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Upgrading Ubuntu Linux 7.04 to Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

by Vivek Gite on October 16, 2007 · 5 comments

Yup, the latest, greatest and cutting edge Ubuntu Linux 7.10 is here.. I’m upgrading my box :) Type the following command to start upgrade procedure: $ sudo update-manager -c -d Just follow on screen instructions. Refer upgrading from Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 for more information. I’m just going to open full up 2mbps pipe for [...]

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Humor: Great UNIX humor on a t-shirt

by Vivek Gite on September 26, 2007 · 7 comments

Source: rusmafia.org

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USB Penguin Mouse

by Vivek Gite on September 10, 2007 · 3 comments

Sure many embedded hardware runs on Linux. But check out ~ USB Penguin Mouse – a brand new mouse to trade in the boring old computer mouse you are using…. Add style to your office or home pc. I’m going to get one :)

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How to create your own Linux live CD easy way!

by Vivek Gite on August 30, 2007 · 3 comments

A LiveCD is an operating system along with useful apps stored on a bootable CD-ROM / DVD disk. You can run complete operating system without installation on a hard disk. I often use Knoppix Live CD for troubleshooting, fixing computers and testing new hardware. This article talks about generating your customized Linux distribution using NimbleX [...]

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The Ultimate Computer Desk / Table (CPU Desk)

by Vivek Gite on August 23, 2007 · 2 comments

The coolest desk ever ~ there are 434 Madison 9M chips on the desk. The list price for the lot in 2006 was over US$800,000. The desk now contains about 2.8 TFLOPs of computing power. That’s about the same as 900 3.2GHz P4s. => Matt’s CPU Desk ( via Digg )