Tag Archives: Linux

Do you know Google.com 's traffic ranking is No. 1 in the U.S. and Iran?

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According to Alexa.com, Google is the top-ranked site in the U.S. and Iran. Almost 38 percent of all Google users are from the U.S. and nearly 3 percent are from Iran. Over the last week, 

Open source community in spain protests national plan for school PCs

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 Open source community in spain protests national plan for school PCs The Spanish free software association Hispalinux is protesting plans by the Spanish government to massively introduce Microsoft’s operating systems and applications on school computers.

How do I install .deb packages on Ubuntu?

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Question : I`m a new ubuntu user, I downloaded drivers for my printer, the drivers are in .deb format, how do I install them ?

Transcript of an intervieuw with Larry Ellison by reuters on the acquisition of sun Microsystems

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Interview with  Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison What Oracle will do with Sun’s open source products and initiatives, it does make very clear that Oracle will retain and extend Sun’s hardware business, focusing on “designing hardware and software to work together.” … Continue reading

Install Microsoft core fonts on Linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

In Linux,for some distributions by default, does not include Microsoft core fonts in its installation (for exemple : Ubuntu), to have them on your ubuntu, you will need to install the msttcorefonts package. The msttcorefonts package include the True type … Continue reading

How to upgrade from Mandriva 2009 to the new Mandriva 2009 Spring

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Mandriva

Mandriva 2009 spring is the new release of Mandriva, this one come with new updates and run faster than the previous release,  and the boot time is faster than before. In this tutorial we will show you step by step … Continue reading

Linux VS Windows funny videos

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux Tutorials-Video-

Let`s take some rest from reading and relaxe your self, Here are some funny videos of Windows VS Linux, Please follow the video to the end because there where is the funny part.

How to convert .mp3 files to .wav files in Linux with mpg123

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

mpg123 is a real time MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 audio player/decoder for layers 1,2 and 3 (MPEG 1.0 layer 3 aka MP3 most commonly tested). Among others working with Linux, MacOSX, FreeBSD, SunOS4.1.3, Solaris 2.5, HPUX 9.x, SGI Irix and Cygwin or … Continue reading

Calculate with Qalculate on Linux

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  The calculator options on Linux just blows the Windows calculator away. Imagine a calculator where you can solve extremely complicated expressions, or just convert between different measurements, and you’ve got Qalculate. You can use it to convert currencies based on … Continue reading