Linux vs Windows vs Mac

Something happen to a windows Master Boot Record (MBR) that you’re responsible for? Want a very quick, very easy way to restore it with nothing but your craft, native intelligence and a liveCD?

Boot into your Ubuntu LiveCD on the offending machine. Once Ubuntu starts up, go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and enable (by checking it off) the Universal repository.

Now, open a terminal session (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and type the following:

sudo apt-get install ms-sys

ms-sys is a program used to write Microsoft compatible boot records.

Now you’ll need to figure out what partition is the one hosting your Windows operating system. Back in the command line, type:

sudo fdisk -l

That will list the available partitions. You’re looking for a partition that says something like

/dev/sda1 1 9327 74919096 83 NTFS

The two important bits are the ‘/dev/sda1‘ which is the partition itself and the ‘NTFS‘ which tells us it’s a Windows formatted partition. So your Windows partition exists on your drive sda and it’s partition 1. The MBR for drive sda (assuming you boot into windows using it’s native boot loader) is what you want to repair.

We want to fix the MBR on /dev/sda. To do so, type:

sudo ms-sys -m /dev/sda

You’ll want to change the ’sda’ bit if your results from ‘fdisk -l‘ are different. If for instance your windows install is on sdb or hda.

Once you do that, reboot the machine, removing the LiveCD from the drive and Windows should come back to you.

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To create lan to linux or windows computer you must install SAMBA.
1)To get samba,samba gui tool and related packages type in terminal.

sudo apt-get install samba samba-common smbclient smbfs samba-dbg system-config-samba gsambad

2)Share folders
Take System->Admiistration->Samba.Click Add Share.Then browse to folder you want to share.

3)Set STATIC IP
Take System->Admiistration->Network.

Take Wireless connection or Wired Connection as u prefer.

Select Static IP.
Type Ip address 192.168.0.1
Dns 255.255.255.0
In other computer type

Ip address 192.168.0.1
Dns 255.255.255.0

Now close network
Now people think the other computer must appear in Places->Network,As in windows.But actually it wont happen in linux.
To view shared folder of other computer take.
Type in terminal:

nautilus

Now you will get a window,in its address bar type smb://192.168.0.1
Note: The given ip is Ip adress of the computer we want to view.

Now you will get the shared folders!

Envizions Computer Entertainment announced recently that the Linux-based EVO gaming console will be available for sale November 18.

There have been dedicated gaming consoles that are able to run Linux, namely the PS3. In these cases, Linux made the console function more as a home computer than a gaming rig. The EVO system uses Linux to power the games.

It is a system geared for early adopters and developers at this point.

If anything, this release will heat up the “Linux isn’t an operating system for gaming” chorus. So while playing “Gears of War” on a Red Hat server that’s also running mail services, LAMP, and a intranet portal hasn’t been possible (or necessarily a good idea), the introduction of dedicated console hardware, a Linux flavor optimized for gaming, and a company willing to develop (and encourage others to develop) games might change the tune.

It’ll likely be a slow process, given that Envizions only plans to release 500 to 1,300 units in the United States and Canada (there’s no mention of any worldwide release at this time). The console costs $599, but the company plans to offer a subsidized rebate plan to reduce that price to $249. Depending on the terms of the rebate, it is somewhat competitively priced to other game consoles.

It doesn’t feel right to compare this with the traditional game console. It’s very much an early adopter platform with an appeal to gamers. Those who are interested purely in the gaming aspect of a console likely wouldn’t have much use for EVO now. This console offers some similar features to other game systems, such as networking with other system owners and access to internet multimedia services. It also offers VoIP, cloud computing, and storage services.

The system will ship with a modified version of Fedora 8 pre-installed, with the option to use Envizions’ Mirrors Evolution Linux distribution.

Again, since this is marketed to early adopters who are as interested in developing games as playing them, the game selection is going to feel lackluster compared with more mature systems. The Linux game page has a teaser title (Hexen II Hammer of Thyrion) and very little else.

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Vixta Is a new Fedora 8 based Linux os,which use kde environment and it is meant to look like Microsoft vista.

Goals:
1)Absolutely free
2)Spread linux
3)No need of Config.
4)User-Friendly.
5)Eye-catching.
6)Like Microsoft Vista in look and Feel

Too bad they didnt include features and stability as a goal.
Vixta a is a welcomed concept,but its still in childhood stage it need lot of development to be fully featured OS.It have stability issue and crashes.It have some kde applications like Kate, Konquerer,Ktorrent and Kolorpaint but KMail or Kontact is missing.Kernel support was limited,i couldn’t find any matching source.After updating the kernel it wont boot.Vixta discussion forum is not very active most questions are anwered like “refer documentation”.The vixta kernel donot include modules to enable cpu scaling in modern operating system ,i think its because they wanted to save space.
My dell xps m1530 laptop was hotter than with any other OS i have still used especially while compiling source code.Another irritating bug was the blinking panel,which would disappear while doing cpu intensuve tasks,but luckly will come back.

Conclusion:
Vixta is a nice idea,But to make it a good operationg system it have much distance to go.Its plus points are familiar looking with nice eye-candy. I suggest you install using virtual box as i did.Its source code is not provided,they tell any way its very similar to fedora so its not worth reproduce the same code.But think its not fair according to GPL every linux distro must provide its source code.Lets hope things get better in future and they will provide the source code..

Download:http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=206087
VIXTA website:http://vixta.sourceforge.net/index.php

After reinstalling windows XP and rebooted grub was lost.I had no way to boot linux. I inserted some Live cd then proceeded until i almost have installed linux i don’t know why but i made Boot Flag “True” for Linux partition and tried to installed grub again.When I rebooted : “No Operating System Found”.

The answer was Auto Super Grub disk.
I suggest not to use live cd and type at least 10 commands and end up nowhere.If you do so and change Boot Flag or Some thing you are welcomed to the same horror i had 2 years ago as i said above!

1) Boot Windows

2)Download Auto Super Grub Disk.exe
http://forjamari.linex.org/frs/?group_id=61&release_id=629#629

3)Stop Anti-virus program if any.
Because Auto Super Grub Disk will edit windows registry so Anti-virus will find identify it as a virus.
If don’t know how to stop Anti-virus then allow Auto Super Grub Disk to edit registry when Anti-virus show you a pop-up.

4)Double click Auto Super Grub Disk1.exe
click ok u need not do any thing ,just click ok.

5)Reboot
Now you Will see the Windows boot menu with another option: unetbootin-supergrubdisk.
Select it using arrow key and enter when it is selected.Just do nothing.
6)Select your Linux and boot
You will have grub menu again.
Select Linux and boot.When you are in Linux reboot.Now u have restored Grub menu.

7)Boot To Windows Now Auto grub disk wizard will ask to remove Super Grub Disk from the windows boot loader,Click yes.
Don’t worry you will still have the auto_super_grub_disk_1.0.exe file safe in windows.

8)Enjoy linux again.

Linux is Very Stable operating system unlike windows.It have very less crashes, stuckes and freezes which is very common with windows.But at rare cases this may occur in Linux.

We have 3 Quick ways to fix this problem without switching off your computer or rebooting it.

1)If only some applications are not responding not the whole desktop is frozen

Take system->Administration->System Monitor.
Then select the frozen application.Now click Kill process.

2)Try the key combination of Ctrl + Alt + Backspace to logout.Then login.

3)Use Virtual console
This way is little complicated than the first one but better method.Press
Ctrl + Alt + F2 to take the virtual console.Then log in and type:

ps -ax | grep startx

This command will return the PID of the Xserver.
Kill Xserver

kill -9 PID_Number

Return to your first console.

Press Alt + F1.

Evernote, a free application that allows users to capture information in any environment making it accessible at any time, has been updated to version 1.1.5. The software is still in beta, but now adds AppleScript support, as well as support for exporting and importing notes to and from XML.

Evernote lets you capture stuff like webpages, whiteboards, scribbles, to-dos, even photos and music. As soon as you add a file to your account, you can assign it a name, or a tag, or more names and tags, and you’ll be able to find it later on without any trouble, even if you can only remember a few characters. It brings up everything you might have once stored for safe keeping using tags and even text recognition. All you have to do is just search for an inside Evernote just like you remember it. The text recognition technology allows you to search for text within images, even handwritten text. If there’s but one thing you can remember about a certain item, you’ll most likely get to it as Evernote is an expert at narrowing down a search. Best of all, the service is available for all your devices, Mac, PC and mobile phone, as long as you can connect to the Internet with them.

Evernote 1.1.5 Beta brings the following new enhancements:- Support for exporting and importing notes to and from a well-defined XML format.
- AppleScript support.
- Fix a bug where note parsing errors could overwrite note content with the error message.
- When plain-text is pasted into a note it is no longer surrounded with a tag.
- List, Mixed and Thumbnail view should all remember their layouts between application launches now.
- Fix a bug where creating a tag with just a double-quote (”) for the name would cause a crash.
- Some spiffy new toolbar and sidebar icons.

A native iPhone client for Evernote has also been released via the iTunes App Store. Evernote for iPhone is location-aware, it lets you send e-mails from within the app, it securely decrypts notes and it provides to-dos and clickable URLs and e-mail addresses. Evernote for iPhone is currently at version 1.3 and can be acquired here.

To upgrade your desktop client, use the link below.

Evernote 1.1.5 Beta for Mac (Free Download).

The new major version of vlc player has been released.It a new qt4 interface full screen controls, better playlists options,new video format support,many video and audio improvements andalbum art support.So upgrade is highly recommended.

The latest vlc nor gimp in not available in ubuntu repository so u will have to add a software source in the repository.You cannot visit the vlc site and download vlc from that site as in windows you have to do the below steps:

1)Remove old VlC

Remove the previous version of VLC to avoid a conflict when u upgrade. Remove vlc or gimp in Synaptic or in the terminal:

In terminal:

sudo apt-get remove vlc

2)Include new repository.

Click System ->Administration ->Software Sources ->Third Party Software.

Press Add & paste in this repository:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu intrepid main

Close Software Sources & Click reload the repositories.

3)Install vlc

To install Vlc:
sudo apt-get install vlc

If you have a source code,to make it an application program, you must first compile it.The advantage of distributing software is that you can use it any linux distro,as u already know deb file is only for debian based linux like ubuntu.Rpm is for red hat based fedora suse etc.

The source code is usally available in two forms of tar balls.
1)Tar.gz
2)Tar.bz2

To complie source code we need system software called compilers.By default they are not given in ubuntu so to get all the compliers in one go type in console:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Now you are ready to complile source code.I recommend first u read README file.

To complie source code in tar.gz format

1)tar -xzf file_folder.tar.gz
2)cd file_folder
3)./configure –prefix=/usr NOTE:If you already have the source configured you will see make file in some directory,you can skip this step.Go there using command:
cd file_folder
4)make
5)make install

To compile source code in tar.bz2 format
1) tar -xjf file_name.tar.bz2
2)cd file_name
3)./configure –prefix=/usr
4)make
5)make install

Use ./configure –help to see the options for that program, and then you can enable/disable anything you want.

The evolution of the Windows client, involving both Windows Vista (now with Service Pack 1) and Windows 7, appears to be closer than Microsoft is ready to acknowledge officially. Of course, Windows XP, even with Service Pack 3, is the past, with the exception of customers abandoning Windows Vista by exercising their downgrade rights. Windows Vista, even with SP1, is a present that makes the future seem to not get here fast enough. And Vista SP2 along with Windows 7 and Windows Cloud (Strata) are the future. But at the same time, both Vista SP2 and Windows 7 are nothing more than the evolution of Vista, to a lesser, and respectively a larger degree.

Come the end of October 2008, and the start of November, Microsoft will deliver a rather consistent taste of where it is heading with Windows, not only Windows 7, but also Windows 7 Server and Windows Strata (the label continues to be unconfirmed by the company). Events such as the Professional Developer Conference 2008, Windows Hardware Conference 2008 and TechEd EMEA will be focused on Windows 7 and Windows Cloud, although less on Windows Vista.

While at TechEd Brasil, at the start of this week, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer indicated that the company planned to unveil a range of new products by July 2009. Microsoft’s CEO mentioned that, by the end of June 2009, the software giant would offer “client operating system releases.” Microsoft is, of course, already cooking Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7.Ballmer stated that “Microsoft technologies: Windows, Windows Server, .NET, Visual Studio, Silverlight, SharePoint, Office (…) over the course of the 12 month period that ends June of next year, [are] just a subset of all of the exciting new innovations Microsoft will bring to market: client operating system releases, information management tools, security, gaming products and systems. The range of new technologies in some senses is growing and growing quickly.” (emphasis added)

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Microsoft released Windows Vista RTM at the end of January 2007, not counting the business launch of the operating system in November 2006. Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008 concomitantly with Windows Server 2008, but was only made available for download starting March 18. Now the Redmond company has already moved onward to Service Pack 2.

In fact Vista SP2 invites to the Beta program have already started to be sent out, according to Neowin. It is not Windows Vista SP2 that Microsoft is cooking, but also Windows Server 2008 SP2, Beta invites for which have also been sent out. Microsoft has yet to confirm anything officially, but the first Beta bits for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 are reportedly going to testers in just four weeks.

Still, while Service Pack 1 was the catalyst that took Vista RTM out of coma, making the operating system worthy of a long forgotten and discarded Wow label, SP2 is bound to be nothing more than a standard service pack release. At best, SP2 will take Vista forward just as much as SP1.

The equation is rather simple for Microsoft. The company will end up with a repeat of the Windows XP SP2 – Windows Vista scenario in which both operating systems are available at the same time on the market, although this situation would involve Vista SP2 and Windows 7 RTM. The last thing that Microsoft needs is to evolve Vista with SP2 sufficiently enough that it will be capable to rival Windows 7. In this context, the answer is rather simple. The Redmond giant needs to keep Vista at a relative stand-still even with SP2, and focus all innovation on Windows 7.

Windows 7, or Windows 6.1, or Windows Vista R2, or Windows Vista but “a lot better”

The seventh major version of Windows, but only according to Microsoft’s math, comes with no differentiation between the codename and the brand. However, Windows 7 will, for the sake of perpetuating the existing level of Vista software compatibility, be in fact Windows 6.1. At the same time, according to Ballmer, Windows 7 will be Vista, but “a lot better.” This makes Windows 7 an excellent candidate for the Windows Vista R2 label, just as Windows 7 Server is in fact Windows Server 2008 R2. Still, the early feedback on the Windows 7 moniker indicates that the management of the Windows 7 project made the right choice.

“There you have it, Windows 7 now has a name. It’s called – Windows 7,” revealed Steve Clayton, Microsoft’s UK Partner Group CTO. “To be honest I was quite surprised but also pretty pleased. The naming decision as Mike Nash says is about simplicity. It’ll certainly save us from all having to unlearn the name we’ve all had for it to date. I expect this naming decision will be debated to death on all the usual sites, but me, I’m just happy we settled on a name. Now let’s get to the PDC and get the bits!”

“Win7 to officially be called . . . Win7″ said Robert Hensing, Microsoft security software engineer. “I actually for once - LOVE that we are keeping the name of the OS simple and leaving it at Win7. I will admit – I was somewhat disappointed when XP’s name was announced internally (internally it was known as Whistler) and I was downright horrified when we decided to call Longhorn “Vista” (my friends call it “Veesta”). Longhorn sounds cool . . . manly . . . Vista is pretty much the exact opposite in my mind . . . it sounds serene and ‘pretty’.”

“Steve Ballmer was at Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo conference today, talking about a number of issues. The big question was about Vista deployments and what should companies do. He answered by saying that the adoption rate for Vista, is two times that of where XP was after the same period,” stated Neil Hutson, Microsoft evangelist. “Then in Jedi style, Neil MacDonald from Gartner said that 61% of respondents are thinking of skipping Vista. To that, Ballmer said that Microsoft would be ready for that outcome, but if he was the audience, he would not wait. I think that this is a good call. Vista SP1 is really stable and the big question is whether companies are going to wait for the first SP of Windows 7 before they deploy? That will leave them with a lot of very outdated machines and OS software that will take them a lot longer to replace.”

Windows Cloud – To Strata or not to Strata?

At PDC2008 Microsoft plans to unveil the first Beta of Windows Cloud, which could be labeled Windows Strata, although the company has yet to confirm this aspect. Windows Strata goes beyond the Windows client and server operating systems, and is a new platform tailored to the Redmond giant’s Software plus Services business model.

“We have our Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in a couple of weeks, we’re going to roll out new technologies and a new platform for this software plus services world. The new platform has a lot of work to do. First, it requires a new platform in the cloud. In the Microsoft kind of way of thinking every new major trend requires a new version of our operating system. So, we did Windows, then we did Windows Server, then we did Windows CE and Mobile. And you’ll see us bring Windows technologies in a new form to the cloud,” Ballmer explained.

Microsoft is essentially looking to keep up with the changes associated with the development paradigm. But what the company is doing is transition the Windows style of development to the cloud and make it available in the browser. Silverlight, .NET, Windows Presentation Foundation and Visual Studio will all contribute to enabling developers to built web-based solutions running on Microsoft’s new Internet platform. In this regard, the software giant is working to ensure that services will “be available as a system construct in Windows Server, in Windows desktop and in Windows in the cloud,” Ballmer stated, adding that “with this evolution to a new world of distributed computing, we Microsoft will introduce a new cloud platform, some new cloud services around Web 2.0, some advances to our development tools and development runtimes, as well as tools and technologies that really support new business models.”