Todays VA Magazine October 2011 by The Admin Chick

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Feel Good Factor with Renee The Positive Woman I have the right to say I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know I have the right to say No without feeling guilty I have the right to say I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand without feeling stupid I have the right to tell others when I think they are treating me unfairly I have the right to ask for what I want (even though I know others have the right to say No) I have the right to have an opinion, feelings, and emotions and to express them appropriately. I have the right to make statements which have no logical basis and which I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to justify I have the right to make mistakes I have the right to not understand things I have the right to change my mind I have the right to privacy I have the right to be alone and independent I have the right to be an assertive person I have the right to love and be loved I have the right to be a positive woman 31

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Reviews Operating Systems There are many people that I know who seem to think that there is only one operating system and many that don’t even know what an operating system is. An operating system is software that is installed on a computer and consists of a number of programs & data that is needed to run a computer. •Microsoft Windows Seven and Apple’s Mac OS are two prime examples of popular operating systems (OS for short). But there are a heaps of OS’s that don’t get a lot of mention such as: • • • •

Microsoft - XP, Vista, Seven Apple - Mac OS, OSX Linux - Red Hat , Suse , Ubuntu Solaris

The following three are my most favoured OS’s that I like to use. •Ubuntu is a free open source Operating System brought out by Linux. It is an operating system that works well with the mainstream programs such as FireFox or Skype and many other programs that you can use for free. There is no installation costs or CD’s you simply download the ISO Image to a CD and run it straight from your computer or Laptop. It is available tin over 24 languages and completely free. •Puppy Linux is also an OS brought out by Linux and the really cool thing with Puppy Linux is that you can run it totally from a CD or Flash Drive & not 33 have to uninstall your current OS. It

runs in your computers RAM so it makes it a lot faster than Windows

is free also. The only downfall is that it’s not as advanced as Ubuntu and may be seen a a primitive OS. But I like it! •Mac OSX is the main OS that I use only because I find it easier & faster to use than Windows and although there are a few programs that I can’t run on the Mac system I have a program called VMWare which can be installed on my laptop so I can use other operating systems. So if you have an old laptop or desktop computer I would really encourage you to try some of the OS’s you can get out there and you’ll see that you don't always have to go with the flow and like I said before some of them are totally free! To be honest it really depends on the way you want to work. I’d rather be different & look for an OS that is very simple, easy to use, affordable, tailored to my specific needs and can be used for a range of different programs. So for me, they all have great qualities I have to say I use all three main OS’s, all of them have pros and cons so I guess it’s just a personal preference.

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