Author Archives: Ayesha .A

NVIDIA 304.64 has been released! A look at new features and Instalation instructions

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Releases, Software

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NVIDIA 304.64  is finally out fixing number of issues and bugs. The posts introduces you to its new features and details installation instructions.

Opera 12.10 Feature Round-up

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in opensource, Releases, Software

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Opera software shortly released Opera Browsers latest version Opera 12.10. The browser upgrade might not be densely feature packed but apart from handful of decent features upgrade, the best thing is that the new release offers something for everyone, may … Continue reading

Google’s iPhone [Funny]

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in News

Google taking over Apple

It was not until today when I downloaded the Google Earth app and placed it on my Home screen on my secondary mobile set i.e. iPhone 4s, that I realized almost all the most used apps place on the panel of main … Continue reading

Why do super computers use Linux?

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Why do supercomputers Use Linux?

In our last few posts we discussed the fact that over 90% supercomputers (94.2% to be precise) employ Linux as their operating system. In this post, a sequel to our last posts, we shall attempt to investigate the potentials of … Continue reading

Proprietary Browser vs. Open Source Browser [Market Share Analysis]

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in opensource, Reviews

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With time open source software have emerged as potential contenders to proprietary software. Unlike the traditional understanding, open source software have proven to be as capable (or even more capable) than counterpart proprietary software and have been successful in claiming … Continue reading

Linux share in Supercomputer OS

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Reviews

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Linux accounts for as much as 94.2% share as Supercomputer OS! This might come to you as a pleasant surprise, but indeed, Linux outshines anyother operating system when it comes to Linux. Investigation of the latest ranking released by Top500 … Continue reading

Linux as an OS for supercomputers for scientific Research

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Linux distributions, News

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True, Linux has not been able to takeover as a desktop operating system but, you will be interested to note that Linux is by far the leading operating system in computers used in scientific research, sites demanding heavy mathematical calculation … Continue reading

Firefox 16, a treat for developers

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Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, version 16, keeping up with is newly imposed tradition of “rapid release”. Mozilla brings several under-the-hood stability enhancements to the new browser, Java script performance improvements and support for Web Apps; however … Continue reading

Good to know: Freeware is not Free Software

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Reviews, Software

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You will be interested to note that; you can purchase a Free software! That is to say Free Software may not be free and might come with a huge price Tag! Then why is it called Free? And what is … Continue reading

Top 5 security Myths about Linux; and their realities

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Linux, unfortunately has been long surrounded by myths. Despite the speedy adoption of Linux as mainstream operating systems for enterprises particularly, the common misconceptions about Linux seem to continue. The post enlists five traditional myths about Linux Security and attempts … Continue reading