Save your SLAX live-CD session via the web
Submitted on September 19th, 2005 by admin
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I’m a huge fan of live-CD Linux distros, particularly when I want to recommend Linux to someone who is unwilling to dual boot or completely get rid of Windows on their machine. One of the more popular live-CD distros available (probably behind Knoppix) is SLAX, based on the fantastic Slackware distro. One problem with live-CD distros though, is that once you reboot your system, you will lose any configuration changes you’ve made while running the system, since everything is running off a CD. Some live-CD distros let you save configuration files to a floppy drive or USB key, but what if you don’t have these devices available? SLAX now offers a new feature which lets you save the configuration files to the web, making them accessible from any computer with an internet connection. Trying out live-CDs just got much easier. You can check out the guide at the SLAX webconfig page.
Preparing for Linux certification
Submitted on September 11th, 2005 by admin
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Everyday, more and more companies are looking at Linux as a means to lower their
operational cost. Adding to your documented skills-set with a Linux certification is a very good idea. Here is a brand new series of tutorials to help you learn Linux fundamentals and even take a certification exam if it will help your career. These eight tutorials cover the Linux kernel, file and service sharing, system customization and automation, and more. IBM has put together some very good tutorials which are a great resource for anyone looking to better their career or just improve their knowledge of Linux.
Saving 700k streams from Yahoo! Launch
Submitted on September 11th, 2005 by admin
Filed under Services and The Mac Side and Software and Video and Windows and Linux
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About two weeks ago, I wrote a post on how to download Yahoo! Launch videos to your desktop using a couple of free utilities based on a guide I found over at Uneasy Silence. It looks like the information has been updated and you can now download 700k streams, which offer better quality and a larger viewing format, to your desktop by using Stricky’s updated study instead of the SteamKing Utility link we gave you in the original guide. Enjoy!
[Via Uneasy Silence]
Download Yahoo! Launch music videos to your desktop
Submitted on August 31st, 2005 by admin
Filed under Services and The Mac Side and Software and Video and Windows and Linux
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Yahoo! Launch is a Yahoo! service which offers various music videos and streaming radio, but one of its biggest downfalls is its inability to work with Netscape-based browsers (like Mozilla and Firefox). You’d think in today’s day and age, major companies would support popular alternative browsers, but not in this case. Fortunately, you could always download the videos with a little tweaking and by using the awesome (and free) media player Video Lan Client, or VLC. The best part is that this will work on Windows, Macs, and Linux machines. Read on to learn how.
Completely wiping a hard drive
Submitted on August 19th, 2005 by admin
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With all the concerns over ID theft and security in the computer world nowadays, it’s important to keep control of your data. Did you know that even if you delete something from your computer remnants of it can still remain hidden? If you’d like to completely wipe a drive without leaving anything behind, check out Darik’s Boot and Nuke, a completely free application which runs directly from a floppy drive. Just pop it in the floppy drive and turn on your computer and Darik’s Boot and Nuke will detect any hard drives and completely wipe them clean, keeping your personal data secure from any thieves.
Start Knoppix in Windows rescue mode
Submitted on August 18th, 2005 by admin
Filed under Software and Linux and Security
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Knoppix is a Linux distro which runs directly from a CD, so you don’t need to install it on your computer (and lose your precious “stuff”). As a result, Knoppix has many great uses, including the ability to rescue a Windows installation from nonexistence. In this tip, we’ll show you how to start Knoppix in Windows rescue mode.
MyProgs, del.icio.us for software
Submitted on August 16th, 2005 by admin
Filed under The Mac Side and Services and Software and Windows and Linux
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People often ask me what software I use for a particular task, and I happily tell them, but I often thought, why not just create a site where people can find that software? That’s one of the reasons TipMonkies was born, in fact; however, there is a new site which can only be described as del.icio.us for software, and it’s called MyProgs. Create an account, and start adding your software, tagging it with keywords based on what the application does. You can find software according to operating system, usage (e-mail, dvd playback), or license (free being the best). If you’re looking to find some great new software, browse around MyProgs for a few minutes and I guarantee you will find something useful.
[Via Digg]
How to determine your IP address
Submitted on August 14th, 2005 by admin
Filed under The Mac Side and Networking and Windows and Linux
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It may sometimes be helpful to know your IP address for various reasons. If you’d like to find yours, just follow this tips for your particular operating system.
View any multimedia content on your TiVo
Submitted on August 12th, 2005 by admin
Filed under Audio and The Mac Side and Networking and Software and Windows and Video and Linux
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TiVo is a great piece of equipment which lets you record TV shows and watch them at your leisure, but it would be a better piece of equipment if you could also view your home movies from it, or maybe listen to podcasts or MP3s. Well, now you can, thanks for an amazing open-source project called Galleon. With Galleon, you can stream any type of media from a PC to your TiVo thanks to TiVo’s hidden web server. You can play MP3s, view photo albums, listen to streaming online radio stations via Shoutcast, get weather information, read RSS feeds, read e-mail, get movie times, download podcasts, and more, all from inside your TiVo! Galleon is a Java application and will therefore run on Windows, OSX, and Linux, and being open-source, it’s completely free.
The complete guide to browser shortcuts
Submitted on August 11th, 2005 by admin
Filed under Browsers and The Mac Side and Windows and Linux
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We were going to compile this list ourselves, but leave it to the Mozilla Foundation to beat us to it. Want to know how to do a particular task faster and more efficiently? Then use keyboard shortcuts! You can find a great list of Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera keyboard shortcuts in this article at the Mozilla support pages, and yes, the shortcuts work on Windows, OSX, and Linux.
