When u install a windows os, the linux grub will not be shown. So if you want your grub back...
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Flip, size, rotate, and more [from the command line] with ImageMagick
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There's nothing quite like command-line tools for handling large batches of tasks, and image manipulations are no exception. Web developers and administrators will appreciate the ability to handle large numbers of files easily, either at the command line or in scripts.
Read more »LCA2009: geeking your ride
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Not for nothing is Jonathan Oxer known as Australia's geekiest man. Practically every aspect of his life at home is controlled by software - he even uses an RFID chip implanted in his arm to open his door... Now he has turned his attention to cars
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Download Pidgin 2.5.4 for Ubuntu (deb package) - MSN fix also
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Since yesterdey, MSN hasn’t been working on Pidgin anymore because of some changes made by Microsuck. [...]
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Google Gets Chrome Ready For Mac, Linux
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Google has released a pre-beta version of Chrome 2.0 that takes the Web browser closer to its eventual support of Mac OS X and Linux.
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Survey: Novell Likely to be Acquired (by Microsoft?)
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A new survey is published and it's indicating that Novell is most likely not to survive 2009
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Firefox team stops collecting data to ensure user privacy
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The Firefox team decided this week to stop collecting unique identifiers that link crash reports from the same user.
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Mail Notification - Check Email in the Background
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Having a notification when new email arrives can be nice and really useful if you're waiting for an important message. But if you're using a desktop email client or maybe a third party webmail service, you might not want to run a big client application or have to keep checking that tab in Firefox to see if new mail has arrived.
Read more »10 Questions about linux asked by windows users.
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As the popularity of linux increasing day by day but still there are lots of peoples using windows and still unaware about linux.Specialy in the countries like Pakistan the use of linux is minimum I told some of my colleagues about linux who were unware about linux when i told them about linux they ask tons of questions regarding linux to me i have listed 10 questions which most of windows user
Read more »A better way to create a customized USB drive with Ubuntu Live on it
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Got a thumb USB drive or an SD card, and you'd like to put Linux on it? Did the other HOWTOs fail you? This is the real deal, through and through. This trick also works out-of-the-box with Kubuntu and other Ubuntu variants as well. Moreover, you can adapt it with very few changes to any other live CD Linux distributions out there.
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Read - Write support for NTFS partition on OpenSuse 11.x
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The ntfs-3g driver is an open source, GPL licensed, third generation Linux NTFS driver which was implemented by the Linux-NTFS project. It provides full read-write access to NTFS, excluding access to encrypted files, writing compressed files, changing file ownership, access right.
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Useful command-line secrets for increasing productivity in the office
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Using UNIX® in a day-to-day office setting doesn't have to be clumsy. Learn some of the many ways, both simple and complex, to use the power of the UNIX shell and available system tools to greatly increase your productivity in the office.
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Since When Do Linux Updates Cause Problems?
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There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about everything and Linux is no exception. Most of the misconceptions about Linux (you have to use the terminal, its only for geeks, etc.) are understandable in that you can figure out where they came from. There is one that still stumps me a little bit: Linux updates break things.
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War of the text editors
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In 1976 one man changed the face of text editors. That man is Bill Joy who developed vi for BSD UNIX. To those who are a bit unfamiliar with command line UNIX/Linux, vi (short for Visual) is a screen-oriented text editor that operates in two modes: insert mode and normal mode. Please reference here for a deeper explanation of its design and implementation.
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A triple-boot system with GRUB: Debian GNU/Linux "Lenny", FreeDOS 1.0, and Windows 98SE
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This last Christmas, I refurbished and installed computers for two of my children. As we still have a pile of old games in a drawer, I wanted to provide multi-boot systems. This was much easier and more satisfying than the last time I set up a Linux/Windows dual boot system (with LOADLIN.EXE, which I can't really recommend today).
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