Monday, February 25, 2019

Using Logical Functions (if, and, or, not) in Spreadsheet functions

The article in HOWTO Geek:
https://www.howtogeek.com/401998/how-to-use-logical-functions-in-excel-if-and-or-xor-not/
specifically mentions the use of Excel.  There are, however, somewhat similar functions in other programmable spreadsheet programs, such as those in LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and others in stand-alone spreadsheet programs.

Though the precise syntax and functionality of similar functions in other programs may differ, there may be some carry-over or reuse potential elsewhere.  Moreover, most of us who have used Office Suites, especially if we are still in the workplace or we've purchased a computer anywhere other than a Linux or Apple store are likely to contain Microsoft Office or another office suite with very similar functionality, so the chance of this being relevant even to free software advocates is still there, whether we care to admit it or not, so hopefully this is something to either use (openly or in secret).  Hope it is helpful!


Sunday, February 10, 2019

NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 18.1

Saturday, February 02, 2019

Alternative Web Browsers revisited; Brave and Vivaldi mentioned

In the previous blog where I mentioned Web browsers, of course the usual Google Chrome, Firefox - and for proprietary, commercial systems, we know that Internet Explorer, Edge, and Safari also exist.

I have mentioned some of the Firefox alternatives; Waterfox is one of those.  Of the Firefox alternatives, I really like Waterfox.  It is stable, seems to be updated reasonably often,and it works well.

A decent alternative to Google Chrome is Flashpeak Slimjet, also previously mentioned.  Flashpeak Slimjet is just about as "heavy" as Google Chrome, yet the performance is good and I do not think it reports back to Google, so if you have concerns about what browsers save, share, or report, these are some alternatives worth your consideration.

A browser that I'm using today is the Brave browser, https://www.brave.com
This browser is based on Chromium, the freely available browser alternative to Google Chrome, which in native form contains only the free, open source code available from Chrome.  Brave is lauded by some as one of the least intrusive browsers, so in that respect it is "safe".  As long as it is kept up-to-date, it may be an excellent choice.

Vivaldi is another interesting alternative created by CEO Jon von Tetzchner, who co-founded Opera in 2003.

The local Wunderground site I now use


URL: http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KSCGREEN163
Site Description: "Weather Underground PWS KSCGREEN163 - NW Paris Mountain Weather"