Do not worry. This article will not contain the same old blabla that most of the other Windows 7 toplist articles will mention. It will instead concentrate on five lesser known but powerful new features that increase productivity by a large margin.
You might want to check out our article about Windows 7 which has [...]

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Categories: Knowledge, Windows

If you do much desktop publishing or graphics work in Linux than you might be at a place where you are struggling to get fonts installed. Well never fear – it’s not nearly as difficult as it sounds. In fact, installing fonts in Linux is quite easy. Of course the easiest means to installing fonts [...]

Tags: installing fonts in linux, Linux, linux fonts, mkfontdir, true type fonts in linux
Categories: Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

For many people, the biggest hurdle to using The GIMP is the user interface. When The GIMP began it started out with a very different UI than any other application. That UI was sustained, pretty much as-is, until The GIMP 2.6. With the adoption of 2.6 the user interface took a turn towards being more [...]

Tags: image-editing, Linux, The GIMP, user interface
Categories: Knowledge, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

So called SSD hard drives are becoming increasingly popular especially in the netbook sector. Solid State Drives have several distinctive advantages like faster access times, lower power usage and being completely silent while running. The main disadvantage that you might notice especially in netbooks is the write speed of those drives which is usually lower [...]

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Connecting to wireless networks in Linux has, for a long time, been a nightmare. Until recently wireless was often a deal breaker in Linux (especially with laptops.) But things have changed. Now more cards than ever are supported as well as more protocols. And with the GNOME Network Manager Applet, connecting to a wireless network [...]

Tags: GNOME, Linux, Linux wireless, networking, wireless-network
Categories: Desktop Manager, Hardware, Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic

Over the  years I have used countless Linux desktops and window managers. But no matter how amazing a desktop (read: Compiz-Fusion) I always seem to wind up going straight back to Enlightenment. Enlightenment is one of those window managers that has a very small footprint yet offers enough eye candy to impress. But the appeal [...]

Tags: E16, Enlightenment, Linux, linux desktop, Window Manager
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If you open the Windows Task Manager (by pressing CTRL ALT DEL) you might notice the process jqs.exe that is running with a low priority. Jqs.exe uses about 1.5 Megabytes of computer memory and 2 Megabytes of virtual memory while running. It also initiates I/O processes frequently if those columns are activated in the Task [...]

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