Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Cool Windows softwares now on Linux!

July 21, 2010 by Prashanth  
Filed under linux

Cool Windows softwares now on Linux!

In the post about running windows apps on Linux, my friend Suraj had told us about the software Wine and its ability to run Windows apps on linux. But wait, how would it be if those popular windows software have got their own Linux versions? Yes,they do! Many software developers like Google and Adobe, noticing the [...]

Run Windows applications on Linux

June 20, 2010 by Suraj  
Filed under linux

Run Windows applications on Linux

There is only one reason why linux has not been able to replace windows entirely: the applications! Windows applications let you do things that you can do only on windows, not linux. To break out of that shell, a few Linux enthusiasts started the so-called “Wine” project. That’s a software that is supposed to be [...]

Increase Typing Speed, Comfort with Dvorak Keyboard Layout

October 27, 2009 by Suhas  
Filed under diy, linux, windows

Increase Typing Speed, Comfort with Dvorak Keyboard Layout

QWERTY is the most used Keyboard layout in the world. It was designed to minimize typebar clashes in a typewriter. Now, in the computer age, we are still using the old design instead of the new and improved design – The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. This layout has better ergonomics, reduces fatigue, increases typing speed etc [...]

Install Linux on your USB Flash Drive

July 13, 2009 by Suhas  
Filed under linux

Install Linux on your USB Flash Drive

Yes! You can do this. I had my hard drive broken for some days. So, for the time being I used this to browse the Internet etc. VERY handy tool. 1) Download this file. 2) Extract the contents to your flash drive. 3) Double click on ‘makeboot.bat’. This make your flash drive bootable. 4) Restart [...]