Sunday, October 22, 2006
Help get your Favourite Games ported to Linux.
Tux Games is determined to see all of the major commercial games ported to Linux. Before this can happen, the major game companies must be made aware of the demand. That is where we come in. Tux Games is asking for all of the Linux gaming community to sign our petitions to have games ported. More…
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
How to Run Windows, Linux on Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook or MacBook Pro?
1. Download Parallels Desktop for Mac, and run it.
2. Create a virtual machine by Clicking Create VM on the main screen. The first option is recommended and will create a blank virtual machine with the default settings. The second option of "custom VM configuration" allows you to select the OS, Memory allocation and create a new virtual hard disk. In my eyes, choosing the second option is very smart as memory allocation and hard disk size/type are the two important factors in performance when it comes to virtual machines.
3. Choose an operating system which you want to run. It's not just for Windows, you can run any variation of Linux on this, or even run out-of-date operating systems like OS/2, Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and others.
4. Memory allocation. Now you can specify how much memory which are allocated for this virtual machine. 512MB is common for computers. You can also allocate it 256MB, or 768MB, or even 1.5GB. But don't give it 32MB, or 64MB, as Windows doesn't like that. In general, the more RAM you assign to your VM, the faster it will be and the slower your host OS (in Mac OS) will, as it has to share with the virtual machine. So if you plan to use Parallels more often, give a lot of RAM in your machine for a smooth experience.
5. Hard Drive selection. The virtual machine needs some form of storage in order for your OS to install on. If you do not want to add a hard disk now, select "Do not add hard disk" option.
6. This is where you can set the size, it can be any number you want, as long as your hard-drive has enough space. There are two types of virtual disks, expanding and plain. I chose plain as the wizard said that it was fast.
7. Here you can specify where you want that virtual hard-disk to be kept. You can put it on a network share, on an external HDD, a USB key, whatever. For best performance, keep it to a hard-drive.
8. Network Selection. There are three types of network to choose. The first allows full access to both the Internet directly and OS X. The second will create an isolated connection between OS X and the guest operating system. The third will turn off network access altogether. I chose the first.
9. You choose which real life network adaptor you want Parallels to be tied to. The connect cable at startup option means that you want Parallels to tell the network card in the virtual machine that a cable is plugged in constantly, or if un-ticked, you can manually set in Parallels when you've plugged in your virtual network cable.
10. Finally, you give it a name (e.g. Windows XP) and the virtual machine is created successfully.
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2. Create a virtual machine by Clicking Create VM on the main screen. The first option is recommended and will create a blank virtual machine with the default settings. The second option of "custom VM configuration" allows you to select the OS, Memory allocation and create a new virtual hard disk. In my eyes, choosing the second option is very smart as memory allocation and hard disk size/type are the two important factors in performance when it comes to virtual machines.
3. Choose an operating system which you want to run. It's not just for Windows, you can run any variation of Linux on this, or even run out-of-date operating systems like OS/2, Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and others.
4. Memory allocation. Now you can specify how much memory which are allocated for this virtual machine. 512MB is common for computers. You can also allocate it 256MB, or 768MB, or even 1.5GB. But don't give it 32MB, or 64MB, as Windows doesn't like that. In general, the more RAM you assign to your VM, the faster it will be and the slower your host OS (in Mac OS) will, as it has to share with the virtual machine. So if you plan to use Parallels more often, give a lot of RAM in your machine for a smooth experience.
5. Hard Drive selection. The virtual machine needs some form of storage in order for your OS to install on. If you do not want to add a hard disk now, select "Do not add hard disk" option.
6. This is where you can set the size, it can be any number you want, as long as your hard-drive has enough space. There are two types of virtual disks, expanding and plain. I chose plain as the wizard said that it was fast.
7. Here you can specify where you want that virtual hard-disk to be kept. You can put it on a network share, on an external HDD, a USB key, whatever. For best performance, keep it to a hard-drive.
8. Network Selection. There are three types of network to choose. The first allows full access to both the Internet directly and OS X. The second will create an isolated connection between OS X and the guest operating system. The third will turn off network access altogether. I chose the first.
9. You choose which real life network adaptor you want Parallels to be tied to. The connect cable at startup option means that you want Parallels to tell the network card in the virtual machine that a cable is plugged in constantly, or if un-ticked, you can manually set in Parallels when you've plugged in your virtual network cable.
10. Finally, you give it a name (e.g. Windows XP) and the virtual machine is created successfully.
Shirley Schweizer and Soft29.com offer step-by-step guides and tutorials regarding popular software using.
Copyright 2001 - 2006, http://www.soft29.com all rights reserved. Read more guides and download shareware, freeware and Demo software.
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Sunday, October 08, 2006
All about Ogg, WAV, and MP3 under Linux
What is described in the following may be illegal where you live. Where I live, the law permits making a small number of copies of the contents of legally acquired media for personal use as long as this does not involve circumventing copy protection. Strangely enough, "personal use" includes giving a copy to close relatives. And "small number" cert More…
How To Look Like A UNIX Guru
This lecture takes you through the basic commands and then shows you how to combine them in simple patterns or idioms to provide sophisticated functionality like histogramming. This lecture assumes you know what a shell is and that you have some basic familiarity with UNIX. More…
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Safe Computers For Teens: Linux Might Be The Answer
Recently my daughter’s old Pentium III Compaq laptop completely died. This happened near Christmas so her gift list was an easy one. The problem was that I did not want to spend a lot of money. The other problem was that I hated her having a computer.
I hated it because I constantly had to work on it. She used the computer for homework, instant messaging, and browsing. Every couple of months, I found myself removing spyware and other junk from the computer. Occasionally it was easier just to re-build the computer by re-installing ALL the software, including the operating system. I track her internet usage through my router so I know that she has not been to “questionable” sites but these things continue to work their way into her computer.
I decided to consider something that I had never before considered. LINUX! I picked up another Pentium III (this one was a bit more powerful than her old laptop) desktop for under $100.00. I added some old memory that I had sitting on a shelf. I downloaded SUSE Linux and went to work.
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the installation was! There was very little interaction and my choices were very simple. In about 30 minutes, I had a working computer connected to the internet.
There are a few things with which I was very pleased. It was running very well with the old hardware. If I had used Windows XP I would have been forced to get a newer computer and spend hundreds of dollars. The operating system came with a browser (Firefox) and complete office software (OpenOffice – which is compatible with Microsoft Office products). There was also a very nice instant messaging tool that allows her to use many different IM clients in one piece of software. It had CD ripping and burning software as well as several audio programs. On top of that, the operating system and all the software were FREE!
Now I know most of the people reading this are thinking, “Ok, we have another anti Microsoft guy here”. That is absolutely not true. I am a Windows and web developer by trade and use Microsoft products exclusively (except for using Firefox as a browser when testing). I am a huge believer in the products that Microsoft produces simply because they work and in most cases work VERY well together.
The best thing about this change of operating system is that my daughter’s computer is now free of spyware and is not targeted by most viruses. The fact is that most viruses and spyware target Microsoft Windows only. Now I can rest easy knowing that I won’t be rebuilding a computer every few months.
Aaron Davis is a freelance web/application developer. He has been a web/application developer for more than 12 years. His specialty is .NET development with C# and SQL Server.
http://www.davis-webs.com
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I hated it because I constantly had to work on it. She used the computer for homework, instant messaging, and browsing. Every couple of months, I found myself removing spyware and other junk from the computer. Occasionally it was easier just to re-build the computer by re-installing ALL the software, including the operating system. I track her internet usage through my router so I know that she has not been to “questionable” sites but these things continue to work their way into her computer.
I decided to consider something that I had never before considered. LINUX! I picked up another Pentium III (this one was a bit more powerful than her old laptop) desktop for under $100.00. I added some old memory that I had sitting on a shelf. I downloaded SUSE Linux and went to work.
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the installation was! There was very little interaction and my choices were very simple. In about 30 minutes, I had a working computer connected to the internet.
There are a few things with which I was very pleased. It was running very well with the old hardware. If I had used Windows XP I would have been forced to get a newer computer and spend hundreds of dollars. The operating system came with a browser (Firefox) and complete office software (OpenOffice – which is compatible with Microsoft Office products). There was also a very nice instant messaging tool that allows her to use many different IM clients in one piece of software. It had CD ripping and burning software as well as several audio programs. On top of that, the operating system and all the software were FREE!
Now I know most of the people reading this are thinking, “Ok, we have another anti Microsoft guy here”. That is absolutely not true. I am a Windows and web developer by trade and use Microsoft products exclusively (except for using Firefox as a browser when testing). I am a huge believer in the products that Microsoft produces simply because they work and in most cases work VERY well together.
The best thing about this change of operating system is that my daughter’s computer is now free of spyware and is not targeted by most viruses. The fact is that most viruses and spyware target Microsoft Windows only. Now I can rest easy knowing that I won’t be rebuilding a computer every few months.
Aaron Davis is a freelance web/application developer. He has been a web/application developer for more than 12 years. His specialty is .NET development with C# and SQL Server.
http://www.davis-webs.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Aaron_Davis
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