"Preload is an "adaptive readahead daemon" that runs in the background of your system, and observes what programs you use most often, caching them in order to speed up application load time. By using Preload, you can put unused RAM to good work, and improve the overall performance of your desktop system"

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-25 09:58:44
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"Using linux to power your robot doesn't have to be big, difficult, and expensive... Say hello to the new user-friendly age of linux robots (and goodbye to RISC based microcontrollers)"

Submitted by stella - 2007-12-04 15:47:45
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"Linux device designers looking for faster boot/reset times should consider alternative BIOSes, suggests Peter Seebach in a technical introduction to open BIOSes published on IBM’s DeveloperWorks website. Among other benefits, open BIOSes can save the time wasted by proprietary BIOS legacy support for MS-DOS and other unnecessary functions, Seebach notes."

Submitted by stella - 2007-10-08 15:56:36
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"You've been ripping CDs for years, but what about those dusty cassette tapes in your attic and all that bargain-basement vinyl at used book sales? With Audacity, you can capture those vintage tunes, clean up their sound, and carry them around on your MP3 player." (detailed howto)

Submitted by stella - 2007-10-08 16:00:14
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Tags - music tech linux mp3 audio records tapes rip audacity

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"Rockstar Games has been kind enough to release some of their classics for free download– including Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2. All you need to do is supply some basic information, and download away. Here’s a quick howto on how to get GTA2 running under WINE. So get ready to blow up some hummers and hos!"

Submitted by stella - 2007-09-13 20:34:01
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Tags - tech howto gaming linux wine gta

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Why?

Submitted by stella - 2007-09-13 20:51:20
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"This is a detailed image map that allows anyone from newbies to hackers to learn about the various devices and functions of Linux."

Submitted by stella - 2007-08-15 16:10:45
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With this new feature it will be possible to install applications just by clicking in a link that point to a new apt:// protocol, it will call a dialog asking if the user really wants to install that package, if yes the superuser password will be asked and the package will be installed. It’s simple like that :)

Submitted by stella - 2007-07-10 17:11:07
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Submitted by stella - 2007-06-21 21:52:36
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Tags - tech howto linux ubuntu dvd cd encryptiong

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For some reason, web controls are in Firefox when it is run under Linux. Here is a quick fix to make the controls a little more eye-pleasing.

Submitted by stella - 2007-05-26 20:06:26
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Tags - hack firefox tech linux

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Intel recently released a new PowerTOP utility that helps discern which executables are consuming the most power. Additionally, the "tickless" kernel feature that was released in 2.6.21-rc1 can help limit power consumption by current processors by allowing them to idle for longer periods.

Submitted by jason - 2007-05-14 20:50:45
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Tags - linux energy powertop kernel power top

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"Remember the paperless office? By now we were supposed to be handling all of our documents digitally, and saving trees by using computers to handle everything electronically. If you'd like to make backup copies of ephemeral content without printing it out, turn your Linux box into a PDF generation device for your entire network."

Submitted by stella - 2007-05-08 21:00:11
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WikipediaFS allows you to mount a MediaWiki-based site on your Linux box, just as if it were a normal directory structure.

This means you can view and edit Wiki entries with any old text editor and they will be automagically updated on the Wiki.

Submitted by jason - 2007-05-06 18:52:54
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Tags - hack linux wiki wikipedia mediawiki filesystem

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With the release of Microsoft's new Windows operating system (Vista), more and more people are looking for alternatives to Windows for various reasons. In this tutorial I will show people who are willing to switch to Linux how they can set up a Linux desktop (Debian Etch in this article) that fully replaces their Windows desktop, i.e. that has all software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that runs also on older hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

Submitted by stella - 2007-04-29 20:39:39
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