When it comes to creating Online Spelling Test Generator software, you have to make sure that you are using a proven product that will really help you out in your endeavor. I have a feeling that this can be one of the most difficult things for you to accomplish when it comes to choosing the right spelling test generator software to help you out in your goal, so just keep these few things in mind and see what I mean. First, you want to look into a company that has been in the online spelling test business for quite some time. This is important because they will know what they are doing and how they are going to make a great tool for you to use. Make sure that they are offering some kind of free trial, this way, you can see if you like what they have to offer and then decide if you want to try it or not. Make sure that there are no hidden costs and that you have to pay before you can actually use it. It might sound cheap, but if you get your money’s worth in terms of what you will be getting out of a product, then it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It is all about finding the right online spelling test generator that will work for you and not be too difficult or complex for you to use. If a company can offer you a easy to use software that works for everybody, then you are sure to get some sort of results from it. You should also make sure that it offers an unlimited number of tests, so that you don’t have to stop if you feel like you aren’t getting your speed up.

Breaks at work are important, necessary and useful – and yet we all like to forget them. The small open source tool Stretchly relieves you of having to remind yourself and provides tips for active, ergonomic breaks. Whether in the office or at home – if you spend up to eight hours in front of a screen, you urgently need regular breaks and exercise. But you know it for sure: You are in the flow, you have to go to the next meeting right away and when you look at the clock you notice that you spent the last three hours without getting up. And your water glass has been empty for hours. Suboptimal. A small open source tool called Stretchly can help you take better care of yourself. Thanks to Electron, the software is available for macOS, Windows and Linux and is inconspicuously linked to the background of your everyday computer life. There she runs timers that remind you to get up every now and then, get a glass of water or – as the name suggests – to stretch a little. Pause options from Stretchly In the basic setting, Stretchly lets you pause every five minutes for ten seconds and every 30 minutes for five minutes. In the options, however, you have extensive possibilities to adapt the intervals in length and regularity to your preferences – of course you shouldn’t just cheat yourself. You have the choice of whether your break reminder should only be displayed as a normal notification. Alternatively, Stretchly puts them on your screen (or screens, if you are using more than one) in full screen so that you don’t miss them – intentionally or unintentionally. If you have chosen the full-screen version, you can have a notification displayed a few seconds in advance so that you can save documents and otherwise prepare for the break. If the time is really bad for a break, you can put it back a few minutes. If you stick to Stretchly’s rules, you have to catch up on them at some point. If, on the other hand, it is a good time to take a break, you can also bring pauses forward and reset the timer. In the same way, you can simply pause Stretchlys Timer – for example if you are about to disappear into a longer lunch break anyway. Exercise and relaxation tips During your breaks, Stretchly provides you with a few short tips on ergonomics or provides you with small instructions for relaxation and stretching exercises. Or it just reminds you to get another glass of water. So that everything is easy to read, you have an extensive language selection in the options. If you need more tips on how to spend your breaks creatively, take a look at our office gadgets . The tool from the area of ​​wellness and relaxation, Stretchly also has features for look & feel on board. Among other things, you can set the color scheme of your break screens and choose which sound notification you want to hear as soon as it is your turn to take a break.

Typing in WiFi passwords, IBAN numbers or voucher codes is annoying. A new keyboard app for iOS and Android now solves the problem in an elegant way. Typing a complicated WLAN password from the back of the new router without errors is not that easy. Exactly for these or similar tasks there is now a practical alternative with the Anyline Keyboard: The app can be installed as a software keyboard on iOS and Android and has text recognition. All you have to do is point the smartphone camera at the character combination you want to enter, and it will appear in the selected text field. Typing a complicated WLAN password from the back of the new router without errors is not that easy. Exactly for these or similar tasks there is now a practical alternative with the Anyline Keyboard: The app can be installed as a software keyboard on iOS and Android and has text recognition. All you have to do is point the smartphone camera at the character combination you want to enter, and it will appear in the selected text field. Don’t miss anything: the t3n newsletter on your favorite topics! Register now The Anyline Keyboard has a total of five scan modes that have been optimized for different areas of application. The first mode is suitable for all combinations of characters, while the others have been optimized for entering IBAN numbers, vouchers, passports or character strings stored as QR codes. Anyline Keyboard installs like any other keyboard app Anyline Keyboard functions as a normal keyboard app on both iOS and Android. It can therefore be used from any app. Since both operating systems allow the parallel use of several keyboard apps , you don’t have to use the Anyline keyboard as a standard keyboard, but can simply switch to the scanning keyboard if necessary. Anyline, the company behind the app, actually specializes in scanning applications for the corporate sector. With the Anyline Keyboard, the Vienna-based company now has an application on offer that should also be well received by private users. You can download the Anyline Keyboard free of charge from Google’s Play Store or Apple’s App Store.

Microsoft has stopped providing support for Windows 7 since mid-January 2020. The OS is still widespread. Today we introduce you to seven Linux distributions that could be an alternative (not only) for your Windows 7 installation. After a good ten years, Microsoft has stopped supporting the popular 7th version of its Windows operating system. Functional updates had not been available for a long time, but now there are no longer even the important security updates. Your reason for Windows 7 can be your reason for Linux At first glance, it seems incomprehensible that Windows 7 should still be installed somewhere in 2020. The fact is, however, that authorities in particular, but also many private users, still rely on the ancient system. In Berlin alone, for example, of the around 82,000 computers in senate and district administrations, police, fire departments, justice and citizens’ offices, only 70 to 75 percent have switched to Windows 10. In authorities this has a lot to do with the special software used. Manufacturers traditionally prefer to use an older version of the operating system than bleeding edge. And of course it also has to do with the age of the hardware used. Authorities share this rationale with many private users. A good calculator is an investment. It should last for a few years. At the same time, operating systems become more resource-hungry with each update. Updates reduce the working speed in the long run. It doesn’t help that every Windows 7 user has an update route that leads to a valid Windows 10 license at low cost. The hardware must be able to do it. The computers don’t even have to be ancient to cause problems. The author of these lines has just equipped a Samsung notebook from 2013 with Zorin OS because Windows 10 had become incredibly slow. And this Samsung notebook is still far too good to be e-waste. With Zorin OS, an Ubuntu derivative, i.e. a Linux operating system, it runs like new again. Linux is also suitable for the desktop. It’s leading the way on servers anyway. (Graphic: Stanislaw Mikulski / Shutterstock) Older hardware in particular benefits from Linux The advantage of using a Linux on an older device is the hardware support. While brand new systems often have problems with Linux because the manufacturers don’t want to spend money on developing drivers, committed community developers have often done so for older hardware. There are also reasons for die-hard Windows users to rely on a Linux OS at least with individual devices. Because everyone has some older device in the corner. You will be amazed at the performance that the discarded piece is still capable of as soon as it is started under Linux. The vast variety of Linux distros There is an almost unmanageable variety of Linux distributions. The Distrowatch website is practically the only way to keep track of things. In addition to the ten main distributions, it also lists the countless derivatives. The variants based on one of the main distributions in particular are often put together in a very target-oriented manner and are suitable for special purposes. This could be container support in the cloud or the drive for devices in the Internet of Things. There are also the entry-level and switchover derivatives, which pursue the goal of attracting new desktop users to a Linux variant. They are characterized by the fact that they reduce the complexity of the Linux system and optimize it for the needs of desktop users. Such distributions make a lot of preliminary decisions, but at the end of the day they always give users the opportunity to go deeper and change Linux the way they want. We want to show you some Linux distributions that are particularly suitable for getting started with or switching to the free operating system. You don’t even have to install them on your computer to try out the individual suggestions. The non-binding nature of the Linux live system Rather, it is sufficient to boot it from a USB stick or CD / DVD as a so-called live system. They run a little slower, but do not change anything about your installation. If you end the session and remove the USB stick, the next time you start your previous operating system as if nothing had happened. If you then decide to use it permanently, you can start the installation from the same medium as the live system. In the vast majority of cases, a parallel installation to an existing Windows is possible, albeit unnecessarily. After all, you just want to replace your Windows with something more powerful.

Anyone who works a lot with cloud-based apps in the browser will eventually run into a problem: The actually productive and convenient tools are supplemented by tabs with cat videos and other private items. In order to keep order and thus focus, there are workspace tools that bring cloud services under one roof. Workspace tools can be thought of as virtual offices in which collaboration apps, file sharing, project management and messengers can be integrated. Most of the following tools already bring the connection to a lot of services, for example all from Google, Slack, Skype and many more. Others, on the other hand, also allow the integration of their own services. Because basically workspace tools work like closed browser containers. They bring a lot of convenience functions and features and help you to focus on your project, your startup or the next big thing. station The free station brings a lot of features and supports numerous services. In the spirit of the ring poem from Lord of the Rings, Station advertises that it is an app to subjugate them, to find everyone, to drive them into darkness (dark mode) and to bind them forever. Like the other apps presented here, Station allows you to integrate exactly the services you need to work. After the installation, Station suggests you the most popular services, which include G Suite, i.e. Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs or Hangouts, as well as Dropbox, Slack, Trello, Asana, GitHub and the popular messengers. Each service then appears as an icon on the left-hand side and has to be confirmed once with your password. Just like it works in the browser. Station offers a very tidy surface in material design without wild flourishes and allows the “installation” of more than 670 cloud services . From collaboration and communication tools to CRM systems or blog platforms, everything that works cloud-based is included. You can also include your own URL and thus, for example, run services from your own NAS with web server if you want. For those who are easily distracted, the workspace tool has a so-called “focus mode” that switches off all notifications at the push of a button and then no longer informs you about incoming mails or messages. The “Boosted Apps” are also very practical, as they allow you to search for files across all apps, for example. What is also helpful is the multi-account function. With that you can log into several Google accounts at the same time, which only works with a lot of tricks in the browser. In order to solve the problem of the confusion of cloud apps in browser tabs, Station summarizes them in a kind of task manager. This actually makes it very easy to navigate between the apps. The manufacturer also advertises that apps automatically “sleep” in the background if they are not used for a certain period of time, but browsers are now doing that too. If you want to try Station, you can download the app here for Windows, Mac or Linux . And in contrast to most other providers, Station is completely free with all its features. The company wants to earn money with support for Enterprises starting in 2020, and individuals can continue to use the app free of charge. Franz Franz is aimed at companies and professionals. The workspace tool with the pithy name Franz comes from Vienna and basically does the same thing as Station: It combines web services under one roof, allows you to log into several accounts of a provider at the same time and has a tidy interface. The library of supported services is much smaller, however, and in general Franz is aimed more at professionals and companies. In the free version, only three services can be installed and many helpful features are only available in the subscription model. In the professional version, Franz costs 5.99 euros per month and user, but then offers the option of creating individual workspaces within the app. This has the advantage that you can, for example, create a workspace for each customer with exactly the apps that you use when working with them. This again increases the clarity and an integrated to-do list on the right edge of the screen is useful if you are not already using an external service or a Kanban board. The integration of your own services, which are not supported by Franz out of the box, is also only available in the Professional package, but you also get a team management function and can add as many cloud-based services as you want. The enterprise version for 14.99 euros per month and user, on the other hand, is aimed more at companies that want to offer their employees a tailor-made version of Franz with a company logo and preinstalled services as well as Active Directory or LDAP. Here you can take a look at Franz and download it for Windows, Mac or Linux and here you can find information about the API to integrate your own services into Franz. Shift Shift convinces with the amount of supported apps . Shift scores with a very powerful library of apps and extensions * and makes “installation” very easy, just like the other workspace tools. Shift clearly focuses on companies and teams and is basically a demo limited to two accounts in the free basic package. In the advanced version for US $ 99.99 per year, however, you benefit from the integration of all services, a comprehensive search and a very special treat: the integration of Chrome extensions. With these and the very large app support, Shift can be designed very individually, even if it has to be exotic CRM, HR services or e-learning platforms. The summary of all notifications under an icon at the top of the app in the generally very clean interface is also very helpful. So if you take your virtual workplace seriously and want to expand it with numerous expansion options without compromise, you will find it at Shift. Incidentally, team prices are only possible on request from customer support. You can try the app on all common operating systems here. * Rambox With a bit of code skills, Rambox allows the integration of individually designed services. Last but not least, we want to introduce you to Rambox. The app is aimed more at people who want to lend a hand and tinker with their workspace tool with a code editor. In the Community Edition, Rambox is therefore free, brings more than 100 apps and can be supplemented with more from GitHub. The tool then allows the services to be customized with CSS or JavaScript. A bit like when you edit the source code live with the developer tools from Google Chrome. In the pro version for four dollars a month or a one-off 144 dollars, Rambox becomes an individual tool with very interesting features. In addition to cosmetic changes, an ad blocker is then integrated and the cloud-based services can be displayed as a mobile version or with other user agents, i.e. browsers and devices. You can also set a focus working time during which you will not be disturbed by notifications. And if you want to run every single one of the more than 600 applications via its own proxy, then you can do that with Rambox Pro. Visually, Rambox is a little less stylish than the other workspace tools, but it is a huge sandpit for experimentation. The app is definitely aimed at hobbyists, who can then assemble everything exactly as desired. Rambox is available for Windows, Mac and Linux at this link. The developers are still working on an enterprise version. Which workspace tool is right for me? There are numerous other apps that reproduce the basically simple principle of workspace tools similar to the ones presented here. Ultimately, it is important which features you need and whether you work alone on one or on several devices, equip a team or want the freedom to develop your own. In any case, workplace tools ensure more focus, productivity and overview. Just try out which one is best for you and which one supports your most important apps. And then decide whether simple, free apps are enough for you or you need more features and support in the subscription model.

Beginners, full-time programmers or hobby coders: These apps are perfect for developers and those who want to become one. For learning, writing or pushing code. Be it on Youtube or on one of thousands of websites: There are countless tutorials and webinars on the Internet. Also for programming. But you can’t really integrate them all into everyday life. The following apps will help you develop every day. Learn to program and train Py  ( Android , iOS) Py has free courses for Swift, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and more. In the app you have to write small programs yourself or solve puzzles. If you have successfully completed a course, points are awarded and you gradually reach higher levels. This increases motivation and is perfect for beginners. Py is available for Android and iOS . Programming Hub  (Android, iOS) The Android app Programming Hub has not received several awards for nothing. Including “Editor’s Choice” and “Best of the Best 2017” from Google Play. The reasons for this include over 5,000 code examples, over 20 courses and a compiler that is also integrated in the app. In addition to Java, C ++, JavaScript, HTML, Python and Swift, you can learn ten other programming languages ​​with the app. The app is also available in German. Mimo  (Android, iOS) Another excellent app is Mimo from a Viennese company. At the beginning, among other things, you will be asked about your learning goal: developing projects such as apps or websites, learning a programming language or advancing your career. You have to further specify your learning goal. Available projects are websites, games, apps or hacking. At the end of the setup, the app creates a personal learning plan based on the selection. Another special feature is the availability of a web app. In addition to the free basic mode, in which you are very limited, there is a premium model that can be concluded annually or monthly. Depending on which you pay 4.99 euros or 9.99 euros per month. The app is currently only available in English. Available languages ​​and libraries: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Ruby, SQL, Python, Java, PHP, C #, R, C ++, React Code editors for your pocket Got an idea in the subway and want to quickly write a few lines of code? Or have you got the Smart Keyboard for your iPad and would like to program with it? This is not a problem as there are mobile code editors themselves. Here are a few good examples. Droidedit  (Android) Droidedit is a compact and initially free app for Android devices. Syntax highlighting is supported for almost all major languages: from Java to Python, from C to JavaScript. HTML is also possible – even with a preview in the browser. The affordable Pro version even includes FTP and SFTP. Coda  (iOS, Mac) In addition to a desktop version for the Mac, Coda also has an iOS app . Even if the app is relatively expensive at just under 28 US dollars, many features are promised. Including support for many programming languages ​​as well as SFTP, FTP, Amazon S3 and more. In addition to an SSH terminal, there is also a preview for your code. In combination with a Mac, you can call up a preview of what you are developing on the laptop on your iOS device. The app convinces numerous users and despite the higher price, it received a rating of 4.7 in the app store (as of March 2019). Codeanywhere (Android, iOS, web app)   Codeanywhere is available as a web app and for the iOS and Android systems. (Graphic: Codeanywhere) The mobile IDE Codeanywhere comes with a wide range of functions for iOS and Android at no cost. In addition to the code editor, there is also an SSH terminal and support for Git. Syntax highlighting is possible for over 100 programming languages ​​and auto-completion is also available, at least for some important languages. This includes HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and PHP. A connection with Dropbox, Onedrive, Google Drive and others is also possible. An FTP and SFTP client is also on board. However, the app struggles with numerous problems on iOS and has accordingly received poor ratings. Koder (iOS) The much better Koder app is recommended as a free alternative to Codeanywhere on iOS . In addition to numerous typical features such as syntax highlighting of over 80 languages, an SSH client, FTP and SFTP support and a version for the iPad that also supports multitasking, Koder Codeanywhere is in no way inferior on paper. The app can also edit files from the next app in the list – the Git client Working Copy – using drag and drop. Other popular code editors at a glance: Codex  (free for iPhone and iPad):  Powerful with numerous IDE features and syntax highlighting for over 150 languages To Writer ( free or 5.49 euros for Android): HTML editor with support for CSS, JavaScript, Latex and the Pro version with autocompletion for PHP and SQL Quick-Edit (free for Android): Optimized for smartphones and tablets with all common features Git clients for smartphones Working Copy (iOS) Really good Git clients are unfortunately rare for smartphones. Apple users can therefore count themselves lucky that with  Working Copy they can use a really good and also (for the most part) free app. However, in order to activate features like pushing a commit, a purchase must be made in the app. Pocket Git (Android) The paid Android app Pocket Git comes with a clean interface. (Graphic: André Restivo) Especially with Android, the selection of Git clients is pretty rare. The best alternative is probably the paid app  Pocket Git . It comes with a clean interface and offers all the important features you need to quickly make small changes to the repository or to view the latest commit of your colleague. Terminus: An SSH and Telnet client with bash The Terminus app: More than just a simple SSH client. (Graphic: Crystalnix) Terminus is an SSH and Telnet client for Android and iOS – the putty for smartphones, so to speak. The app offers the most important features free of charge. Including the local Unix shell Bash or a desktop version for Windows, Mac and Linux. However, some pro features cost around $ 30 annually. This enables tabs in the terminal, fingerprint protection, an SFTP client or synchronization between multiple devices, for example. GitHub mobile apps GitHub Mobile GitHub Mobile is of course the most obvious solution for interacting with GitHub while on the go. Announced at the GitHub Universe developer conference last year , the official GitHub app for Android , iOS and ipadOS has been available since March. Developers can use it to comment on, check and edit code on their mobile devices – regardless of whether they are smartphones or tablets – and react to feedback and problem reports. The app synchronizes with the website so that developers can seamlessly continue the work they have started on the mobile device on the website. GitHub wants the app to be understood as an extension of the website. More GitHub apps But external providers also offer apps for accessing your GitHub profiles and repositories. One example would be GitPoint, a free, openly licensed app built with React Native with a solid user interface for Android and iOS . Via GitPoint you can access your GitHub profile and manage notifications, issues and pull requests. GitHawk is another option for iOS and ipadOS with a similar range of functions, which, similar to GitHub Mobile, even offers emoji reactions. Apple users who can manage GitHub issues via a mobile app could take a look at GitShot throw, the app is available for 6.99 euros for iOS and ipadOS. If you like it even more reduced and just want a ping for new notifications, Brigitte is the right companion. And the competition? There are also apps for BitBucket and GitLab users to manage your projects on the go. For example GitLabControl for iOS and ipadOS. For BitBucket users, BitBasket for Android and iOS / ipadOS remains an option, but the app does not appear to be recommended in view of the 1 and 2 star ratings.

Apple has officially released the iOS 13.5 update due to the corona crisis. This includes, for example, the interface required for tracing apps. Tracing apps, which could be used to monitor possible chains of Covid-19 infection, are considered to be an effective means of preventing the virus from spreading further in the corona crisis. So far, the publication of such an app, the use of which is also advocated by Health Minister Jens Spahn, has failed due to a missing interface in the mobile operating systems of Google and Apple. The iPhone company has now finished the Contact Tracing API – and is distributing the corresponding update. iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 ready After the Golden Master version of the update iOS 5.13, in which the API is included only on Monday released for developers was, it is now officially rolled out. The same goes for iPadOS 13.5. In addition to the API, Apple also delivers new features for Face ID and Facetime with iOS 13.5 – also due to the corona crisis. In iOS 13.5 you can find the new Covid-19 contact protocol option in the settings under data protection and there under health. The function is deactivated by default, it can only be activated if an authorized app is activated for it. Apple explains how it works In the accompanying statement from Apple it says that the iPhone uses Bluetooth and sends randomly generated IDs in the vicinity. The device also collects the same ID from devices of other users. This allows you to anonymously see which user was in contact with whom. The ID should be automatically deleted after 14 days. How the ID is evaluated and the notification in the event of a corona infection is in the hands of the national tracing apps. In addition to the interface, Apple also brings an already announced Face ID function for mask wearers with iOS 13.5. In this case, the switch to entering the passcode should take place faster than before. This also applies to applications such as the App Store, which rely on authentication via Face ID. Another innovation concerns Facetime calls in conference mode. Here, the size of the video images is no longer automatically changed when a participant speaks. In addition, minor bugs, such as in the mail app on the iPad, have been eliminated.