Play Windows games on Linux

There are many good quality games that you can now play on a Tux box but if you still want to play Windows based games on your Linux machine, now you can.
According to Linux.com, “PlayOnLinux is an open source Python-scripted front end that helps you install and play tons of Windows-only games…”

All you have [...]

Alternatives to Nero Burner

MakeUseOf had prepared a list of 7 FREE alternatives to Nero burner.

BurnAtOnce
Burn Aware
CDBurner XP
DeepBurner
ImgBurn ( One of my favourite for burning iso files! )
InfraRecorder
Ultimate CD/DVD Burner

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Boycott Trend Micro!

The proprietary software company Trend Micro has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Barracuda Networks. They claim that Barracuda is violating their patent by distributing the free software antivirus program ClamAV.
Free Software Foundation 

Things you can do using Linux but can’t do on Windows or Mac

Matthew Helmke posted an interesting article on his blog about stuff that is OK to do with Linux but it’s not OK while using Windows or even a Mac.
Among those are :

Upgrade to the newest version legally and without paying money
Have the latest version of the operating system run faster than the previous version on [...]

Open Source alternatives for Commercial Wares

A very comprehensive list of alternative softwares for commercial wares used by Windows users.
Click the logo below to see for yourself the list of Open Source softwares which are alternatives for commercial wares in the market.

Audio File Conversion

Free open source conversion app MediaCoder Audio Edition is like the audio-geek cousin of its easy-to-use, all-purpose brethren, MediaCoder. The main difference is in the sheer breadth of audio file types supported (including the iTunes default M4A, FLAC, and really esoteric stuff like “Enhanced 3GGP” and “OptimFrog Encoder” ;) and the many ways you can grab [...]

Hardware based firewall using old pcs

IPCOPper (who commented on Techlicious) said… Take one older Pentium class box, 90Mhz to 800 Mhz, 16MB to 64MB RAM, add two NICs, IPCOP.org , and you have a very tough firewall, router with no need for monitor, keyboard, mouse, CDrom.
You can download IPCop at SourceForge
>> Read about IPCop FAQs [...]

Using a Linux Live CD to clone XP and/or Vista

by saikee
An installed Windows XP protects itself from being cloned even for the backup purpose. Specialised software like the Norton Ghost, Acronis or PowerQuest Drive Image has to be used so that the OS can be moved to a bigger hard drive in a disk upgrade.
Linuxs dd command also works the same way but this [...]

Wal-Mart’s Ultra-Efficient Linux PC Sells Out

Written by Hank Green

Sunday, 11 November 2007

Well…after all the naysaying, it took about a week for Wal-Mart’s $200 green Linux PC to sell out of their online warehouses. Of course, it probably isn’t selling quite that fast in stores.
The Everex machine, which runs on a power-sipping Via 1.5 Ghz processor, is the first [...]

Downloading YouTube flv?

TechCrunch have the solution for you.

To download a video to your computer, enter the YouTube URL for the video in the box above . It will be downloaded in flv format - use VLC or another compatible player to view it.
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Another method is this. Add kiss to the YouTube url. For example, [...]