Lifehacker Pack 2010: Our List of Essential Windows Downloads

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Jun 022010
 

From Lifehacker.com…

Lifehacker Pack 2010: Our List of Essential Windows Downloads: “We feature hundreds of different downloads every year at Lifehacker. If all you want is the best of the best, look no further than our annual Lifehacker Pack: One download that installs only our favorite, must-have Windows applications in a few clicks.

As with last year’s Lifehacker Pack (and its much older predecessor), the Lifehacker Pack is intended as both an up-to-date compilation of our favorite Windows apps and utilities, and an actual bundle of software you can easily install.”

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Five Linux performance commands every admin should know

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May 202010
 

Five Linux performance commands every admin should know: “Managing performance on Linux hosts is often seen as a black art. Many system administrators rarely venture beyond the simple or resort to throwing hardware, more memory and more CPU, at perceived performance problems. The use of a few simple commands, however, can reveal a huge amount of detail about your host and may help you resolve your performance issues quickly and easily.”

 Posted by at 9:38 am

Desktop Fun: 21 Cool Ubuntu Wallpapers – How-To Geek

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May 172010
 

From HowToGeek.com…

Desktop Fun: 21 Cool Ubuntu Wallpapers – How-To Geek: “Desktop Fun: 21 Cool Ubuntu Wallpapers

Ubuntu 10.04 was released last month, and comes with some breath taking design enhancements, and has some fabulous art work integrated into it. We’ve put together a collection of wallpapers to make it more customized.”

 Posted by at 10:14 pm

Edit Files Windows Insists You Don’t Have Permission to Access – Windows – Lifehacker

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May 152010
 

Great tip from Lifehacker.com…

Edit Files Windows Insists You Don't Have Permission to Access – Windows – Lifehacker: “Sometimes Windows throws up a confusing roadblock to your workflow. You go to edit a file in Windows and despite being logged in as an administrator, it tells you the file is restricted. Use this simple workaround to edit the file.”

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The Keyboard Shortcuts of Ubuntu 10.04 – Keyboard Shortcuts – Lifehacker

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May 072010
 

From Lifehacker.com…

The Keyboard Shortcuts of Ubuntu 10.04 – Keyboard Shortcuts – Lifehacker: “The free Ubuntu Linux operating system finally has some decent, condensed, official documentation, but curiously missing are the changes to keyboard shortcuts that control the desktop. The Tombuntu blog helpfully lists the multi-desktop, window management, and accessibility key combos in Ubuntu 10.04.”

 Posted by at 3:36 pm

Using Ubuntu as a thin client | Linux Journal

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May 072010
 

From LinuxJournal.com…

Using Ubuntu as a thin client | Linux Journal: “Over the last few years there have been quite a few articles discussing the uses and advancements of the rdesktop application for Linux users. Rdesktop is an application designed to allow Linux users to access the remote desktop feature of Windows based machines, specifically servers. When my company made the decision to implement a terminal server to ease the network effects of a critical application, I began investigating other practical applications for it’s use in a mixed Windows/Linux environment. I set out to determine if a Linux based thin client would be practical. As it turns out, not only was it practical, it was also exceedingly easy.”

 Posted by at 11:36 am

KDE vs. GNOME: DVD Tools and Desktop Design — Datamation.com

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May 052010
 

From Bruce Byfield at Datamation…

KDE vs. GNOME: DVD Tools and Desktop Design — Datamation.com: “DVD tools are more important on Linux than on most operating systems. While Windows or OSX users rarely burn CDs or DVDs except for an occasional backup, for many Linux users, burning a Live CD to investigate a distribution is a common task.”

 Posted by at 10:49 am
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