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Member Since: 2nd November 2010

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Linux Better Than Mac OS X

Mac OS X seems to make it easy surf the net or play music, but anything more advanced, such as installing a database server, needs to be done through command line (Unix) with no package manager. I might be missing something, but why are these things so popular. Is it because most users for these...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 2 weeks ago.

My Magical Journey

Redang Archipelago In the remote southern areas of narnia there is a cluster of islands. The weather is fair, the land is fertile and the ocean is blueish. Each island is inhabited by a different race of living thing. Although physically they look alike, you can tell them apart by their styles of dress,...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 2 weeks ago.

Help Windows users quit, switch to Linux

It’s funny how some people react when I tell them I use Linux. Other’s get caught up in all the brand loyalty hype and still some have never heard of Linux! The truth of the matter is that I switched partly because Windows no longer offered me any challenges and reliability became an issue.

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 2 weeks ago.

10 Killer Firefox Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

Mashable: “One of the reasons for the popularity of the Firefox browser is the wealth of downloadable add-ons, and the customization options available via the about:config hacks. However, there are some tidy tricks you can employ from within the “as is” browser that can greatly improve your web...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 2 weeks ago.

35 Amazing Android Applications

EarthWeb: “Have Android app, will travel. In the digital age, managing the steady deluge of information that confronts you every day can be a challenge. But with the right apps, the Android can be a powerful tool to help you stay on top of that deluge. There are Android apps to manage your news feeds,...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 2 weeks ago.

Is Ubuntu 10.10 Worth the Upgrade?

Linux Mag: “Newest is not always best. Take the Ubuntu 10.10 release that came out on October 10th. Ubuntu users who are happy with their current release may want to hold off before taking the plunge. The Ubuntu 10.04 release was very solid, with a lot of major improvements that made it a no-brainer...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

LibreOffice – A Fork of OpenOffice

Last month the OpenOffice community made a big decision to break away from Oracle and have formed The Document Foundation. Development for OpenOffice has been going on form about a decade now under Sun Microsystem. However, after Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystem, the community have decided to...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

Howto Change into Mac on Ubuntu

There was a post about changing into Windows 7, but now I will guide how to change your Ubuntu into totally Mac. I suppose you are really interested, that why you click to see this post. Well, I’ll get on to it now. Macbuntu is a Mac OSC transformation pack, specially designed for Ubuntu. Unlike...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

Installing Microsoft True Type Fonts

I believe that a lot of people do wonders why some documents are not the same as provided. Its because Microsoft users uses different type of fonts. That the reason when you open the documents and you see it is different. And Microsoft’s True Type fonts can also be used on Linux. Not only can...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

How to Limit CPU Usage on your Linux

CPULimit is a per-process CPU usage limiter (expressed in percentage, not in CPU time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don’t want them to eat too much CPU. It is able to adapt itself to the overall system load, dynamically and quickly. CPULimit is an application for Linux that can...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

About Linux

Linux referrers to all the UNIX like operating systems designed to run around and use the Linux kernel to control the system hardware. Linux can run on a very wide variety of hardware like laptops computers, desktop computers, net books, servers, mobile phones, gaming consoles, mainframe computers,...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

Keeping numbers of Kernel on Fedora

The last updated yum package, several weeks ago, removed the 2.6.33 kernel on my system as part of the process involved in adding the latest 2.6.34 kernel. If you can’t give up 2.6.33 kernel now, It’s the only kernel that works with some drivers without disabling KMS and losing the awesome...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

No Fear using Linux Terminal Shell Command

What is a terminal? How to I open a terminal? Why do I need to learn the command line anyway? I’m guessing that many of you hear this too. And the fact that if you choose your Linux distribution with a little care, you need never open a Terminal window in your life. Or Maybe [...]Related posts:Howto...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

Linux Quotes to remember

I have collected some of my favorite “Linux quotes”. They are without doubt some of the most intriguing quotes that I’ve ever read. Who doesn’t like quotes especially if it’s about Linux. Although you may have already heard some of the Linux quotes that I’m about to share...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

Ubuntu 10.10 to feature Windows, iPhone & Android syncing

LinuxUser: “e can reveal today that Ubuntu One, Canonical’s cloud storage solution, will be updated in Maverick Meerkat to include Windows, Android & iPhone syncing and music streaming… As you’ll discover from our recent Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and netbook beta reviews there’s quite a bit to...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

4 Ways to Give Desktop Linux a Test-Drive

Pcworld: “That desktop Linux offers myriad compelling advantages for business users is no longer the subject of much debate. All that remains for many Windows users is to give it a try. That step, however, can cause some anxiety. Though not difficult, installing Linux outright can feel like too big a...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 3 weeks ago.

Mandriva: We’re not dead

H Open: “In a reaction to the founding of the Mageia project and to a question posed on the Cooker mailing list, the French Linux distributor Mandriva has commented on its current situation and future plans. The company says the Mandriva distribution is far from dead and will continue to be...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 4 weeks ago.

GIMP Tutorial for Beginners

I had posted someGIMP tutorials before, it’s time for some more. But this time, they are a bunch of GIMP video tutorials and are meant for absolute beginners, these tutorials are hand-picked and contain easy to follow instructions on completing small tasks using various GIMP features. GIMP is a...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 4 weeks ago.

Modify Your Ubuntu Login Screen and Plymouth Theme

Last post I was tutoring about plymouth on Fedora, but how about Ubuntu? So, in this post I will be writing about modifying Ubuntu Lucid login screen and plymouth theme. The latest version of Ubuntu (10.04 Lucid) comes with a plymouth theme that allows more cool and animated screen to be displayed during...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
6 months and 4 weeks ago.

Linux has evolved

Since last 2 decades or so, Microsoft’s monopoly of operating system business is challenged y a unique, dominating open source technology software, Linux. Essentially an operating system, Linux refers to the family of Unix-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel. Linux can be installed on a...

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jonboy60 via Linux Blog Magazine
7 months ago.

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