Technology Hacks from the Owl
Earlier distros of Linux does not have the automount daemon (autofs). Users would have to mount USB drives themselves. Mounting the ‘drive’ actually means mounting the File System contained within the drive. Here’s how to go...
If you did not partition the existing windows hard drive for Ubuntu and disconnected the one with Windows installed during the installation and installed ubuntu on a separate hard disk, you will run into this boot...
GCC stands for GNU compiler collection. There are precompiled versions / binaries of the GCC for windows available here. Gcc for Windows (gcw) is yet another attempt to port gcc to Win32 platform. The major difference...
Found this simple Vi tutorial for the Vim text editor [Ubuntu/Linux] quite useful.. It covers everything from the basics like inserting text for noobs to advanced file manipulations using vi and customizations. You could also check...
GNOME 2.20 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment. GNOME’s focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalization and accessibility support. Based on Free and Open Source Software,...
Conduit allows the user to take their emails, files, bookmarks, and any other type of personal information and synchronize that data with another computer, an online service, or even another electronic device. Conduit manages the synchronization...
gOS is an Ubuntu-based distro that uses a heavily modified Enlightenment window manager. gOS 1.0.1 is a simple, user friendly, beautiful desktop for normal people. Gmail, Gtalk, Calendar, Maps, Docs and Spreadsheets, and more. They’d like...
You can customize puppy linux install to take between 28 to 99 MB. Overall, Puppy Linux is a superb, light-weight, fast and versatile Linux distribution with a great selection of applications, graphical system administration utilities and...
Download 2.0 beta for Linux [ PS : If you are running Windows, it redirects you automatically to Skype for Windows 2.0 beta download page ] Download Stable Skype 1.4 for Linux Hardware requirements (2.0b) 400...
