I recently had to clone a hard disk so I naturally turned to solutions such as Acronis True Image, but I discovered these did not work (the start-up disk claimed the clong was ‘complete’ when it blatantly wasn’t) and I also tried copying the partition using gParted in Ubuntu but this froze at about 3%, [...]
Cloudo Web Operating System
Cloudo is a web operating system that has been in private beta for a long time. A public beta started just recently which allows interested users to signup and use the web operating system. A web operating system is basically an online desktop that is providing many features that operating systems like Windows or Linux [...]
Getting to Know Linux: Installing From Command Line
For users new to the Linux operating system, nothing beats installing applications with the graphical Add/Remove Software applications found in the main menu of your desktop. But sometimes that ever-so-user-friendly GUI isn’t an option. Once such instance would be a headless server with no graphical desktop. Or maybe you’ve found a particular applicaiton that is [...]
Ask The Readers: Moving Articles To New Blog
Ghacks has seen some changes in the last two months with the addition of Jack and his Linux articles and Daniel’s web development series. A question that came up was if those two (or one of them) should be moved to a separate blog. I still have not come to a decision and I thought [...]
Send Reminders To Your RSS Reader
Some webmasters and tech savvy users seem to live in their RSS reader. They have it open 24/7 to be among the first when a subscribed websites publishes new content. This makes a service like Reminder Feed valuable which is sending out reminders to the user’s RSS reader. Reminder Feed is one of the few [...]
Fix Hard Drive Or DVD Not Showing Up In Windows 7
Windows 7 Beta is very stable. There are only a handful of beta testers that are reporting problems with the new operating system. Two of those problems will be addressed in this article. The first is for users who created a dual boot system to run Windows Vista and Windows 7 on the same computer [...]
Ease Linux Networking With /etc/hosts
How many times have you gone to your Linux box to administer your network and found yourself developing carpal tunnel from typing ssh -v -l jlwallen 192.168.1.10 -X? Or how taxing to your memory is it when you have to remember an IP address assigned to that Linux file server that never needs babysitting save [...]
Windows Directory Analyzer
Windows Directory Analyzer is a software program that can help analyse and manage files on the computer system. It provides options to scan a drive or folder for files to display them in a sortable list. Filters can be used to display only files that match them. Available filters include setting a minimum and maximum [...]
Download Zip And Media Contents Partially
Load Scout is a free software program that can be used to download zip file contents and media snippets from the Internet. The two main uses of the software program are therefor to download files out of zip files and to preview media files. The main interface can be used to load urls directly into [...]