There is--atleast was when I was using-- a Mini Me edition of PClinuxOS which comes with a minimal set of softwares for those who don't like the...
LMDE should support all your hardwares. There is a device manager application, which you can use to install all the necessary drivers for your...
Entirely agree. Nothing can beat Debian if stability is what you want; it's the most polished distro out there. But before that, OP needs to learn...
I know it will go offtopic, but I can't resist asking this. How did you relate an ad-free world to communisim?
How come Grub is a mess? It's just a bootloader and you should have no problem with it unless you plan to multiboot, and a simple sudo...
This is typical "I've nothing to hide, so I've nothing to fear" type argument. Please post your WSF password in the next reply because God...
This has always been the case in my country, India. We have this law from the beginning: A mathematical, or business method or a computer...
Can't he update/upgrade via apt or software manager? Though I have never used any buntus for more than 15 days, I don't see any reason why a...
That is right.
It isn't essential, but it can certainly freeup some space in your system. Obviously, you need to have knowledge about what you're doing. Look at...
I've SMplayer 0.8.0 as it's the one which is in wheezy; obviously, it wasn't able to play YT videos which I threw at it.
Even in linux, you may want to clear the various caches: caches of package management tools like apt,yum; browser caches et al. For that you...
I use both Noscript and RequestPolicy. Yes, Ghostery can block the same scripts and requests without any extra effort from the user, but you're...
I installed SMplayer, but couldn't find a way to play youtube videos through it. You are using SMplayer or SMtube? SMtube is in the debian...
A quick search gave me this: http://www.omgchrome.com/enable-html5-in-google-play-music-for-a-faster-experience/
To begin with, a codec like h.264, to my understanding, isn't really any format or standard. Rather, it's simply an encoding-decoding...
If you hesitate installing proprietary softwares, in this case Google chrome, you should also stay away from Adobe flash; flash is proprietary....
I have been MS-free for over a year; I exclusively use Linux. At present, I have following distros: 1)A minimal Debian XFCE 2)LMDE...
Mint has a windows installer through which you can install it like any other software within your windows and uninstall at your will. Just search...
LibreOffice 3.6.6. Libreoffice does everything what I need. Having a portable version also helps.
Ubuntu and Fedora shouldn't have been grouped together. While Fedora is one of the most secure OS out of the box, Ubuntu is the exact...
My fedora 17 gnome3 desktop. Did I say gnome 3?! Love it or hate it, but you can't simply ignore it. You can read idiot tech blogs after idiot...
Absolutely no chance!! Am challenging every virus, torjan, worm, rootkit, malware outthere to try and infect my machine! A non-windows OS with...
Fedora without gnome is just like Ubuntu without unity and Mint without cinanmon. I don't get it why reviewing the gnome 3 f18 is out of question....
The author is very negative towards Gnome 3. For me its a winner! Its simply the most elegent and beautiful DE around. There is nothing compared...
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