TechRepublic has 10 reasons Linux should be your netbook operating system.
Even if you started with Linux, you might want to change to another version, as explained in this post.
Posted by dvanarsd on September 14, 2009
TechRepublic has 10 reasons Linux should be your netbook operating system.
Even if you started with Linux, you might want to change to another version, as explained in this post.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Hardware, Linux | Tagged: Eeebuntu, freeware, Linux, netbook, netbooks, Xandros | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on September 14, 2009
TechRepublic suggests 10 solid Linux distributions for your netbook.
Netbooks have a number of specialized versions of Linux that do well on that type of hardware.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Hardware, Linux | Tagged: distros, freeware, Linux, netbook, netbooks | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on August 6, 2009
10 Linux applications that are perfect for educational environments covers:
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux | Tagged: freeware, Linux, education, educational, ATutor, iTalc, Online Grades, Open Admin for Schools, FET, GCompris, Edubuntu, KStars, KWordQuiz, ChildsPlay | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on July 17, 2009
Simplify Media is freeware which lets you play your music in iTunes, Front Row, Winamp, Windows Media Player 11, or Linux’s Rhythmbox.
It’s file streaming software for Windows/Mac/Linux systems as well as iPhone/iPod Touch.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, MP3, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Music, Sound, networking | Tagged: freeware, media, Music, player, Simplify Media, Sound, streaming | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on July 13, 2009
Lifehacker has a post about how Mac4Lin Gives Linux Desktops the Complete Mac Look.
Now here’s an identity crisis — you have Linux (because you like to save money?) but you want a Mac (which costs more money) so you simulate the look of a Mac on a Linux computer.
Mac4Lin is the freeware answer.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Macintosh | Tagged: freeware, Linux, Mac, Mac4Lin | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 22, 2009
Download Squad has 13 Great Free Backup Programs for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Pick your operating system and find a backup program for it — and use it!
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, backups | Tagged: backup, backups, freeware | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 22, 2009
ocropus is a program for doing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) in Linux.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux | Tagged: freeware, Linux, OCR, ocropus, optical chara, optical character recognition | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 22, 2009
Back In Time 0.9.26 is is a simple backup system for Linux (Gnome & KDE4).
Two GUI available: Gnome and KDE 4 (>= 4.1).
Available on Softpedia. Freeware for Linux.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, backups | Tagged: Back in Time, freeware, Gnome, KDE, Linux | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 22, 2009
Ext2 IFS For Windows “provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.”
Posted in File conversion, Files, Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Utilities | Tagged: Access, Ext2, Files, freeware, IFS, Linux, read, Windows, write | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 1, 2009
AlternativeTo.net helps you find alternative software for other operating systems.
What’s comparable to Microsoft Office on a Mac? Or Linux? Find alternatives to your favorite software even running other systems. Or just find alternatives.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows | Tagged: Alternative, alternativeto.net, freeware, Linux, Mac, software, Windows | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 27, 2009
SpeedCrunch is a fast and usable calculator which is available for Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X.
Overview
This is recommended by a number of sites (links available on this site).
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Utilities | Tagged: calculator, freeware, SpeedCrunch | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 20, 2009
Lifehacker has a post on how Shutter Makes Linux Screenshots Faster and Easier.
“Linux only: Free screenshot manager Shutter provides a really handy upgrade from the built-in GNOME screen grabber, sending your images to editors, auto-thumbnailing, sending to FTP or hosting sites, and doing much more.”
Posted in Linux, Utilities | Tagged: freeware, Gnome, grabber, Linux, screen, screenshot, Shutter | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 13, 2009
Get To Know Linux: Process Management covers the Linux equivalent of the CTRL/ALT/DEL “three finger salute” in Windows without actually using those keys in Linux.
Posted in Linux | Tagged: handling. management, Linux, process | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 13, 2009
Linux Process Management: Command Line shows how to, for example, kill a process in a Linux system.
Sometimes you just have to do things the hard way.
Posted in Linux | Tagged: command, kill, line, Linux, process | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 13, 2009
How To Reset the Root Password in Linux is a step-by-step instruction from Ghack.
Posted in Linux | Tagged: Linux, password, reset, root | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 11, 2009
Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is $10 from Amazon or FREE if you download the PDF.
Handy resource for Ubuntu Linux, and recommended by Lifehacker.
Posted in Linux | Tagged: book, freeware, guide, Linux, manual, PDF, pocket, reference, Ubuntu | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on March 13, 2009
GParted is the “industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging).”
Freeware. Runs on Linux, but could be used on a Windows system from a CD or flash drive.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Utilities | Tagged: freeware, Gnome, Gparted, Linux, maker, manager, partition | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on February 8, 2009
MakeUseOf has an article reviewing 4 Open Source Collection Manager Apps.
Alexandria (Linux) is a Gnome application specifically aimed at cataloging books.
Griffith (Windows, Linux) is fairly similar to Alexandria, but is designed for movies.
Tellico (Linux) comes packaged with support for books, comic books, videos, music, coins, stamps, cards, wines, video games, and board games and also allows custom collection types.
GCStar (Linux) has options and customization similar to Tellico.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Linux, Microsoft Windows | Tagged: Alexandria, collection, collector, freeware, GCStar, Griffith, inventory, Linux, Tellico | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on February 8, 2009
So you wanted to try Linux, but now your wireless doesn’t work?
If you’re on Ubuntu, you could try WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper.
“Even if your wireless network card does not have a native Linux driver, you may still be able to get it working with Ndiswrapper. Ndiswrapper is a Linux module which allows Ubuntu to use the Windows driver for wireless cards (in most cases).”
Posted in Linux, networking, wireless | Tagged: card, driver, freeware, Linux, Ndiswrapper, network, Ubuntu, wireless | Leave a Comment »