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  • Author: Joe
  • Published: Jul 25th, 2009
  • Comments: 2

Download and install Ubuntu faster with a Minimal CD

I recently found the need to install Ubuntu on a machine with a poor CD drive (and no USB ports) that could not read large amounts of data, but could manage to read smaller amounts of data. As such, the machine could not read the 700MB but could read smaller amounts, like 10MB.
I found a [...]

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Categories: Linux

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 9

Order Internet Explorer 8 On CD

One of the few problems that European customers might experience after buying Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 7 is the lack of a Internet browser. The European version of Windows 7 ships without Microsoft’s Internet Explorer which in turn means that European customers need to find a way to install a web browser without Internet. [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 10th, 2009
  • Comments: 20

Why Google Chrome OS Will Have No Huge Impact

Many news websites, bloggers and even conventional news sources such as newspapers or TV news have reported about the Microsoft killer Google Chrome OS, the cloud based operating system by Google that is based on their web browser Google Chrome and a modified Linux kernel. Google Chrome OS is expected to make its appearance on [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 8th, 2009
  • Comments: 6

Google Chrome OS

There were always rumors that Google was developing an operating system. We are not speaking about Google Android, the operating system that is being installed on mobile devices like cellphones. No, this time we are talking about an operating system called Google Chrome OS which, as the name implies, is somewhat connected to the Google [...]

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Categories: Google

  • Author: Melanie
  • Published: Jul 2nd, 2009
  • Comments: 8

Linux Mint

Linux Mint is an operating system that is used on PCs for production of elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. It is quite easy to use compared to other operating systems.
When Linux Mint was originally launched, it was a version of Ubuntu that offered integrated media codecs. Founded and developed by [...]

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Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

Install Linux with InstaLinux.com

How many ways can you install Linux? Quite a few. You can install via:

CD
DVD
Flash Drive
Network Installation

or…

InstaLinux

Technically InstaLinux is really just another way of doing a network installation. InstaLinux is a web-based service that allows you to choose some of the specifics of what you want on your installation and then it creates an ISO image [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Online Services, Open Source, Operating Systems, The Web, Tutorials Basic, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 25th, 2009
  • Comments: 15

Windows 7 Price, Upgrades And Preorders

Microsoft has finally revealed information about the pricing scheme and upgrade options for their upcoming operating system Windows 7. Many websites have already reported about the prices and how they compare to Windows Vista. In short, most editions of Windows 7 will be cheaper than comparable Windows Vista editions. Most notably are the Windows 7 [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

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