Last week I told you that one of the nice things with Linux is that you do not have to buy a CD to obtain a copy to install on your computer, you can burn a Linux live CD yourself. This is a small guide on how to proceed...
Read more »10 Signs You Are Ready For Linux
The title of this post is a search which came into my site, verbatim. It's a good way of looking at things for a change. So much ink is devoted to "Linux is ready for the desktop", that we tend to forget to view things from the other angle - what kind of user is right for Linux?
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41 Free Cross-Platform PC Games (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X)
Alien Arena, Wormux and Crack Attack and a lot of other free cross-platform games will be found in this comprehensive list. Some games may not work on all operating systems but most of them surely will. There are also games in my list that aren’t true Open Source software, but most of them are and all the games are at least completely free to download and play.
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Songbird: The Open Music Player
Free and open source music player. Works on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
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Improve browsing with Firefox using greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is an add-on or plugin for your web browser "firefox" that allows us to install some scripts to improve our productivity on the sites that we visit.
How to use greasemonkey : Install Greasemonkey on firefox as an add-on .. then go to the web site with the thousands of custom scripts, find and install the one we want.
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Use ubuntu as a media center with Moovida
Moovida is what used to be called elisa,it is an open source cross-platform media center solution designed to be simple for people not particularly familiar with computers.
By bringing together all your movies, TV shows, tunes and photos in one simple innovative interface.
More than that, Moovida brings you the best of internet video, music and images to play on your HDTV, laptop or PC.
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Installing Firefox 3.5 RC 2 in Ubuntu/Linux
If you are using Ubuntu or any other modern Linux distribution, you are probably running Mozilla Firefox 3.something. While those versions are stable, they are getting a little outdated; why not upgrade? Shall We?
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A Viable Alternative to Microsoft – Ubuntu Linux 9.04
Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), is just one of the many Linux flavors out there today that can run the software your business needs to run its day to day operations. If there are so many flavors out there why choose Ubuntu.
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Blogging with scribefire
Scribefire is a cool firefox add on which a blogger cannot miss Using this firefox add-on, you can blog with out leaving your browser. Installation is simple. Browse to this page Just click on the addto firefox button and restart firefox.
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Newbie Guide: How to Install LimeWire on Ubuntu Linux
LimeWire is a very popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software among (porn-loving) Windows desktop users :-) So it's no surprise that I receive emails every now and then from people who recently switched to Linux asking me worriedly how they can install and use LimeWire on their newly installed distro (mostly Ubuntu).
Read more »Essential tips to help you work smarter with Linux
The way we use computers has changed. The evolution of Linux has also played an important role in this revolution. The best ways to get more productive on your Linux desktop.
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How To Configure An Email Account In Thunderbird
This guide explains how you can configure a POP3 account in Mozilla Thunderbird. I'm assuming that Mozilla Thunderbird is already installed.
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What is a Linux Distribution?
The first thing that puzzles someone new to Linux is the concept of Linux distribution. When you want to get Linux on your computer, what you install is actually a Linux "distribution" that contains a Linux kernel (see here for a definition of kernel) and some applications like Firefox (web browser) and Open Office (word processor and spreadsheet).
Read more »Facebook chat directly on your mobile phone using ebuddy v1.2
Try out the latest version of eBuddy has come with Facebook chat for your mobile phone, this is very amazing as Facebook chat has been the greatest innovation to come to Facebook
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Upload to Facebook and other social sites from your mobile using ShoZu
Looking for a mobile application that can upload text, pictures, video and files from your phone to the internet and the online community for free?
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