We all know that Linux is far better than windows xp and Vista. However, here's a couple of optimization tips that will blow Windows XP and Vista out of the water. Frankly, it makes sense. Linux,...

One of Apple's upcoming operating system feature is called Time Machine. It is a fully eye-candied back-up utility that comes bundled, for free, with 10.5 a.k.a. Leopard. Whilst Time Machine is...

Microsoft's Vista has a feature called ReadyBoost, that improves, hopefully, the performance of the computer with the addition of USB thumbdrives or HDD. Whilst the performance differs from each...

Not to be accused of being too biased towards Ubuntu (which I am, btw), here's a feature on how you can create your own Linux distribution using the YaST tool that OpenSUSE has been using....

Over at the Ubuntu Forums, there are two tutorials on how to install and configure the ultimate desktop eye-candy of all time, Compiz Fusion, a combination of compiz and beryl. Whilst some of the...

Whilst I do not have a portable computer running Ubuntu (actually, this is a lie because I do have one but Ubuntu is running as a guest OS on Mac OS X hehehe), I do understand the frustrations of......

One of the complaints that I have heard about Linux is the slow start-up. I guess the way Linux displays the services that are starting upon boot up gives an impression that it is slow. Well, there is...

How many times have you encountered the situation where you need to upgrade a device's firmware, may it be a mobile phone, PDA or even your Motherboard, and there is no Linux utility available?...

For those of you who have not seen how pretty the Mac OS X GUI really is, I pity you. :P Anyway, one of the hacks available on the Mac is Growl, a notification system. Applications using Growl can......

When I started tinkering with Linux, my base computer memory was 128MB. That practically is an indication of my age. Hahaha. Anyway, running applications was not an issue since there were not that...

When I was starting with Linux back in the mid 90s, I used to compile the Linux kernels, which usually takes from an hour to half a day depending on your RAM and processor speed, to enable bleeding...

We all want our Linux installs to be quick and responsive. Whilst it already is, there are still a few tweaks that you can do to speed it up. The article talks about how to speed up disk access,...

While I was looking around, I found this PDF that explains how you can run Bluetooth on Linux. Its a excerpt from the book Wireless Hacks, published by O'rielly™ Media, Inc. It goes over...

This teaches you to change your flash player 7 on Xubuntu to a flash player 9. Its small, and really easy to do. 1) Make a back-up of the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat: cp...

SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 This article, written by Jem Matzen, teaches you how to hack a SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. It is a bit risky, the directions can change your operating system,...

It's easy. It's free. You can boost your wireless signal and throttle your bandwidth, and if you somehow mess up and brick your router, you can recover everything. This is a great hack, but...

I found real nice guide that helps you hacking the linux kernel. It teaches you everything you should know. You'll get all of your source codes at this site. The only cons were it is a bit long...

Written by Richard Jones, you can mount GMail into Linux, with many Unix commands to communicate with. It gives you a lot of space around 2 Gigabytes. You'll need to have libmail and FUBE, but to...

There is one feature that I really like in Windows XP (although it is generally implemented in an incomprehensible manner), and that is the web-styled interface. Not the implementation mind you, but...

First of all, create a new user account, or virtual mail account for your spamtrap. I suggest a mailbox name that has zero chance of receiving legitimate mail. I am also assuming that this mailbox...