Here are few Linux commands you can play with for fun. Some of these might be helpful in certain situations but I’ve compiled them here so that you can play with it, appreciate the power of Linux commands, or just show off your Linux skills to your friends.
Four steps for installing Oracle on Ubuntu. Steps by steps video
Codeweaver, the maker of crossover software which allows you to run Windows applications in Linux & MacOS with the help of Wine, will be giving away its award wining software for free for one day.
A week before the final release of Ubuntu 8.10, the guys at Canonical has released the last testing version RC1. Since this is only RC1, no changes in the features was expected. As discussed in my previous post, two system tools USBLive and System Cleaner, will be bundled with Ubuntu 8.10, change of the wallpaper, [...]
Spent countless hours figuring how to install Ubuntu to make use of those extra GBs in your pen drive? It just need three easy steps.
A new theme “Dark Room” has been added to Ubuntu 8.10. Human Theme is still the default so you need a few more clicks to get it. As the name implies, the theme is dark and looks better than the default. Have a look:
Mozilla just released Beta1 of Firefox 3.1 browser. They haven’t yet made the official announcement though.
The noticeable features include Ctrl+Tab 3D browser, faster JavaScript performance, and Open a new tab button just like Internet Explorer 7. If you want to give a try, here is how to install it:
If you regularly run a couple of OS from your VirtualBox and want to login to those OS directly from GDM session, here is a quick way to do it. For this to work you should have already set up your VirtualBox. Here we won’t be talking about how to setup VirtualBox but only how to login to a virtual OS from GDM session.
As expected, Open Office 3.0 has been officially released today and due to heavy demand for the new release, only a couple of links are available for downloading the packages. The official site is down (literally) and only a plain page appears with a couple of links for downloading the packages.
There are many reasons to switch to Linux, but this is one of them – to get rid of BSOD!
Download it, print it and paste it on your college flier board if you ever need to show your Linux love, Windows hatred, and bsod anger.