I haven’t ported much of my data to this computer from my Windows’ computer, but haven’t missed any of it yet either. I do have this system hooked into my home network so I can access shared folders on the Windows’ machine if I need those files. I mentioned on the show today that one of the huge reasons I like Mozilla Firefox is the availability of “extensions”. Extensions are little add-ons that allow anyone to customize and enhance their browser to do things that are important to them. One of my favorites is Google Sync.
Google Sync stores any or all of the following Internet items to their servers, then let’s you “synchronize” them with another computer. Syncable items include bookmarks, saved passwords, history, cookies, and even the different tabs you might use in Firefox. If you work between two computers, no matter the operating system, this comes in extremely handy. I used the Google Sync to get my current bookmarks, history, and saved passwords from my Windows’ machine to this Ubuntu laptop. It worked flawlessly and allowed me to continue where I left off five days ago with my other computer.
