"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
Channels - hackszine
Tags - download linux ubuntu

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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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Tags - tech linux robots robotics mechamojo

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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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Tags - tech linux open bios boot

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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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Why?

Submitted by stella - 2007-09-13 20:51:20
Channels - hackszine
Tags - tech windows linux ubuntu dos xp vista pc

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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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Tags - interactive tech linux kernel map

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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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Tags - internet tech software linux ubuntu applications

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Various resources for achieving running gentoo on the PS3 - liveCD included.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-07-03 16:45:34
Channels - ps3
Tags - howto ps3 linux gentoo

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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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There is absolutely no need to tweak Feisty since it runs very well with the default installation. BUT there are some things that can be done to make it run just a little bit faster and smoother.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-06-14 04:09:58
Channels - opensource
Tags - linux ubuntu opensource performance tweaking tuning destkop

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The recent announcement from Intel+ASUS features this interesting sub-200$ ultra laptop; here's a first hands on tour.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-06-13 05:30:34
Channels - hardware
Tags - linux hardware intel embedded asus ultra

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A client-server software specialist in Germany is offering a freely downloadable, server-oriented Linux distribution for Sony's Playstation3. Helios's unnamed PS3 distro installs in less than 10 minutes, and showcases the company's cross-platform file-, print-, PDF-, and image-server software, it says.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-05-30 08:30:14
Channels - ps3
Tags - ps3 linux distro server

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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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Web collaboration company Yugma tried to bring Microsoft and Linux together to discuss the Show Us The Code issue. Here is a video about what happened.

Submitted by efro - 2007-05-21 17:15:58
Channels - general tech
Tags - video linux microsoft news developers showusthecode

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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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