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JoliCloud Linux for your small Netbook

JoliCloud Linux for your small Netbook

By Morfor on February 4, 2010

Jolicloud aims to make a step forward toward cloud computing and especially designed for notebooks. The operating system is based on Linux (Light Linux, Debian and Ubuntu 9.10, ) and the main axe is on Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing. It is designed to run on relatively low-powered netbook computers. It is meant to boot [...]

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Install MPlayer/SMPlayer/KPlayer on Fedora 11

By Samuel on September 24, 2009

I think many of you know about this Fedora. It is a popular Linux distribution and I am currently using Fedora 11 Leonidas. Fedora 11 KDE is an eye candy, super stylish operating system with rich graphical user interface. Even on my 64 MB on board graphics it is running fine with out any glitches. [...]

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Review of Mandriva one 2009

By Samuel on September 9, 2009

I usually try a lot of Linux distros. Linux is best suited to my work environment. By using Linux I can save a few bucks that I spend on products like MS Office and antivirus on Windows XP. More than that, using Linux brings me peace of mind. I can be assured that all my [...]

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Fixed – Unable to open/mount windows drives (NTFS) in Mandriva 2009

By Samuel on September 6, 2009

I love using Linux. So many flavors of Linux make me try many distros that are available now. I always try many distros to see which suites my need. So far Ubuntu has been my choice, but out of curiosity I decided to try Mandriva. So I downloaded and installed Mandriva 2009 spring edition. Everything [...]

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Linux Mint and gOS – Ubuntu+

By Samuel on July 7, 2009

Ubuntu is the most widely used Linux Operating system. There are many reasons for Ubuntu’s success. Some of its features are discussed below : It’s easy to use. Many basic functions can be done very easily such as playing media, networking, office work and many basic needs are met. It is stable and more secure. [...]

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Repairing corrupt linux iso images [Solution to MD5 checksum errors]

By Samuel on May 30, 2009

A few days back my windows has crashed and I lost some data. This is not the first time, my system crashed several times and I lost my online banking details and other important information. I seriously gave a thought on whether windows is my only choice (That’s why I haven’t posted any article for [...]

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Ubuntu device not managed problem solved

By Samuel on May 26, 2009

Whenever I freshly install Ubuntu I face this Network problem. The Network Manager says that no wired connection is connected. It says that this device is not managed and I wont be able to connect to internet. Here is a workaround that fixes this problem. Open terminal and type the following : sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf [...]

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Which Linux distro is for me?

By Samuel on April 11, 2009

Ahhh… Windows is boring! This is nth time that my system crashed due to virus, incompatibility issues… I’ve mastered windows and what next? May be some of you are facing these kind of questions today and on your way to find the answer you came here. Here you’ll find answer if you are looking to [...]

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