The Windows XP Start Menu is divided into two parts. The left part can contain custom links to folders and applications while the right part is more or less static. It points to user folders like My Documents or the Control Panel of the Windows operating system. It is possible to change some of the [...]
Get To Know Linux: Live CD
I have mentioned, many times, various Live CDs to use for giving Linux a try or installing Linux. I have had some feedback asking to explain just what a Live CD is. Some users are hesitent to use a Live CD for fear of deleting their data or damaging their hard drive. My hope is [...]
ID3 Mass Tagger
There are many excellent tools to tag a music collection. Tools like the excellent mp3 tag can be used to tag an entire collection thoroughly. If you are more a command line junkie who likes to tag music from the command line or build his own scripts to tag his music collection you might like [...]
Linux Command Line Fu
While most Linux operating systems come with their graphical user interface it sometimes is still important to work from the command line, especially if that is the only way to access a Linux server. Linux Command Line Fu is a Digg-like website that lives of its user contributions. Users can submit and vote for Linux [...]
Rapidstack Realtime Rapidshare Search Engine
Rapidshare is still offering one of the most popular file hosting services on the Internet despite the recent changes to the core system that have capped the downloads for premium users at 2.66 Gigabytes per day. Rapidstack (via Download Squad) is a realtime Rapidshare Search Engine. What does that mean? Unlike many other Rapidshare search [...]
Odd Operating Systems
When talking about operating systems, we generally talk about 3: Windows, Linux and Mac. But there are others! gHacks has already covered ReactOS; a free and open source version of Windows, but there are many other operating systems out there which not many people use. BeOS was a commercial operating system which died during the [...]
Internet Maniac Networking Software
Rarst reviewed an interesting networking software today on his excellent blog (you should check it out if you are interested in tech). Internet Maniac is a old school networking software that has not been updated in ten years. Old software does not necessarily have to be bad or outdated especially if it deals with elements [...]
Get To Know Linux: Secure Shell
If you spend enough time with Linux at some point you are going to want (or need) to log on to a remote machine. And logging on to a remote machine is something you want to do in a secure enviroment. To gain security when having to do any remote administration, your best bet is [...]
File And Folder Unlocker
One of the first software programs that gets installed on many computer systems is the excellent Unlocker program. Unlocker integrates itself into the Windows right-click context menu. It can be used to unlock files and folders that are locked by the operating system or a process. Messages like “Cannot delete file: It is being used [...]