Section: Linux
UltraVNC is one of many options for remotely controlling one computer from another across the Internet. Generically, VNC is a cross-platform protocol. For example, you could control a Windows box from Linux. UltraVNC is an implementation of VNC for the PC. The latest version, currently in beta, adds Vista support.
VNC unhelpfully stands for “Virtual Network Computing.†It is a protocol standard for handling remote control. It started life as a Bell Laboratories project, and has become the core of a whole family of open source and commercial products. Read More»
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The Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) is a huge collection of system diagnostic and recovery tools that are conveniently arranged on a single CD. These tools work on any Intel-compatible PC. Since the CD is bootable, it doesn’t matter what operating system(s) may be installed on the PC. Indeed, UBCD comes in handiest when the normal operating system refuses to boot.
You Name It: The current version of UBCD contains 121 tools, divided into 21 categories, as follows. Each tool runs in isolation, as if it were the only tool on the CD (just as if the tool were on its own floppy disk). A master menu program boots up first. It lets you choose the tool you want to run, and then it boots that tool. (To run another tool, simply reboot and go through the main menu again.) Read More»
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Next month a California-based startup plans to release an application that will allow Windows, Mac, and Linux users run Linux binaries without any modifications. Lina is a Linux virtual machine that allows users to run applications with the native look of their host operating system. It also lets you install applications with a mouse-click, no need to compile software from source code. Read More»
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If you are ubuntu user and if you are looking for some ubuntu related books for free check this
Book Title: Moving to Ubuntu Linux By Marcel Gagné
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Brief Introduction:
Discover Ubuntu, Today’s Hottest Linux
Everyone’s talking about Ubuntuit’s not just 100% free, it’s the most useful, practical desktop Linux ever! Now, Linux expert Marcel Gagné reveals Ubuntu’s amazing power and helps you migrate from Windows faster than you ever thought possible. Read More»
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If you are a complete newbie to Linux, or if you “know enough to be dangerous, then here are some pointers that may help.
One of the great things about Linux is that, even though the operating system is extensible through the addition of arbitrary commands, there are standards for documenting such commands. Because of these standards, not only is it easy to find out what a command does and how it works, but its easy to find out that these commands exist in the first place, even if you don’t know their names. Read More»
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If you haven’t tried Ubuntu, the new Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn offers the PC user a chance to try out this open source software with little fear. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet states that “Ubuntu 7.04 is by far the best and easiest version of Linux that I’ve used” and “a simple (and safe) way for PC owners to experiment with Linux.” In addition, Ubuntu lightens the user experience with a desktop edition for those who don’t want to alter their computers with a server install. With that said, Kingsly-Hughes admits that some “dark corners” still exist for Ubuntu users that only a true geek and open source advocate would understand. Read More»
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Open-source rivals Novell Inc. and Red Hat Inc. are each highlighting initiatives to bring Linux-based functionality to the desktop.
At its BrainShare 2007 convention this week in Salt Lake City, Novell detailed improvements to its SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 product, introduced in July 2006, while Red Hat provided more details about the desktop capability of its new Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 operating system.
Jeffrey Jaffe, Novell’s chief technology officer, said a service pack upgrade to SLED 10 is now available. Service packs usually just include bug fixes, Jaffe said, but Novell’s adds desktop virtualization and the ability to run Windows in a Linux environment, part of Novell’s recently announced collaboration with Microsoft Corp. Read More»
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February 26, 2007 by
Jason Here’s a handy tool for more advanced PC users, faced with a troublesome PC that just won’t boot. It’s called Super Grub, and if you’ve had any dealings with Linux you may recognize the name as that of a popular bootloader (GRUB stands for Grand Unified Bootloader). In case you are wondering a bootloader is a program that configures a PC prior to loading an operating system whether it be Linux or Windows (in Windows booting is controlled by a file called the Master Boot Record or MBR). Super Grub can fix booting problems with both OS’s, and is a dab hand at sorting out MBR problems. All you have to do is download the files and use them to create a bootable floppy (or CD or USB drive). It’s not the sort of thing you’ll need to use very often, hopefully not at all, but you’ll be glad you downloaded come the day your PC stubbornly refuses to boot!
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February 06, 2007 by
Jason
If you try to run an old DOS game on Vista, you’ll probably get an error “This system does not support fullscreen mode.” Fortunately, this isn’t a dead end. Download a copy of DOSBox, the greatest MS-DOS emulator for any platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and more), and try running your game under DOSBox. Not only will you get support for old-school graphics like CGA and EGA, you can even run it in a window!
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