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
Windows vs Linux Install Shoot-out HackITLinux
This is one service that I personally will not be able to provide you, a side-by-side comparison of Linux and Windows. Why? I do not use Windows and nor do I plan on installing anything from Microsoft until they have a fully free and open source product. Anyway, here's an interesting comparison between Linux and Windows (XP and Vista) determining which one is easier to install. If this is a [...] Read More
wubi – install Linux as a Windows application HackITLinux
Wubi is an official installation of the popular ubuntu linux distrobution. The cool thing about Wubi is that it is installed/integrated with Windows. You can basically install Wubi just like any other Windows application. Since Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to boot into ubuntu instead of Windows. The beauty of this installation is that ubuntu is installed within a file and NOT a [...] 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
Windows 2003 or Linux – Lower TCO The CIO Weblog
For sometime now we havent had this discussion and than recently i saw this report from Frost & Sullivan, titled "Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Windows 2003 versus Linux in Indian Enterprises", This report focusses on the TCO from the perspective of an Indian Enterprise. Some Key findings from the report: Hardware is the largest component of TCO of Indian enterprises. This is strikingly different from the TCO of North American [...] Read More