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Windows 7 features

Some of Windows 7’s features revealed!

Multi-Touch in Windows 7
Multi-Touch in Windows 7

admin :: May.29.2008 :: Microsoft, OS, Windows 7 :: No Comments »

Fedora 9 released

Another great release of the famous Fedora distro.

Fedora 9

Release notes
Download
Installation Guide

admin :: May.14.2008 :: Linux, OS :: No Comments »

Windows 7 features ?

I don’t know if this is final , but the Tab feature in Windows explorer looks pretty nice ;-)

There are a few more videos of Windows 7 at http://windows7news.com/windows-7-videos/

admin :: May.13.2008 :: Microsoft, OS :: 2 Comments »

Create your own cross platform backup server

I just read a great article and guide on LifeHacker.com about using Restore on Ubuntu to create a cross platform backup solution - Sounds like a great solution to backing up your entire home network.

here is the link to the guide

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admin :: Mar.09.2008 :: Network, OS, Ubuntu, backup :: No Comments »

Build a Hackintosh

A great guide on lifehacker on how to build a "Hackintosh". A PC running Mac OS Leopard.

read the guide here

hackintosh

admin :: Nov.15.2007 :: OS :: No Comments »

so you think you are a geek because you dual boot?

I thought it was prette geeky to dual boot or even tripple boot for the ultra geeks, but what would you say if I told you that a real geek named "saikee" managed to install 145 different operating systems on one single computer? These 145 OS are 3 DOS, 5 Windows and 137 different Linux distros. They run on 152 partitions (WOW!). Read How he did it…

all i can say is WOW… (and maybe as WHY?)

admin :: Sep.16.2007 :: Boot, DOS, Linux, OS, Windows :: No Comments »

20 Things I Learned From Tech Support

  • As long as the world turns, users will still have problems
  • Substance abusers and computer operators are the only folks called users. This isn’t by chance
  • When in doubt. Reboot
  • Sooner or later you will meet a person who types out the words “backslash” or forgets to plug in the power cord. If you haven’t yet, just wait, you will
  • Fear the phone. No one just calls tech support to wish you good morning
  • No user will tell you the whole truth at the beginning of a call
  • “I didn’t do anything” or “It just happened” Are the users mantra
  • As a support tech, it is your job to break down resistance and get the truth
  • This is so you can rub the lie in their face, fixing the issue is just a perk
  • Some people will never learn
  • This means you will always have a job
  • Maintain a calm voice, even if you’re screaming on the inside
  • The hold button is your friend
  • Whatever you do, don’t panic
  • The answer to all users questions should be “Trust me, I know what I’m doing” even if this is a bald-faced lie
  • Users can smell fear. Once you’ve lost control, all is lost
  • A user who is not listening to you anymore, but rather is trying “their own thing” is not worth your time. Simulate a telephone disconnect and hang up. Trust me, you’re better off.
  • Sometimes fixing a computer is easier than figuring out why it was broken
  • Users always want a reason things are fixed. If you’re not sure just lie. They won’t know anyway. “A stray electron passed through the processor and caused…”
  • If possible ask to speak to the youngest person prese

    • admin :: Aug.07.2007 :: OS, Windows, fun, funny :: No Comments »

    Windows XP SP2 unneeded services

    We all know that windows xp has lots of stuff most of us don’t really use. If you have a pc running with a low amount of memory (less then 512 MB) you might wanna disable everything you don’t need. Disabling and removing unneeded features can turn a very slow running Windows XP machine into a well performing workstation. Techtree.com has a great guide on which services you can disable safely. Read it here.

    admin :: Jul.26.2007 :: Microsoft, OS, Windows :: No Comments »

    How to turn ubuntu into a apache/php/mysql server for developers

    I really like Ubuntu. I have installed several different Linux systems on my test machine during the last few years. I tried Fedora, DSL, Lindows (known as Linspire now) and and much more… They all had one thing in common - i installed them, but couldn’t find anything that would keep me using them. I would always return to my Windows Box.

    But since Ubuntu 7 my world has changed… From the first boot from the Live CD i noticed something new… Linux was usable and even a dummy like me could work on it. I found a great guide (The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn) on how to transform the default Ubuntu 7 installation into a desktop that could do everything Windows XP could do (except sending error messages to Microsoft :P). The guide creates a list of apps most windows users use and explains step by step with lots of screenshots on how to accomplish all that with Ubuntu. If you go through the guide from the beginning to the end you will find a desktop that does (almost) everything - from picture editing, Skype, Google earth, Bittorrent and emule. It takes some time and might look like “Chinese for advanced students” sometimes, but be patient and walk through the entire guide.

    After installing everything (and even starting to understand some stuff) i used my Ubuntu setup more and more. Except one thing i still couldn’t figure out how to do - using Ubuntu as a webserver where i can work locally on my websites. I needed a way to install apache, php and mysql. As always i turned to my good friend and helper - google. After some searching and clicking around i found another great guide (also from howtoforge.com) - “Installing LAMP on Ubuntu for Newbies“. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP… that was exactly what i was looking for… After installing LAMP on Ubuntu, my Ubuntu station became my main developing workstation and i just can’t get enough of it…

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    admin :: Jul.24.2007 :: Linux, OS, Ubuntu, web dev :: No Comments »

    Microsoft Confirms Windows “7″

    Very interesting… only a few months after shipping Windows VISTA, Microsoft confirms Windows Seven with a planned release during 2010.

    So far, the company has determined Windows Seven will come in both 32- and 64-bit flavors

     Before Microsoft delivers Windows Seven, it plans to roll out an update to its current MDOP offering, Vista Service Pack 1 and then another MDOP update, according to the deck. Microsoft made no dates — tentative or otherwise — available for these planned releases via the deck.

    Yes, it is going to take us at least three years to release Windows Seven. Longer if it’s buggy and doesn’t hit the “quality bar.”

    read the full article at ZDNet 

    admin :: Jul.23.2007 :: Microsoft, OS :: No Comments »