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• Use Linux to Scan Unusable Windows Drives for Viruses [How-to] (Lifehacker)
  Often, even if we do catch a virus, it's not so difficult to eradicate it using installed anti-virus—but if your system has been crippled, try using Linux to scan the drive for viruses instead. More »Source : Lifehacker (subscribe)Explore : Technology Blogs
• Get to know Linux: shutdown, reboot, startx (gHacks)
  If you use Linux long enough you are going to come face to face with a situation where you are in a GUI-less log in and you’re either going to know what to do or you are not. If you don’t know what to do, you will find yourself in a bit of a bind. [...]Source : gHacks (subscribe)Explore : Technology Blogs
• Metamorphose Is Great Mass File And Folder Renamer For Linux, Mac OS X And Windows (Web Upd8)
  Metamorphose is a free, open source program to mass rename files and folders for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The application has many great features such as using photo EXIF data or mp3 ID3 tags for renaming, undo renaming operation in case of mistakes, preview every item to be renamed before applying changes and of course basic features like adding a prefix, suffix, etc to files, mass…Source : Web Upd8 (subscribe)Explore : Open Source, Operating Systems, OS X, Software, Windows
• Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit keynotes announced (LWN.net)
  The Linux Foundation has announced the program for the Collaboration Summit to be held April 14-16 in San Francisco. This is an invitation-only event, though invitations can still be requested. Highlights include a full-day session on Meego, the Linux kernel roundtable, keynotes by Josh Berkus, Dr. Daniel Frye, Jim Zemlin, and others, a cloud computing roundtable, and more. " The…Source : LWN.net (subscribe)
• NAS devices run Linux on dual-core Atom D510 (LinuxDevices.com)
  Qnap Systems is readying two 1U network-attached storage (NAS) devices targeting everything from small businesses to enterprises. The Linux-based TS-459U-RP and TS-459U-SP incorporate the dual-core Intel Atom D510 processor, offer up to 8TB of storage via four bays, and are compatible with VMware's vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform, says the company….Source : LinuxDevices.com (subscribe)Explore : Technology
• Links 13/3/2010: AMD Comes to Sub-notebooks, Tiny and Big (Game) for GNU/Linux (Boycott Novell)
  Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Devices/Embedded Free Software/Open Source Leftovers GNU/Linux Server FLOSS Weekly 112: Amahi Amahi, the home web server that lets you efficiently manage and backup of all the computers, game consoles and other devices in your network. GP-GPUs: OpenCL Is Ready For The Heavy Lifting In a previous column, I bemoaned the state of HPC Software. This…Source : Boycott Novell (subscribe)Explore : AMD, Laptops
• Linux summit dissects MeeGo (LinuxDevices.com)
  The Linux Foundation has announced sessions for its Collaboration Summit, scheduled for Apr. 14-16 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. This year's event features a full-day workgroup on MeeGo, as well as discussions of Linux topics including toolchain, cloud computing, printing, filesystems, ISV porting, and open source compliance….Source : LinuxDevices.com (subscribe)Explore : Open Source, Software, Technology
• Here Come the Linux iPad Clones (AterSlash)
  You can now pre-order an Apple iPad; but do you really want to, asks Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. ‘I mean, I get why you’d want an iPad.Source : AterSlash (subscribe)Explore : iPad, Technology Blogs
• Linux is the cloud's future: IBM Canada (The Industry Standard)
  While cloud computing is merely a label given to the latest evolution of what organizations have been doing for a long time, one consistent component in the cloud has been Linux, said Jim Elliott, IBM Canada Ltd.'s Linux champion. "Linux is the past, present and future," said Elliott to an audience of IT pros during a ComputerWorld Canada Tech Insights event entitled The…Source : The Industry Standard (subscribe)Explore : Canada, Servers, Technology Blogs, Toronto
• Freescale touts cheap Linux tablet (Mac World UK)
  Protoype also runs Google Android and Chrome $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn't last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.Source : Mac World UK (subscribe)Explore : Apple, Computers, Google, Search Engines, Technology
• Create a bootable CD of PloP Linux (gHacks)
  PloP Linux is one of those small in size but large in features Live distributions that could, at some point, save your skin. It offers tons of tools to help you out of just about any situation and, because of the necessity to build the live version, allows you to add whatever tool you need. But [...]Source : gHacks (subscribe)Explore : Technology Blogs
• Need 3d games for Linux (TechFuels Forum)
  I have Ubuntu Desktop Pc and finding top 3D games for Linux. I was playing Cube earlier. I got some games on internet but they are not playing on my…Source : TechFuels Forum (subscribe)Explore : Ubuntu
• Tried Linux? Share your experiance/thoughts/rants (TechEnclave)
  Hi All, If you have given Linux a try for first time or tried a new distro.then share your experience.It would be nice to know what are the common problem users face or what attracts people the most. or maybe a place to share your thoughts on a new distro you just tried. Most important, It…Source : TechEnclave (subscribe)
• Can a linux system product save documents that can be read by Microsoft computer? (World Computer Products)
  I am looking to buy a Acer Aspire One with Linux to use as a mobile computer and my home system is a PC with microsoft. Will i be able to save word doc files to use on my home computer???? Related PostsI need to find a computer product code for my emachines computer?what is the [...]Source : World Computer Products (subscribe)Explore : Acer, Acer Aspire, Computers, Personal Computers
• DAOS: Get FileCount and RepositorySize on Linux (eknori.de)
  Migrated a Windooze server to Linux today. The files on the server are DAOS enabled and I wanted to get the number of files in the DAOS repository and the overall filesize. Here is a small shell script that does the job #!/bin/sh REPOSITORY=/local/daos OUTFILE=/local/daos.txt fCount=`find $REPOSITORY -type f | wc -l` fSize=`du -ksb $REPOSITORY` IFS=”/” array=($fSize) fDate=$(date…Source : eknori.de (subscribe)