One of the most noticeable differences between Linux and Windows is the directory structure. Not only is the format different, but the logic of where to find things is different.
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Ubuntu Repository on DVDs available at Zyxware
The Entire ubuntu repository is available in 5 DVDs now.
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How To Dual Boot With Xp and Ubuntu.
This post can also be useful for people who are yet to start with Ubuntu and are thinking of migrating from Windows Xp. This post explains Dual booting Ubuntu on XP. Where Xp is already installed and you install Ubuntu on another partition.
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Easter Eggs
Linux and Free Software is written by clever programmers. As such, undocumented features creep in to the most mainstream of applications. We call these Easter Eggs, because you have to hunt them.
Here are a few of my favorites.
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How to compile & execute C programs under Linux
Once you have written and saved your C program using any editor return to the prompt. An “ls” command should display your C program. It should have the .c extension. Now at the prompt type the following
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KolourPaint: More than a Microsoft Paint clone
Just as Microsoft Paint is included with every Windows installation, so KolourPaint has been part of the kdegraphics package since KDE 3.3. This simple raster graphics editor works well not only in KDE, but also in Xfce, GNOME, and Fluxbox.
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Getting Stuff Done on Linux [Part 2]
Last time, we covered Linux applications for creating content. Today we will be covering organizational and web-based programs for Linux.
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Beginner Tutorial — Changing/adding themes in Ubuntu
Changing or adding new themes in Ubuntu is surprisingly easy to do. The following article will guide you in adding a new theme from the website www.gnome-look.org.
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From BFS to ZFS: past, present, and future of file systems
A journey through the file systems history and how we get from CP/M to ZFS. It talks about Free Software and Proprietary file systems such as ext3, ReiserFS, HFS+, NTFS, etc.
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Kubuntu Mini Install Fest
Thoughts, problems, and solutions that came up during a Kubuntu Mini-Install-Fest.
"Linux is not Windows. Those of us who use it regularly tend to forget how difficult the learning curve can be. I must give him and Kubuntu credit. He managed to get both machines up and running, wifi working and even a seamless virtual Windows installed with Virtual Box."
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Peer to Peer in Linux
So you’ve made the switch to Linux but would still like to access Limewire, emule, bit torrent and/or Soulseek networks? Well you’re in luck as Linux has client applications for all of these networks and some mighty fine ones at that.
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Beginning Linux
I find I'm recently getting inquiries from various friends and business associates who say they want to try Linux. So I thought I'll post about it here. I'm not an expert by any means, and it's late at night and I need to catch some zzz's, but hopefully this post might help some.
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Free/Open-source Word Processors
A word processor, as you may all know, is a computer application that is used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort 0f printable material. It is considered as one of the earliest applications for the personal computer in office productivity. To those who are looking for some quality word processors but don't want to spend for even a dime, try some of these...
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Free and Cheap Software That Kills the Big Guys
People say the best things in life are free. That certainly includes software capable of doing just about everything that major commercial applications can do.
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How to read e-mails from more than one e-mail address from one place (including different e-mail accounts, like gmail, yahoo, et
You’ll be needing a gmail.com account. Then go to Settings, Accounts and if you want to add a gmail account, at the first thing in the list, click on “Add another email address”. If the other e-mail account is on… let’s say: yahoo, you’ll have to look a little lower at “Get mail from other accounts:” and
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