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4 Tools to play Windows Games on Linux

4 Tools to play Windows Games on Linux

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 20:21

Playing Windows games on Linux is not really a difficult task. Most gamers are reluctant to migrate to Linux because they have this misconception that Windows games cannot be played on Linux. How wrong they are. If you are one of those avid gamers that I mentioned above, here are ...

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Run linux apps on Windows

Run linux apps on Windows

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 20:08

ulteo-logoIt is a known fact that the Linux community has been trying to woo Windows users to convert to the open-source operating system: The latest version of Ubuntu comes with a Wubi installer that allows you to try Hardy Heron in Windows (without physically install it) and now came Ulteo ...

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Whats New in Fedora 11

Whats New in Fedora 11

Saturday, April 11, 2009 0:27

Fedora 11 has been released for the Beta testers on 31st March 2009 a week later than the scheduled date. This is the first and only Beta version of the Fedora 11 project codenamed "Leonidas". Fedora 11 final release, which is scheduled on 26th May, will include several new features ...

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Converting ext3 to ext4 Filesystem

Converting ext3 to ext4 Filesystem

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 15:15

Some time ago ext4 was released and available for Linux kernel. ext4 provides some additional benefits and perforce over ext3 file system. You can easily convert ext3 to ext4 file system. The next release of Fedora, 11, will default to the ext4 file system unless serious regressions are seen. In ...

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Increase Swap Memory in Linux

Increase Swap Memory in Linux

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 1:55

In Linux, as in most other Unix-like operating systems, it is common to use a whole partition of a hard disk for swapping. However, with the 2.6 Linux kernel, swap files are just as fast as swap partitions, although Red Hat recommends using a swap partition. The administrative flexibility of ...

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Installing Ubuntu on a USB Pen Drive

Installing Ubuntu on a USB Pen Drive

Sunday, April 5, 2009 13:47

Being able to run Linux straight out of a USB drive is a great way to enjoy the liveCD experience, letting you run Linux from any computer you want. And it saves you from the trouble of carrying a CD along all the time, with your USB drive easily tucked ...

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Installing Ubuntu on Windows without partitioning

Installing Ubuntu on Windows without partitioning

Saturday, April 4, 2009 23:42

You can install and run Ubuntu from within Windows without any risk of accidentally deleting your existing programs and files by using Wubi, an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users. Unlike UNetbootin, which installs Linux on a hard disk partition, Wubi works by installing Ubuntu within a file stored on ...

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How to Upgrade to Fedora 10 from older version

How to Upgrade to Fedora 10 from older version

Saturday, April 4, 2009 22:20

Fedora 10 is the latest version of Fedora released on 25th november 2008. In this article I will show you how to upgrade to the latest version of fedora from an older version of fedora without losing any information.

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Access Linux Filesystem in Windows

Access Linux Filesystem in Windows

Saturday, April 4, 2009 18:13

In one of my Previous articles I have shown you "How to mount Foreign filesystem in Linux" . In case of Linux you already have all the interface defined to access the foreign partitions like fat32, ntfs etc. But in window there are no interface present to access the Linux ...

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Everything about Mounting a Foreign File System in Linux

Everything about Mounting a Foreign File System in Linux

Saturday, April 4, 2009 17:41

Linux, being the chameleon that it is, has the ability to support many different file systems, either natively or with "outside" help. Besides its native ext2 (and more recently ext3) file system, it can also handle DOS' FAT16 and FAT32, Windows' NTFS4 and NTFS5, OS/2's HPFS, and Macintosh's HFS, just ...

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