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Is Microsoft Getting Ready to Kill Windows?
Windows, for all its popularity, has been outdated trash almost since its beginnings. Its chief twin problems, from where I sit, have always been that it's a single user operating system in a multi-user ...
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It's not the Gates, it's the bars
... conviction, was invited to Microsoft headquarters to solicit funds for the 2000 election. Many users hate the "Microsoft tax", the retail contracts that make you pay for Windows on your computer even ...
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Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista
Many companies are not going to install Microsoft Vista, and are holding out for the next version of windows instead. However, they should take this opportunity to make the switch to GNU/Linux, and use ...
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Adobe releases Adobe Flash Player 10 beta for Linux
Adobe Systems is reaching out for Linux desktop users with its announcement today that the first beta of Adobe Flash Player 10, a.k.a. Astro, is now available for Linux, as well as Windows and Mac OS X. ...
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What A New OS Needs
Could there be a bigger threat than Linux to Microsoft's OS dominance? If an open-source version of Windows can be developed that is totally compatible with the abundance of Windows drivers—the idea ...
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Things you miss with GNU/Linux
Recently I’ve noticed an increases in the number of people I know who are migrating from Windows to GNU/Linux. Either my tireless advocacy is grinding them down, word is starting to spread. Perhaps they’ve ...
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Have Your Mac and Windows Too with Boot Camp
... using Apple"s new Boot Camp software. Boot Camp lets you install Windows on your Mac in addition to Mac OS X. With Boot Camp set up, when you start your Mac, you can choose whether to use OS X or Windows. ...
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Chilirec Records Streaming Radio for A La Carte Downloading
Webapp Chilirec records streaming audio online through an easy-to-use online interface, then parses each recording for artist and track information for à la carte listening and downloading. When ...
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A Front-to-Back Guide To Troubleshooting Internet Explorer 7
The How-To Geek blog posts a truly helpful guide to figuring out what"s causing Internet Explorer 7 to slow down, particularly on Windows Vista systems. Starting with running IE7 in safe mode, the guide ...
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Quickly Update Personal Organizer Sandy from Launchy
... writes in with a quicker way to get Sandy"s attention, using Outlook, Windows keystroke launcher Launchy, and a custom line for its built-in Runner plugin. Create a new Runner command named "Sandy" or ...
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Shutdown or Restart Windows from the Shutdown.exe GUI
We"ve covered how to quickly shutdown Windows from the command line or using shortcuts to shutdown.exe as a command line tool, but the Confessions of a freeware junkie weblog points out that shutdown.exe ...
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Shut Down a Mac with a Text Message
Blogger and remote-control enthusiast Tim Matheson, who previously showed us how to shut down Windows using a text message, posts a script and easy-to-follow guide for doing the same on a Mac. Everything ...
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Save Every Edit with Subversion for Writers
... a Subversion server and how to use Subversion with TortoiseSVN (Windows) in the past, but Greenham"s post has a Mac focus using previously mentioned SCPlugin. If you"re a writer working in Windows, our ...
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Linux is NOT Windows
In the following article, I refer to the GNU/Linux OS and various Free & Open-Source Software (FOSS) projects under the catch-all name of "Linux". It scans better. != (Linux is Not Windows) If ...
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Torvalds gives props to Microsoft for sharing
Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel project that's among the best-known open-source threats to Windows, has words of praise for Microsoft's announcement last week that it would share some previously ...
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Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work
Google is funding work to ensure the Windows version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop and other Creative Suite software can run on Linux computers. For the project, Google is funding programmers at CodeWeavers, ...
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XBox Contollers in Linux
... Xbox 360™ Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows®. Don't worry, it works under Linux too, although there are a few quirks. All you need to do is to plug it in, as you would under Windows®, and it should ...
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World of Warcraft in Wine
... will check there and you'll be stuck in it again. Method Three You can also just install WoW in Windows and then copy the entire World of Warcraft folder over from your Windows installation. ...
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Edit and Understand fstab
... under /etc, so the full path to this file is /etc/fstab. /etc/fstab contains information of where your partitions and storage devices should be mounted and how. If you can't access your Windows partition ...
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10 Commandments for New Linux Users
... working, but get to know the command line versions as well. In many cases, the command line is the only way to use some of the more advanced features. Thou shalt not try to recreate Windows. Linux is not ...
ďż˝ 2007 Adam Tomasi
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