Reviews

Office Suite Journey: Staroffice in 2000 to Libreoffice Web Version, 2022

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022
Linux and Open Source, Reviews

This morning I read a news update about LibreOffice, the free and open source office Suite. They are in the process of releasing web based version. For this, they will use a technology called LOWA. The development is in early stage at this point in time. I believe a demonstration was given earlier, during the meet of free and open source software developers meeting (FOSDEM). Reading the article from Makeuseof, and looking at the web based interface brought back a flood of memories.

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My short take on “lifetime” deals for SAAS Products

July 4, 2021February 16, 2022
Reviews, SAAS reviews

Lifetime Deals for SaaS (Software As a Service) Products

In the past few years, there has been an explosion of sites offering “lifetime” deals for SaaS (Software As A Service) products. Dealify, Dealmirror, SAAS Avatar,LTD Hunter, Facebook groups like Martech and LTD are some of them. Of course the more well known ones also exist – Appsumo and Stacksocial.

How To Prevent Getting Spammed: Six Ways to Protect Your Email

February 3, 2021February 16, 2022
Reviews, SAAS reviews

In this post, Amar Vyas describes 6 different ways to prevent email spam from hitting your mailbox. Learn about the free, paid and freemium options ranging from Relay Services to Custom domains, and Anti-SPAM software to using email aliases.

Sarang Formation by Indian Airforce Planes.

My memories of Aero India over the years

January 21, 2021March 7, 2022
Reviews

A message about Aero India 2021 by someone triggered a series of memories about this bienneal event. Read about my experiences with this event since 1996.

Tools for monitoring uptime of servers: January 2021 Update

January 15, 2021
Reviews, SAAS reviews, Web Hosting

In a follow up to my post on How to monitor uptime for your websites? I have disabled Netumo, and Bearmon and retained three active services: Hetrix Tolls, Uptime Robot, and Feshping.

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Review of LittleVZ Virtual Private Servers by Gullos Hosting

January 4, 2021March 5, 2022
Reviews, Web Hosting

In this post, you will find my review of LittleVZ from Gullo’s hosting, an OVZ based service. This no frills service is available in 3 locations (USA, UK and Singapore). LittleVZ is hosted on OVH data centers in Singapore.

Reviews of Shared Hosting Providers

January 3, 2021
Reviews, Web Hosting

The big list of Shared hosting providers, reviews by Amar VYas

Review of ReadyDedis KVM in Mumbai- Black Friday 2020 Offer

January 3, 2021
Reviews, Web Hosting

In this post, find my review and benchmark tests for VPS in Mumbai by ReadyDedis. I signed up for this VPS during Black Friday 2020 offer.

First impressions and mini review of VPS from Hostsolutions

January 2, 2021
Reviews, Web Hosting

Read my first impressions and mini review of VPS from Hostsolutions, Romania.

Review of MicroLXC : Free VPS Service

December 30, 2020
Reviews, Web Hosting

In this post, you will find a short review of MicroLXC, a free VPS service using LXC virtualization. Learn how to sign up and options offered for locations and specifications.