Getting started with Ubuntu 10.04 Manual

I just wanted to briefly mention the incredible work the guys at UBUNTU-MANUAL.ORG have done to put together this fabulous manual and publi...Read more »

MacPup Opera 2.0 Review

Today I want to talk about a distro that is not among the most popular ones, but may be of interest for some with certain specific needs: Ma...Read more »

My Top 5 N900 Applications

Apps, apps, apps! They make or break an operating system (mobile or otherwise). I've had my N900 for over four months now, and I use it...Read more »

Firefox Mobile - Review

The N900 is my handheld of choice and as I've stated before it is by far the web browsing phone currently on the market. The most wonde...Read more »

Long listing and chmod

Aim: To explain the concept of user permissions and changing the permissions. Every file in linux has 3 kinds of permissions Read,write and ...Read more »

Handling the various of packages like .tar, .tar.gz,.bin,.bundle etc

Aim: To make aware the reader how to handle various kinds of packages in linux .tar:  Tape Archive. A file with ".tar " extension ...Read more »

Uninstall Linux

Note: This is post as of now only covers grub legacy that is ubuntu 9.04 and previous. The newer versions have grub2 in which some of the st...Read more »

Unable to use a partition, even after formatting it and freeing it in windows.

Problem: Unable to use a partition, even after formatting it and freeing it in windows. It might happen some times that some partitions get ...Read more »

Learn Linux-10 grep

AIm: To introduce th reader to the grep command and its various uses. grep: grep is used for searching patterns in a given file. grep stand...Read more »

PCLinuxOS 2010 Review

In the last couple of years I have tested many Linux distros. I was never a diehard fan of any of them, kept an open mind and was willing t...Read more »

Debunking Free Software Myths

I fancy myself to be what some would call a "Free Software Advocate" and as such when I am making recommendations of free software...Read more »

Is Android to Phones as OSX is to PCs?

If you have ever dropped by my page here before odds are you know I am a Linux user and an N900 owner . The former of the two means I often...Read more »

Installing nVidia Driver in Ubuntu 10.04

So I have been playing with 10.04 since it came into the beta one stage on my sager laptop and I must say I am enjoying it very much! One c...Read more »

When a songbird's out, "atunes" in.

Songbird is an opensource project focused on building a cross-platform audio station. Linux was at the heart of the project, but as you may...Read more »

Virtual Memory

Aim: To introduce the concept of virtual memory and its working. Virtual memory as the name suggests is not a memory that is physically pres...Read more »

First Contact Review: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta2

I recently downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Linx Beta2 for testing. I love what I am seeing, so I want to share some of my initial impressions...Read more »

Useful Commands

Commands that are useful to know, might come handy some time. free: Displays the memory details, i.e memory free and used etc. Also shows t...Read more »

My Open Source Game of the Year...

... is most probably OpenTTD . It's the same old Transport Tycoon kind of game - you think! Until you realize that the users have create...Read more »

Learn Linux -9 Output Redirection

Aim: To introduce the reader to command redirection. We have learnt quite a few commands by now, now lets have look at how the commands can ...Read more »