With the power bestowed upon us, we can create a Linux file system in a file. Humanly speaking, we can create a file containing specific file system and mount it as if it were a partition of a hard drive.
To do this, we must firs
How to create a custom linux file system within another
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Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04
Firefox 3.5 (formerly known as 3.1) adds support for new web standards including audio and video tags and downloadable fonts, a private browsing mode, significantly improved JavaScript performance, and more.
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Functional eye-candy for Ubuntu within 5 minutes using simple-ccsm
Compiz desktop effecets for Ubuntu are configured using "CCSM" which has overwhelming number of options and may confuse new switchers.This articles explains how to enable desktop effects with "simple-ccsm" within least amount of time.
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Get to know Linux: man pages
Have you ever had someone tell you to “RTFM” (aka: “Read The Flippin’ Man page”) only to realize you have no idea what man pages were?
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Get started with Linux - part 1
As the years go by, many computers start to slow down. One way to breathe new life into an old computer is to re-install Windows but, unless you have all the required discs, this can be tricky. One easier way to bring an old computer back up to speed is to install a copy of Linux.
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Watching movies with SMPLAYER on ubuntu
smplayer is a cool front end to mplayer and can be used on ubuntu. This tutorial teaches how to install it on ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
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5 reasons to switch to Linux
It's time to wave goodbye to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer and give Linus Torvalds' operating system a go.
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How To Find A Good Electrician
Of all the DIY trades that exist, it is easy to believe that electrics is one of the most dangerous, if only for high voltages and possible explosions in the case of such mishaps as incorrect wiring.
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Gramps: Free genealogy application
Free application to create, edit and store your family tree.
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Easy Installation of Codecs, Flash Plugin, Graphics Drivers etc in Ubuntu
There is an easy way to solve the problem though. The solution is a software called EasyUbuntu witch adds almost all necessary extensions to the Ubuntu. Install EasyUbuntu after a fresh Ubuntu installation and usual codecs, graphics drivers, Flash-plugin, Java etc will be installed in an easy way.
Read more »Five best download managers for Linux
The typical download manager at a minimum provides means to recover from errors without losing the work already completed, and can optionally split the file to be downloaded (or uploaded) into 2 or more segments, which are then moved in parallel, potentially making the process faster within the limits of the available bandwidth. So what is the perfect download manager i should use in Linux ?
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Do I need to type commands to use Linux?
There are a lot of misconceptions about Linux among the people I know who have actually heard of (and not everyone has). Most of them don’t know much about Linux, and what they do know is anywhere from five to 12 years out of date.
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Installing Adobe AIR 1.5.1 For Linux On Ubuntu 9.04 (i386)
Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.5.1 for Linux on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.
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How-To: Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04
Firefox 3.5 comes with several great new features, like the private browsing mode or the support for open video integration (full review here). Since Ubuntu Jaunty comes with version 3.0.11, if you want to try the new Firefox 3.5 release all you have to do is follow the few steps below:
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Windows users, stop complaining and do something!
A lot of users are not happy with Microsoft Windows. There are alternatives and GNU/Linux is a good choice.
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