Command line tricks for smart geeks
tuxradar.com — How many command-line tricks must a man memorise? You see, graphical user interfaces are all well and good, but when you want to get real work done it's time to switch to the terminal. So, strap yourself in and get ready for command-line heaven: it's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and we're all out of gum... (Submitted by motang) More...
Make Linux faster and lighter
tuxradar.com — With just a few tweaks and some experimentation, your Linux system can realise your machine's untapped potential. Do you have a dual-core processor? Take advantage of this by running boot processes in parallel. Do you have more memory than you know what to do with? You could try caching data in memory rather than swapping space for faster access. (Submitted by motang) More...
Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.04,9.10 boot speed comparison VID
tuxradar.com — Lets see who wins (Submitted by kal1asa) More...
OpenSolaris vs Linux
tuxradar.com — If you're looking for something else to play with, we humbly suggest OpenSolaris. Like Mac OS X, which we looked at recently, OpenSolaris is based on Unix; also like OS X, it's best known for running on a specific processor (in this case Sun's SPARC architecture) but now works on a range of architectures including x86. (Submitted by motang) More...
Reviewed: Fedora 11
tuxradar.com — Leonidas , is the 11th release of the Fedora operating system. Along the way there have been a few duds, but in recent times Fedora has been really delivering on its promise of the four Fs: "Freedom, Friends, Features, First". Fedora 10 was a rock-steady release that introduced a slew of new features, and Leonidas is promising more of the same. (Submitted by motang) More...
Hands on with Mint 7
tuxradar.com — Now in its seventh iteration, codenamed Gloria, Linux Mint aims to bring easy-to-use Linux to the masses. It's based upon the ubiquitious Ubuntu, and as such it shares many of the same features; the installation routine, for example, is virtually identical and takes under 30 minutes to complete. (Submitted by motang) More...
Control your bandwidth with Trickle
tuxradar.com — Trickle will trigger many such memories. With Trickle you can control the upload and download speeds for applications such that no single application hogs all the bandwidth. This gives you the power to ensure that downloads from Firefox don't interfere with your attempts to download a file through FTP. (Submitted by motang) More...
Linux : Fedora 11 - aka "Leonidas" - is here.
tuxradar.com — It's a wee bit later than originally planned, but finally we have a shiny new version of Fedora to play with. Codenamed Leonidas, Fedora 11 brings together a bunch of tweaks and enhancements, described in boring business-like language in the official announcement and with a fantastic, surreal slant in the Fedora mailing list post. (Submitted by greenx) More...
Linux : Run Linux applications on Windows.
tuxradar.com — "Why would you want to do that?", you're probably asking. If you can run Linux 24x7 on any machine you come across, great -- but given the ubiquity of Microsoft's OS, chances are you'll end up sitting at a Windows-only PC at some point. Never fear: even if you can't vape the drive and install your favourite distro, you can still get a Linux fix (Submitted by greenx) More...
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