With Kali, the distribution’s developers made the switch from an Ubuntu base to a Debian base. So, Kali is a Debian-based distribution for security gurus or those aspiring to be.
Read more »Kali Linux is now available for download
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Dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 in UEFI mode
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If you must set up a dual-boot system between Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 on a single hard disk drive (HDD), this tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on how to get it done.
Read more »Small Gems: KMail attachment notification
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Once in a while I run into really nice and well crafted features in software which are hardly known – or at least not advertised enough. I call these small but shiny features “little gems”. One of those struck me in a recent KMail release.
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Ubuntu is not a community distribution
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What most people fail to realize is this: Ubuntu is a suite of operating systems (Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Touch) sponsored by a company called Canonical Ltd. And Canonical is a commercial entity with employees, paid employees. As such, any decision taken by its management is taken with the commercial interest of the company front and center.
Read more »Jolidrive: It’s not what you think
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Jolidrive is not a standalone service, but rather, an interface that makes it easy to access all those Cloud storageservices. In other words, it’s a service interface to other services.
Read more »EU Commission fines Microsoft $731 million, but does it really matter?
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That would have gotten everyone’s attention. A fine of $731m USD sounds like a lot of money, but to an outfit like Microsoft, Apple, and Google, it’s chump change. If you want to send a message, make it hurt the other party at the receiving end.
Read more »Triple-boot Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.10 and Fedora 18 on one HDD
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That single-point-of-failure issue is the sole case, and a very important one, against setting up a multi-boot system on one HDD. Aside from that, nothing prevents you from installing as many operating systems on one HDD that it can hold.
Read more »Zap GPT data structures from a disk, while preserving existing MBR partitions
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Using GPT partitions, or a GPT partitioning scheme, takes care of the shortcomings of the MBR partitioning scheme. However, if you are not careful, it could make things difficult...
Read more »LG acquires webOS from HP
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Now that LG has acquired it from HP, we’ll just have to wait and see what LG’s game plan will be. We do know, from the announcement, that LG intends to use webOS to power its smart TV’s.
Read more »Kademar 5 preview
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Kademar is Debian-based Linux distribution, with KDE as the default desktop. The first beta of what would be Kademar 5 was released a few days ago.
Read more »Slate 7 Android tablet from HP for $169
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Announced at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, the Slate 7 Android tablet is HP’s first consumer-level tablet device since the failed webOS-powered Touchpad
Read more »Dual-boot Fedora 18 and Windows 7, with full disk encryption configured on both OSs
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The dual-boot system will be on a single hard disk drive (HDD), GRUB will be installed in Fedora’s boot partition, and Truecrypt will be used to encrypt the Windows 7 end of the installation.
Read more »Ubuntu Touch – SDK alpha and preview images released
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Ubuntu Touch is the umbrella name for Ubuntu for Phone and Ubuntu for Tablets. Both platforms were released this year, with the latter coming just a few days ago.
Read more »CoolShip Android all-in-keyboard computer
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But this one is unlike other Android units. It’s not in a USB stick, but in a keyboard with most of the connectivity of a standard desktop or notebook computer.
Read more »How to setup Fast and Reliable Public DNS for Ubuntu Linux
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Fast and Free Public DNS Servers are available. It will increase the browsing speed.
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