8 Common Myths About Working from Home, Debunked

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Why I Switched From Ubuntu to Manjaro Linux

<p><img alt="Manjaro desktop background." class="alignnone wp-image-434806 size-full" height="301" src="https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5d39fa7cbaf27.jpg" width="650" /></p> <p>For more than a decade, <a href="https://ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a> was my Linux distribution of choice. But, for the first time in a long while, I distro-hopped. I now run <a href="https://manjaro.org/">Manjaro</a> and couldn’t be happier. It’s just that good!</p> <h2>Ubuntu Is Still Great, Too!</h2> <p>I still rate Ubuntu very highly, and I have great respect for <a href="https://canonical.com/">Canonical</a>. Over in the corporate world, no one comes close to the success <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en">Red Hat</a> has had with promoting Linux as a serious enterprise infrastructure tool. You could make the same argument for Canonical, and its success with making Linux accessible for newcomers to the Linux desktop.</p> <p>A lot of people who use Linux for the first time stick a toe in the water with Ubuntu. Once they’ve found their feet and get a bit of experience, some people move on to other distributions. I’ve heard the same story many times, both in-person and online. People tell me they’re on a particular distribution—Fedora, Debian, you name it, I’ve heard it—but they started on Ubuntu. If their current distribution had been their first foray into Linux, they doubt they would have stuck with it. That’s a massively important role for Ubuntu to play.</p> <p>No business or company is perfect. Canonical has made some ill-considered moves through the years, such as foisting the Unity desktop—designed to maximize screen space on netbooks—onto all other computers. But, tellingly and reassuringly, it has listened to its user base and reversed some of those decisions. The <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/126995/how-to-disable-the-amazon-search-ads-in-ubuntus-unity-dash/?tag=823814-20">Amazon search results by default</a>, which were removed, are a good example. On the whole, I still consider Canonical to be a force for good in the Linux-sphere. My decision to move had nothing to do with the organization behind Ubuntu.</p> <p>So, why did I move to Manjaro, and is it right for you?</p> <h2>Manjaro Blows Past Ubuntu in Speed</h2> <p><img alt="Manjaro GNOME desktop." class="alignnone wp-image-434807 size-full" height="485" src="https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_5d39fac2959fc.jpg" width="650" /></p> <p>For research and other purposes, I keep a lot of VirtualBox images of different Linux distributions. It was hard not to notice that Manjaro in a virtual machine was almost as fast as Ubuntu running on my hardware.</p> <p>That was a compelling factor because I often need to compile big codebases. The faster my computer can get through that task, the faster I can move on to the next.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/430556/why-i-switched-from-ubuntu-to-manjaro-linux/">Read the remaining 52 paragraphs</a></h3> <br />

Why I Switched From Ubuntu to Manjaro Linux

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Next-gen Fitbit Versa smartwatch could feature OLED display and Alexa support

<img alt="" src="https://images.fonearena.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fitbit-1024x683.jpeg" /> Sometime back, Fitbit hinted the launch of an innovative smartwatch, especially after Versa Lite. According to the latest report, the images of the purported next-gen Versa-series smartwatch have surfaced online with the support for voice assistant. If the rumours turn out to be accurate, the upcoming Fitbit smartwatch will have Amazon Alexa support, where the user could communicate with the watch just like Apple. According to the image surfaced, the future watch is expected to sport an OLED screen with an uninterrupted curved glass surface. Other than that, we can see a single button just like Versa Lite. Additionally, this smartwatch is expected to carry a heart rate monitor, swim-ready water resistance, and the Fitbit Pay support from higher-end Versa models. There is no clear information about the launch and availability of the watch right now. As per the recent suggestion, the upgraded watch will be available in a month or two. Source <div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?a=b3m2ppq6g6g:sR_PAVRm3OQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?a=b3m2ppq6g6g:sR_PAVRm3OQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?i=b3m2ppq6g6g:sR_PAVRm3OQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?a=b3m2ppq6g6g:sR_PAVRm3OQ:D7DqB2pKExk"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?i=b3m2ppq6g6g:sR_PAVRm3OQ:D7DqB2pKExk" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?a=b3m2ppq6g6g:sR_PAVRm3OQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fone-arena?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" /></a></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fone-arena/~4/b3m2ppq6g6g" width="1" /><br /> <a href="https://www.fonearena.com/blog/288189/fitbit-versa-smartwatch-oled-alexa.html">Read Here»</a>

Next-gen Fitbit Versa smartwatch could feature OLED display and Alexa support

Sometime back, Fitbit hinted the launch of an innovative smartwatch, especially after Versa Lite. According to the latest report, the image...

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