Filed in archive Solaris
by Rom Feria on February 29, 2008
Who would have thought of a Solaris LiveCD being developed? This is exactly that the folks in Russia did - develop a Live-CD version of Solaris (Nevada b81) and name it MilaX. The small (less than...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on February 29, 2008
Whilst it is true that apt-get and synaptic (or insert your favorite package manager here) make it easy to install and upgrade applications. However, uninstalling is still quite tricky specially if...
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Filed in archive Hacks
by Rom Feria on February 29, 2008
Who doesn't like a speedy computer? Whilst there are quite a number of hacks to speed up your computer, here is *another* one that has a different approach. The tool is called preload, a daemon...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on February 29, 2008
We all know that files, specially from digital cameras, are named in a specific format that have no information whatsoever about its contents. There are other files that behave the same way, i.e., no...
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on February 29, 2008
The ultra-affordable portable market is booming! The Asus Eee PC, Everex Cloudbook, Intel Classmate PC and the XO Laptop are joined by another player from across the pond, the Elonex "One"....
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Filed in archive Securing
by Rom Feria on February 16, 2008
I have talked about firewalls and how it is configured to secure your computer from malicious access but it seems that I have failed to even mention the one that comes bundled with Ubuntu,...
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System boot-up, specially with Linux, is often spent whilst making coffee. More often than not, it takes a minute to have the system up and running, i.e., ready for abuse. So, any tip on how to speed...
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Filed in archive Securing
by Rom Feria on February 16, 2008
Remote access are enabled by using SSH. Whilst this surely makes it more secure than telnet, there are times when you want to have finer-grained control over what SSH commands can be executed from...
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I wrote about the open source version of "Photoshop" called Gimpshop. Whilst it is a free alternative to the commercial Adobe Photoshop tool, what if you already have a copy of Photoshop...
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Filed in archive Networking
by Rom Feria on February 09, 2008
With the major DNS backbones being upgraded to support IPv6, it will not be that long before the shift will officially start. Now is the time to play with it and make sure that you are familiar with...
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With WINdows Emulation (WINE) getting more and more mature, an easier way to manage bottles is needed. Here is where WINE-Doors come in - a GUI-based WINE manager. Now on version 0.2, the application...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on February 01, 2008
Not too long ago, I wrote about Gnome Launch Box, a Quicksilver-like app on the Mac OS X, for Linux. Whilst Gnome Launch Box is promising, the new Gnome DO seems to have improved on the features...
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