Seems to be a lot of opinions regarding relative performance\speeds of 7 vs 8 vs 8.1 Can't comment on 8.1 as I don't have it. I've had...
Yep – have to agree. I'm always installing and\or downloading themes to get the visual and usable windows effects that I want in various distros....
12 hours max! (that's when I'm asleep!) ;) Nonsense Safeguy!.......I'm sure I feel darkness closing in on me if I don't go online during a...
Nope! I'm confident of my security setup – besides, I've come to realize that my main safeguards are my browsing habits and the way I interact...
No – any program on my system that is capable of using it is bound and gagged! (besides ...the lighting at my workstation is so bad that I appear...
Firefox – Palemoon – Icedragon and Seamonkey in that order!
Tried installing Puppy Lucid 5.2.8 in Virtualbox (4.3.4) – and man, did I have some fun! I still don't know how I set the boot flag – nor how I...
Laptop: - Type: MSI CR620 - CPU: 1st gen CoreI3 350M - RAM: 8GB DDR3 - Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD - Screen: 15.6" 1366x768 - OS:...
Agree with others who say - just use it! I'd say start with Linux Mint or Ubuntu (because you can find most info on the net about these) I...
Nope! Despite some neat features – there's no way I would get one of these for the following: Already spend way too much time in front of my...
I have a laptop, but use a USB mouse in preference to the Trackpad. I doubt that a failing battery is the problem as the mouse would be a pain to...
I've tried the Tray icons but they only show limited info - Eg, for cpu - only my 2 core temps can be displayed. Plus, the tiny readings don't...
I've been using a CPU and Network Monitor gadgets for several years now and find them indispensible. To me, their benefits outweigh the negatives....
I use both the Kickoff and Classic menus in Linux Mint 13KDE . Since upgrading Virtualbox to V4.3.0 I've discovered that I can run all my distros...
7 is far and away the major player – and will no doubt increase due to XP slowdown. According to Netmarketshare (November figure) - market...
I put down Mint – Ubuntu and Fedora (I did play around with Kubuntu a few months back) – however, I'm not sure I qualify as using distros as I...
Nokia – a 'not at all smart' fliptop phone which I only use to send\receive calls. I've never bothered to connect it to the internet - even...
No problems using new TorBB beta V3 from Windows 7 – able to connect with TBB from Linux Mint 13KDE (VM in Virtualbox) although needed several...
For those interested – this new beta 3.0 Tor Browser Bundle loads almost as quickly as a 'normal' browser! Really amazed at how fast it is...
Don't use Sandboxie generated shortcuts – or - modify to allow Explorer to run sandboxed program: Eg – for Firefox: "C:\Program...
Nice article! Confirms what I discovered some time ago when I checked into Geo location aspects of mobile devices (this was after reading claims...
Denying - discarding tech devices..... is like closing your eyes and pretending you're going somewhere......when you open them......you're still...
I'd be wary of doing that! Re-installing a program just to get rid of it sometimes doesn't work out. It may cause more problems than it's worth....
Last time I tried installing Bufferzone 4 was way back in May 2012 - but it refused to install – a search of the web indicated that Bufferzone was...
KDE – Unity – and now that I can use Cinnamon – that too! (In no particular order of preference)
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