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Archive for February 26th, 2007

Note to new Linux users: No antivirus needed

Monday, February 26th, 2007

One of the most common questions I hear new Linux users ask is “What program should I use for virus protection?” Many of them lose faith in me as a source of security information when I reply, “None.” But you really don’t need to fear malware on your new platform, thanks to the way [...]

Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia

Monday, February 26th, 2007

 
bol_kernal writes “An award-winning advertisement on Australian TV for the new Hyundai 4WD has been pulled from being broadcast after stations received 80 complaints from concerned parents. The ad consists of a small child, age around 2 years, cruising down the road, window down, arm out the window, in his new Hyundai 4WD. He sees [...]

13 Things to do immediately after installing Ubuntu

Monday, February 26th, 2007

 

 In this article i describe some of the things to do immediately after installing ubuntu on your machine . Since most of the people reading this would be shifting from Windows to Linux with a system dual booting so i would focus more on making transition easy from Windows to Linux.

 
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Wizpy Delivers Linux to Windows PCs, Macs

Monday, February 26th, 2007

 
Japan’s Turbolinux began shipping its Wizpy digital media devices on Friday. The Flash-based, USB device includes a version of the Linux operating system that can be used to run the open source OS on nearly any computer. According to Turbolinux, the idea behind the device is “to turn all the world’s computer[s] into your [...]

Humorous Quotes

Monday, February 26th, 2007

A few funnies for a newsless Monday morning:
DOS: n., A small annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS.
(from David Vicker’s .plan)
“Besides, I think [Slackware] sounds better than ‘Microsoft,’ don’t you?”
(By Patrick Volkerding)
Fatal Error: Found [MS-Windows] [...]

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