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Linux guides, tutorials & overviews
In this sub-section, you will find extensive, step-by-step tutorials and reviews to some of the most popular
Linux distributions, tips and tricks how to work on the command line, setup and configure your Linux
environment, including compilation, installation, drivers, file and printer sharing, network connectivity,
security practices, links to popular software, and more.
Windows guides & tutorials
In this sub-section, you will find lots of useful advice for Windows users, including several installation
tutorials, links to popular software, comprehensive security guides about web, mail, policies, and more, how to
use Windows and Linux together by dual-booting, how to create live bootable Windows CDs, and many other
practical ideas.
Virtualization
In this sub-section, you will learn about virtualization software - how to setup and configure multiple
operating systems on a single host simultaneously, including recipes like Windows on Linux, Linux on Linux and
other combinations, how to share resources between Windows, Linux and other operating systems, how to run DOS
applications on modern operating systems, and other innovative tricks. You may also want to refer to the
Computer games section to see how virtualization and emulation can help you
play games.
Multimedia
This sub-section deals with audio, video, flash, and any other form of digital media content that you may
encounter and use on your computers. Here, you will learn how to obtain and play multimedia files, how to
obtain the right codecs for them, how to edit the content, including splitting, joining, converting, tagging,
streaming, recording, and much more.
Office & documents
This section will teach you how to work with text editors, word processors, document processors, and other
software oriented at home and business office work. You will learn about office suites, typesetting languages,
tips and tricks to increase your productivity, separation of styles from content, and much more.
Other
In this sub-section, you will learn about software in general: backup and imaging solutions, scientific computing, applied
statistical methods in software, router security, browsers and browser add-ons, other operating systems like BSD and Solaris, PDF software, educational software, computer-related rants and humor, and anything else not covered in previous sub-sections. Some of these topics will be branched off into separate sub-categories when the number of relevant posted articles grows enough to merit independence.
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Linux
For quick access to some of the most popular step-by-step Linux distribution installation guides and tutorials,
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to a small selection of articles/tutorials. You are encouraged to check the entire listing below.
How to configure RAID in Linux - Tutorial
updated June 26, 2009
How to print from Linux machines to Windows printers over Wireless - Tutorial
updated June 10, 2009
Macpup - Puppy on steroids
updated June 8, 2009
New cool list of Linux must-have programs
updated June 6, 2009
Mondo & Mindi - Disaster recovery solution
updated June 4, 2009
Terminator comes to fix your Terminal!
updated June 3, 2009
How to open .chm files on Linux
updated June 1, 2009
How to open .mht files in Firefox on Linux
updated May 30, 2009
Never lose a file with TimeVault
updated May 29, 2009
Pimp up your Terminal with Guake and Yakuake
updated May 27, 2009
How to easily manage your Linux firewall with gufw
updated May 20, 2009
wicd - A friendly network manager for Linux
updated May 18, 2009
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope - Updates
updated May 16, 2009
BackTrack 4 - Hacking galore
updated May 15, 2009
Noscript versus Adblock, who lost? The users.
updated May 9, 2009
Easily manage Linux services with chkconfig and sysv-rc-conf utilities
updated May 8, 2009
Sabayon 4.1 - A Linux monster (cute one)
updated May 7, 2009
GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial
updated April 25, 2009
How to use Linux filesystems on Windows - Tutorial
updated April 24, 2009
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope slices boot time in half!
updated April 20, 2009
Profile and visualize Linux boot process with Bootchart
updated April 18, 2009
Fedora 11 Leonidas - King of Spartans
updated April 16, 2009
Collecting and analyzing Linux kernel crashes - LKCD
updated April 15, 2009
Expanding Linux desktop market
updated April 13, 2009
Moblin Linux - Test drive the future
updated April 11, 2009
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope - Review
updated April 9, 2009
Slitaz Linux - Tiny but fierce
updated April 3, 2009
Wolvix 2 - Hungry like the wolf
updated March 28, 2009
Help people without broadband around the world
updated March 27, 2009
PCLinuxOS 2009.1 - A lovely distro
updated March 20, 2009
OzOS Linux - The Wizard or the Tinman?
updated March 14, 2009
andLinux - Run Linux natively inside Windows
updated March 11, 2009
sidux 2008-04 Pontos - Not for the faint-hearted
updated March 7, 2009
6 cool BASH tricks
updated March 2, 2009
Mandriva 2009 - Quite all right, but could be better
updated February 28, 2009
Linux forensics - Part 2: Protech
updated February 26, 2009
Linux forensics - Part 1: Helix
updated February 24, 2009
Linux forensics - Introduction
updated February 22, 2009
SLAX Linux - Your pocket operating system - Review
updated February 13, 2009
Knoppix 6.0 Adriane - A genuine masterpiece
updated January 30, 2009
Damn Small Linux - Puppy's small brother
updated January 28, 2009
Linux Mint 6.0 Felicia - Minty and sweet
updated January 16, 2009
SimplyMEPIS 8.0 - Review
updated January 7, 2009
How to remotely connect to Linux machines from Windows
updated December 22, 2008
NimbleX Linux - 94% satisfaction
updated December 8, 2008
Customize the command line terminal in Linux - Guide
updated November 29, 2008
Dreamlinux - Review & Tutorial (Updated!)
updated November 29, 2008
WUBI - Windows Ubuntu Installer - Tutorial
updated November 22, 2008
Automount NTFS drives in Linux - Tutorial
updated November 20, 2008
openSUSE 11 - Review & Tutorial
updated November 15, 2008
Internet Explorer in Linux - Tutorial
updated November 14, 2008
Web camera support in Linux - popular distros reviewed
updated November 12, 2008
Fedora 10 Cambridge - Review & Tutorial (Updated!)
updated November 12, 2008
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex - Review & Tutorial (Updated!)
updated November 12, 2008
Puppy Linux - revisited - Absolutely stunning!
updated November 7, 2008
Remastersys - Create custom (Ubuntu) live CD - Tutorial
updated November 5, 2008
Fedora 10 Cambridge - Review & Tutorial
updated November 3, 2008
Dreamlinux - Review & Tutorial
updated October 30, 2008
Installing Flash in (Ubuntu) Linux - Tutorial
updated October 21, 2008
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex - Review & Tutorial
updated October 17, 2008
Sabayon Linux - a Gentoo beauty - Overview & Tutorial
updated September 5, 2008
Converting music file formats in Linux - Tutorial
updated August 30, 2008
Playing MP3 music files in Linux - Tutorial
updated August 28, 2008
Apache Web server - Complete Guide
updated August 2, 2008
Sharing folders between Windows and Linux
updated July 22, 2008
Highly useful Linux commands & configurations (IMPROVED!)
updated May 23, 2008
Pendrivelinux - Be cool anywhere you go
updated April 5, 2008
Installing Wolvix Linux - Full tutorial
updated February 29, 2008
openGEU - sunny Ubuntu - Overview & short tutorial
updated February 16, 2008
gOS Linux - a very good OS - Overview & short tutorial
updated February 8, 2008
Installing Linux Mint - Full tutorial
updated January 4, 2008
Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon - Overview
updated November 30, 2007
GRUB bootloader - Full tutorial
updated September 13, 2007
Installing PCLinuxOS - Full tutorial
updated August 4, 2007
Dual booting - Windows & Linux (IMPROVED!)
updated July 6, 2007
Installing Mandriva Linux - Full tutorial
updated July 6, 2007
Installing (K)ubuntu Linux - Full tutorial (IMPROVED!)
updated June 15, 2007
Installing SUSE Linux - Full tutorial (IMPROVED!)
updated June 13, 2007
Hey Puppy Puppy ... Linux
updated May 23, 2007
Highly useful Linux commands & configurations
updated February 16, 2007
Installing Slackware Linux - Full tutorial
updated December 15, 2006
Knoppix live Linux CD
updated November 24, 2006
PPTP dialer in Linux - step-by-step tutorial
updated October 26, 2006
A (cool) list of Linux tools
updated October 16, 2006
Dual booting - Windows & Linux - Full tutorial
updated September 28, 2006
Installing (K)ubuntu Linux - Full tutorial
updated August 24, 2006
Installing VMware Server & Windows in
Linux
updated July 30, 2006
Installing SUSE Linux - Full tutorial
updated July 14, 2006
Linux From Scratch
updated June 29, 2006
Windows
Windows 7 lets you remove Internet Explorer 8
updated June 27, 2009
Microsoft PowerShell - Lindows?
updated June 20, 2009
Computer security and ethics do not mix well together
updated May 29, 2009
PortableApps - A portable world of excellent choices
updated May 16, 2009
Resize hundreds of images in one go with PixResizer
updated May 11, 2009
Softpedia delisted Comodo - Yea or Nay?
updated May 9, 2009
How to partition and format hard disks in Windows
updated May 6, 2009
Quickly edit your images with IrfanView
updated April 30, 2009
How to use Linux filesystems on Windows - Tutorial
updated April 24, 2009
Free PDF software that will make your life easier
updated April 22, 2009
Double Driver - backup all your drivers in 2 seconds
updated March 23, 2009
A few words about recent vulnerabilities in PDF software
updated March 13, 2009
How to remove Microsoft .NET Assistant from Firefox
updated February 7, 2009
Windows 7 Beta - Is it worth it?
updated January 23, 2009
5 cool Notepad++ tricks
updated January 17, 2009
Windows security - Determine file type - Tutorial
updated January 10, 2009
Browser annoyances - mailto: links
updated January 9, 2009
Automatic updates are dangerous
updated December 26, 2008
How to remotely connect to Linux machines from Windows
updated December 22, 2008
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4WIN) just gets better and better
updated December 20, 2008
Mail security - Keep your inbox safe (Updated!)
updated December 15, 2008
Safe Web practices - How to remain safe on the Internet (Updated!)
updated December 15, 2008
SuRun - SUDO in Windows - Tutorial
updated December 11, 2008
Mail security - Keep your inbox safe
updated October 8, 2008
Safe Web practices - How to remain safe on the Internet
updated August 21, 2008
Windows XP Hardware Profiles - Little known goodies
updated May 31, 2008
MojoPac - Desktop virtualization software
updated March 21, 2008
A (sweet) collection of Windows programs (UPDATED!)
updated November 15, 2007
Group Policies - Beginners' Guide
updated January 12, 2007
A (sweet) collection of Windows programs
updated October 12, 2006
Dual booting - Windows & Linux - Full tutorial
updated September 28, 2006
How to create a bootable live Windows CD
updated July 1, 2006
Installing Windows XP
updated July 1, 2006
Virtualization
VirtualBox 3.0.0 is amazing!
updated July 3, 2009
Run virtual machines directly from your desktop with VirtualBox
updated June 22, 2009
Enhance your VMware productivity with little known VMware tricks
updated June 13, 2009
Portable VirtualBox
updated May 23, 2009
Kiwi Imaging System - Forge your own operating system images in a matter of hours
updated May 22, 2009
How to convert VMDK virtual disks to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) AMI format
updated May 14, 2009
Convert virtual machines with VMware Converter
updated April 29, 2009
Run Windows applications on top of Linux desktop with Seamless Mode in VirtualBox
updated April 14, 2009
How to clone virtual machines in VMware ESXi
updated April 8, 2009
How to clone virtual machines in VMware Server
updated April 6, 2009
6 tips how to make your Virtualization better
updated January 14, 2009
3D acceleration in virtual machines - Part 3: Linux host & Linux guest - VMGL
updated January 3, 2009
3D acceleration in virtual machines - Part 2:
VirtualBox & OpenGL - Tutorial
updated January 2, 2009
3D acceleration in virtual machines - Part 1: VMware
& DirectX - Tutorial
updated December 31, 2008
How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions - Tutorial
updated December 29, 2008
How to install VMware Tools - Tutorial
updated December 27, 2008
Virtualization software - Plenty of choices
updated September 19, 2008
Pendrivelinux - Be cool anywhere you go
updated April 5, 2008
MojoPac - Desktop virtualization software
updated March 21, 2008
DOSBox - DOS is back!
updated September 4, 2006
Would you like to run DOS applications again?
updated June 29, 2006
VMware Player - a great friend
updated June 29, 2006
Multimedia
Working with subtitles (create, edit, embed) in Linux
updated June 17, 2009
Miro - Internet TV
updated June 5, 2009
Create exciting desktop movies with recordMyDesktop
updated May 5, 2009
How to create DVD movies in Linux with DeVeDe
updated April 28, 2009
How to rip DVD movies in Linux with Handbrake
updated April 27, 2009
Wink - Tutorial and Presentation creation software
updated December 24, 2008
MythTV - Linux home cinema - is it worth it?
updated December 15, 2008
Azureus is dead, long live Vuze
updated December 13, 2008
Working with multimedia files - Part 3: Audio - Tutorial
updated December 6, 2008
Working with multimedia files - Part 2: Video - Tutorial
updated December 4, 2008
Working with multimedia files - Part 1: Flash - Tutorial
updated December 3, 2008
Installing Flash in (Ubuntu) Linux - Tutorial
updated October 21, 2008
Converting music file formats in Linux - Tutorial
updated August 30, 2008
Playing MP3 music files in Linux - Tutorial
updated August 28, 2008
Office & documents
AbiWord - the underestimated word processor
updated June 5, 2009
Kile - another successful LaTeX frontend
updated May 23, 2009
OpenOffice extensions - When good gets better!
updated March 6, 2009
LyX - A mighty document processor
updated December 1, 2008
OpenOffice 3 - Nice! - Review
updated October 20, 2008
LaTeX - The way documents are meant to be written
updated January 19, 2008
Other
Bourne Identity on Linux (Humor!)
updated July 2, 2009
Invigorate your Firefox with Personas
updated June 15, 2009
Web development made easy with Bluefish and KompoZer
updated June 6, 2009
Browse securely in Firefox with Perspectives
updated May 25, 2009
PC-BSD 7.1 Galileo - Review
updated May 1, 2009
Mozilla Prism - Site-Specific Browser
updated April 17, 2009
Digital Armageddon is not coming any time soon
updated April 1, 2009
Memory usage in Firefox 3.1 Beta 3
updated March 25, 2009
Open Solaris 2008.11 - A step in the right direction, but the
journey is long
updated March 18, 2009
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 - Superb is too modest
updated March 16, 2009
Fingering your Ubuntu (Humor!)
updated February 9, 2009
Backup your Firefox with FEBE, CLEO and MozBackup
updated February 5, 2009
7 tips how to make your computer healthy
updated January 26, 2009
Backup and synchronize your personal data in Windows and Linux
updated January 21, 2009
Open Solaris 2008.05 - Are you kidding me?
updated November 27, 2008
Free Imaging software - CloneZilla & PartImage -
Tutorial
updated November 3, 2008
Firefox Add-ons - Manage browser add-ons in centralized manner -
Tutorial
updated October 28, 2008
Mozilla Ubiquity - the Web-integrated YOU
updated October 15, 2008
Router security
updated July 30, 2008
Let's count the potatoes ... eh ... security vulnerabilities
updated January 14, 2008
Design of Experiment (UPDATED!)
updated February 1, 2008
Design of Experiment
updated Novermber 20, 2007
Scientific computation
updated May 11, 2007
Experts say ... (educative rant mode ON)
updated April 28, 2007
Internet won't hack you unless you provoke it
updated June 29, 2006