Changing the User Password without Permissions

You can just download http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ . It reportedly works for Windows, Linux and OS X.Read more »

Fedora 12 and Ubuntu Karmic in the lead!

After a few days online, the latest Linux distro contest is showing a strong leadership from Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 and Fedora 12 Constant...Read more »

Using SMPlayer with hardware video acceleration such as VAAPI - Fixing various crashes etc. with VAAPI

If you've also tried to use VAAPI with SMplayer, you may also have experienced the crash every single time you try to watch anything. Th...Read more »

Over 9 Hours of Video on Battery with the MSI Wind U110

After I've managed to set up the video acceleration, it was time to test if it's really as power efficient as claimed. I just tried ...Read more »

The dangerous myth of Linux virus invulnerability

Hey, I read an article recently about an easy way to create a virus against Linux. To be more specific, the article shows a very simple met...Read more »

Ubuntu One Privacy in the EU

I was just about to look into using Ubuntu One. But I chose not to, because I would have had to install tons of Gnome dependencies and use t...Read more »

Songbird 1.4.3

I know, I know, Songbird is a very heavy, resource-eating music player, but I LOVE IT. To be honest, even if there are many good players ava...Read more »

Fedora Google Chromium SELinux problem

Hey, Quick entry to discuss a problem I have experienced lately on my Fedora 12 laptop. As I came back from a short vacation, I updated my ...Read more »

How to Boot Floppy Disks with Grub e.g. to upgrade your BIOS

If you have a modern notebook, it's likely you don't have a floppy drive. But still, many companies offer either floppy images or wi...Read more »

How to set up X and VAAPI Accelerated HD Video on the MSI Wind U110 (GMA500 - Poulsbo) and Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

The following guide is now slightly outdated as Ubuntu 10.04 is out and new drivers are necessary, also some of the repositories I originall...Read more »

HOWTO: Devil's Tuning Fork under Wine

I've been in a gaming mood of the late and I much prefer to be able to run my games under Linux as opposed to having to reboot into Win...Read more »

X Video finally works - Poulsbo and Linux on the MSI Wind U110 - Fix for BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000

If you tried to get poulsbo to run on your system and you get a message like this, you should try the fix posted below. "kernel BUG: un...Read more »

HOWTO: Setup Steam Version of Crysis on Ubuntu

In one of my previous posts I mentioned I had the game Crysis running successfully under Cedega with a few native dll over rides. Today I...Read more »

Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 9.10 - 3D Benchmarks

In the past I've done benchmarks regarding Wine software , today I am going to do something a bit different. Unigine is a cross-platform...Read more »

Biting Into an Apple

I typically stick to the software end of technology, but every once in awhile I dig out my set of electronics tools and tear into a piece of...Read more »

Installing Real Player 11 i ubuntu

To install real player 11 easiest way in ubuntu.   sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list  add the line  "deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jau...Read more »

Has Transgaming Abandoned Cedega

Pretty much anyone who has used Linux for at least a short while is aware of Wine technology and what it does. For many Linux users, largely...Read more »

Top Ten Things I Miss in Windows

There is an old saying that goes "you can't miss what you never had" meaning that for those who have never had something of th...Read more »

GRUB2, TestDisk, LiveUSB Creator and learning your way through issue resolution

Hi again, Other than through active reading and studying, I would say that most of my (limited) Linux skills were attained through issue res...Read more »

About KDE and its bright looking future

Hey, Lately I have been working more and more on my Mandriva 2010 and Fedora 12 KDE desktops. Both of them are KDE4.3.3 and both of them ro...Read more »

We are using MySQL, help save it

As Oracle are progressing to acquire Sun, the future of MySQL is at stake. Read Monty's article about this at http://monty-says.blogspot...Read more »

Why GNU/Linux is ready for the Average User

I spend a fair amount of time on UbuntuForums.org and while poking around there this afternoon I came across this thread . It is no where n...Read more »

Hands on with Windows 7 - An Ubuntu User's Perspective

Microsoft released Windows 7 out into the wild for all of the personal computing world to experience some two months ago and now it is nigh ...Read more »

Use the pen, it´s your friend

Pen drive, that is. I wanted to share my experience on booting Linux from a pen drive. I find it extremely useful and convenient. It is a...Read more »

Cricket Wireless - 3g Modem Review

The internet is something that has become throughly ingrained in many of our lives today. It is how we stay connected with those around us a...Read more »

How to change KDE 4 startup sound

It may not obvious for beginner. These are the steps on how to change startup sound in KDE 4. 1. Open KDE System Setting 2. Double click on ...Read more »

HOWTO: Install Multiple Wine Versions on One System

Wine Technology advances at a rapid rate, in the last month we have seen two updates to Wine (1.1.33 & 1.1.34). Many of us like to stay...Read more »

Google Chrome 64-bit for Linux

After searching for hours for Google Chrome 64-bit for Mandriva 2010, I found this one works great. Please expect some bugs. At least flash...Read more »