You might come across numerous posts which tell you how to share files between windows and linux. This is one of them but in quick and easy steps. 1. Install samba sudo apt-get install samba 2. Edit samba gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf 3. Add the required details workgroup = Homegroup usershare owner only = false server […]
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Die hard fans of Mozilla Firefox have a reason to celebrate. Firefox 3 has been released today after much delay and name changes. Firefox has been released for all major platforms , Windows, Linux & Mac OS X. It is available in over 60 different languages! Download a copy of it from here
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The other day I was reading a blog at tech republic, where the author talks about .Net Framework SP1 update released in February 2009. In his report he says that the release documents goes on ranting about all the changes it brings on this update with the exception of one very big important security vulnerability.
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During this time of recession, when people are struggling to keep expenses at check , lets see how linux can cut down household expenses.For a normal home user … Prices you incur when you buy a windows pc…( please feel free to convert the currency according to ur country) Normal services: Windows Vista home premium:
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Very often I have heard my friends say that their computer has become very slow and unresponsive. Some of my friends expressed their grief on how they lost their precious pictures and files to the deadly virus that ate the files up! Well , this is an everyday affair for the average windows user. Their
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I had been fiddling with Linux for a few weeks now and due to that i had created a dual boot on my machine for windows vista and Linux ubuntu. Although i found Linux to be a quite superior OS i had to fall back to windows for some of the softwares which were not
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I have seen lots of forums saying that if you forget your vista login password and you dont have password recovery then you may have to reinstall your windows vista completely or buy a third party password recovery software which may cost atlest £50 . Well I think I have figured out a way to
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It gives a person a sense of security and satisfaction to hear one’s computer has a pre-installed firewall. But pre-installed firewalls ? Are they really helpful and secure? Will they be able to ward off the deadliest attacks on the computer? May be not or not at all. The MS Windows firewall is one of
