Linux
openSuse Faces Uncertain Future As Private Equity Firm Offers To Buy Novell
It’s unclear how profitable Novell as a tech company, but Novell is quite important to certain people who have interested in Linux (Operating Systems). openSuse is a Linux operating system that Novell has developed over the years and released for everyone to use for free of charge (open source). The future of openSuse is unclear [...]
Why Not Make Your Linux Looks Like Windows XP & 7
People are having fun in turning their Linux machines into look-alike Windows XP machines. A Chinese Linux distribution known as Ylmf OS looks almost identical to Windows XP. The truth is that underneath the look, Ubuntu probably is the core. Check out the videos after the jump to see how people make their Linux machines [...]
Installing And Securing Ubuntu 9.10 Inside Virtualbox On Host Windows 7
Some people have only one computer or one laptop, but they want to try out a new operating system without overwriting the current one, is that even possible? Yes, there are many ways to tackle this challenge, but there is an easy way and a hard way. A hard way is not actually that hard, [...]
Compiz’s Windows 7 Snap, Try It With Ubuntu 9.10
Windows 7 users, have you just switched to Ubuntu 9.10? Maybe, you have both? On Ubuntu, you don’t have to go without Windows 7’s cool feature known as snap, because you can modify your Ubuntu to do the same. Check out the YouTube video and follow the instructions, you’ll get Windows 7 Snap on Ubuntu [...]
Fix Windows Bootloader While Using Recovery Disks To Recover Windows 7
Here I was restoring my HP Desktop to its manufacturing state by using HP’s recovery discs and supplementary disc, the process went smoothly until the HP Desktop automatically restarted, and I was presented with an error screen said something about unknown filesystem — grub rescue command prompt was blinking as if it was begging me [...]
Clonezilla, One Excellent Way In Backing Up And Restoring A Linux System
This is a first part to a more complete post that will be completed in a near future, because I haven’t fully tested the software known as Clonezilla. It’s free by the way! Why I haven’t fully tested the software? I’ve only done the first part where I created an image of my Linux system [...]
Chkrootkit Reports False Positive When RKHunter Runs
I was performing security check on my system using Chkrootkit and RKHunter, and I found out that there were two hidden processes, Chkrootkit reported that trojan virus may have been installed on system. Surprisingly, it is a brand new installation of Ubuntu 9.10 too. It turned out to be a false positive, because this false [...]
Tighten Up Ubuntu’s Security
Ubuntu’s default setting should be secure, but if you are paranoid about your system security, you can fine-tune your Ubuntu even more. In this post, I will show you how to improve your Ubuntu’s security by adding extra software and modify some Ubuntu’s default settings. Let get started!
It’s important to stop and permanently deactivate the [...]
Ubuntu In The Past And Now
I have been using Ubuntu for a very long time. In the old day, Ubuntu was my choice because it was friendlier than most Linux’s distributions. I still recommend Ubuntu over anything else really, because it’s still better looking and friendlier than most Linux’s distributions! If you are like me who is a Ubuntu fanatic, [...]
Say Hello To Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
Ubuntu 9.10, the final version and is known as Karmic Koala, is now ready for you to download people! Ubuntu 9.10 has nicer icons for everything. What’s interesting is that ext4 file system will be the default file system for Ubuntu 9.10, but if you upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 to the latest version, your file system [...]
