Running Linux Inside Windows HackITLinux
For many of you, the switch to Linux seems a daunting task. Words like shell prompt, format, and new PC may come to mind. Linux, if nothing else, is an excellent oppurtunity to learn. There are quite a few methods of obtaining Linux and in several deifferent forms. A majority of distrobutions are installed via CD to your harddrive. Some are booted directly from a CD, floppy, or pendrive. The [...] Read More
Using NDISWrapper to Install Windows Drivers on Linux HackITLinux
Requirements: Knoppix 4.0 CD (I have gotten this to work with versions as low as 3.6) Windows/Linux PC to transfer files from CD to thumbdrive USB Thumbdrive Laptop with PCMCIA port Dell Wireless 1350 card and Driver disk Wifi network to connect to (preferably using DHCP and unencrypted) Let's get started! You will need to boot your laptop into Windows (or use another PC) to copy a few files from the [...] Read More
Another tip on running Windows apps on Linux HackITLinux
I found another tip on how to run Windows applications on Linux without seeing the entire Windows desktop. However, this tip uses VMWare. The same can be achieved with the open-source and free VirtualBox. This tip, however, is not limited to Linux. You can do the same for Mac OS X, i.e., running Windows applications on top of the Mac. My question is – why bother? Except perhaps for running Google's Chrome, [...] Read More
Linux Now Available on the Palm Gadgets The Smart PDA
Palm's promoted next-generation OS will run on Linux. It's taking so long though that people are pointing to its delayed release as another sign of Palm's demise. But as always, when something's perceived to be important by enough people, someone online will freely share their expertise and time. That's the case with the efforts of a group of Independent programmers. Together, they have come up with an Open Source Linux-based mobile [...] Read More
Linux Makes Windows Super Secure The Gadgets Weblog
Hypothetical situation: you're a company with a lot of trade secrets and a lot of road warriors with laptops, that go to many, many places with Internet connections with less than optimal security. The people who operate these laptops aren't geeks by any stretch of the imagination, or even if they are, they aren't exactly up on the latest trends in hacking, so someone ends up hacking into their computer, [...] Read More