it better still in some way. Okay, back to MATE for instance.
After I imstalled openmandriva lx 2014, I noticed some graphical tearing. There was some grahical weirdness also when after installing wine and then installing a program. This needs to be pulled and more polishing.
What kind of graphics card do you have? I've got no problem with my HD 4250 and even the desktop effects are working.


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Naperville Scooters: Why Scooters? Why Naperville? Why now?
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Congrats on a great plan!!
If you haven't already, talk to the people at
on Randall Rd. in Algonquin / Lake in the Hills. Very similar demographics to Naperville. They've been around for a few years and will certainly know a little about the market.
I like your idea of rental, Americans in general don't know the joys of scootering and rentals will be a good way to get them into it (remember your first experience). I'd also find a way to market to the younger crowd, certainly to the college kids and even to high schoolers. In the Naperville demo, many kids have their own cars. You'll need to make a scooter 'cool'. Maybe a promo tie in with the high school or college??
Here in Crystal Lake, we have started to see a few scooter gangs -- groups of high schoolers riding around -- very good to see and they are clearly having a blast.
Regarding the comments on getting an upscale brand -- I fully agree that you will need to offer a known brand. Scooters are a tough niche -- between cool and can't afford a car. In Indiana, they are known as the only means of transportation for those with a DUI -- not the image you want in Naperville.
Kymco may be a good start, but I would not go with an unknown. You might be able to fill in that niche with a few used Vespas or even Hondas. Given the upscale nature of your market, you customer will certainly want a strong brand image, and will be willing (and able) to pay for it.
Best of luck -- always good to see a new venture!
F650GS -- sold -- what's next?
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Seven-Day Résumé Makeover
July 2010
Does your résumé need an upgrade? If you get a sinking feeling every time you think about what you need to do to get your résumé into shape, here's a seven day plan to makeover your résumé focusing on one thing each day.
Day 1: Header and preparation – 20 minutes
You name should be easily visible – make it a larger font-size than the rest of your content and make sure it is in bold typeface. Your email address and phone number should be the next thing underneath or across from your name. Then include your address. You'd like to think that there is no discrimination when it comes to gender or ethnicity, however if you suspect that your name may be keeping you from getting through – use initials for your first name instead. For example, Sonia Mayfield applying for a position as in IT sales representative might get a quicker call back as S. Mayfield. Unfortunately we live in a world where there is still some bias.
After making these quick changes to your header, let's prepare for tomorrow by gathering any notes about your performance including recommendations you've received through LinkedIn.
Day 2: Summary of Qualifications/Career Highlights – 60 minutes
Forget about writing an objective statement that outlines what kind of position you are looking for and what skills you'd like to use. Focus on what makes you stand out as an ideal person for the job. What special accomplishments, skills, experiences or professional wins have you had that communicate the value you can bring to your potential employer? Expert résumé writer Susan Ireland suggests using the following questions to help generate ideas for your summary:
Day 3: Headings & Organization – 30 minutes
There is no one correct way to organize your résumé. Your choice of organization will be based on your skills, experience, and background. Whether chronological, functional or a combination of both, what's important is that the most relevant information about your skills and experience is highlighted first. Are you a recent graduate short on experience? Start with your education. For those that have been in the workforce and have substantial experience, your education should come after your work history. Make sure you use headings that stand out by varying the size and weight of the font. Avoid making the headings too fancy – your résumé may not transfer well to employers or recruiters that use scanners. Whatever styling you choose, make sure it is consistent from section to section.
Day 4: Content – 2 to 4 hours
Here's where the fun comes in. The challenge here will be to strip out wins, tasks and responsibilities that are irrelevant to the position you are seeking. This will not only help you lighten your résumé visually, but it makes it easier for hiring managers to see the work that matters without wading through lines that don't relate to the position you are being considered for. Having a hard time trying to decide what to keep in? Focus on your accomplishments rather than copying and pasting a job description in your résumé. For positions that you've had more than 10-15 years ago, instead of bulleted lists, summarize your responsibilities and successes in 3-4 lines. Consider leaving work history more than 15 years old off your résumé all together.
Day 5: Pass it along to someone else to read – 1 day
When we look at our own writing, it can be easy to miss typos, grammatical errors, or phrases that are unclear. After doing a spell check and reading through your résumé yourself – pass it on to someone else to look at. If possible, get feedback from three people. In addition to checking spelling and grammar, have them give you feedback on the following questions too:
Day 6: Revise based on feedback – 2 hours
Remember to graciously thank your reviewers from day 5 and be very careful about what changes you make. Use your own judgment to determine what to add, change, or remove.
Day 7: Deliver your updated résumé – 2 to 3 hours
Take the time to repost your newly updated résumé to all the online sites you've posted to. If you are using social networking, make sure you update your status on Facebook and LinkedIn letting your network know you have made updates and tweet the link to your followers on Twitter. For any recruiters, hiring managers or people in your network that you've been communicating with directly, send them an updated copy of your résumé letting them know you've made some updates.


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I am a Senior Research Scientist in Dr. Sonia Kreidenweis's research group, within the Atmospheric Chemistry Program. My research interests at CSU lie in the area of aerosol-cloud interactions, particularly ice phase transitions of atmospheric particles for conditions present in various regions of the troposphere, including layer clouds in winter, cumulus clouds, and cirrus clouds. The goals of my research are to understand the way that aerosol particles of natural or anthropogenic origin determine the ice phase composition of clouds and in turn how clouds impact the distribution and nature of ice nucleating aerosols in the atmosphere. This information is important to the fundamental issue of how aerosols affect climate indirectly by impacting the radiative properties of clouds, latent heating of the atmosphere, and precipitation. Other members of the ice phase transitions study group at CSU include Dr. Yutaka Tobo, Dr. Thomas Hill, Dr. Ezra Levin, and Ms. Christina McCluskey. Our research approach involves laboratory and field studies using specialized instrumentation, and numerical modeling studies from the process level to the global scale in collaboration with external investigators and the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP).
Curriculum Vitae
- NSF-funded studies of biological ice nuclei in a western forest environment, and their elevation in number during rain events, featured in three publications this year
- Huffman, J. A., Prenni, A. J., DeMott, P. J., Pöhlker, C., Mason, R. H., Robinson, N. H., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Tobo, Y., Després, V. R., Garcia, E., Gochis, D. J., Harris, E., Müller-Germann, I., Ruzene, C., Schmer, B., Sinha, B., Day, D. A., Andreae, M. O., Jimenez, J. L., Gallagher, M., Kreidenweis, S. M., Bertram, A. K., and Pöschl, U.: High concentrations of biological aerosol particles and ice nuclei during and after rain, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 6151-6164, doi:10.5194/acp-13-6151-2013, 2013(link)
- Prenni, A. J. Y. Tobo, E. Garcia, P. J. DeMott, C. McCluskey, S. M. Kreidenweis, J. Prenni, A. Huffman, U. Pöschl, and C. Pöhlker, 2013: The impact of rain on ice nuclei populations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, doi:10.1029/2012GL053953.(link)
- NSF Chemistry Division awards the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) at UCSD Phase 2 funding. Paul is a co-investigator for Phase 2, leading ice nucleation experimental studies.
- Paul, Ezra, and Tom will attend the upcoming Fall AGU Meeting
from December 9-13, 2013.
- In the last several months our group has welcomed Tom Hill, our atmospheric microbiologist, and wished Tony Prenni well as he begins a new permanent position with the National Parks Service. We also congratulate Christina on her M.S. degree and moving on to her Ph.D studies
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