10 best alternative operating systems

Right now, someone, somewhere is developing the killer operating system feature of the future - a feature that will change computing and make us wonder how we lived without it. However, the person responsible probably isn't grafting away in the labs of Microsoft, Apple or Red Hat - he or she is more likely to be working in a bedroom or loft. Big companies can grow reticent to change, slow to move and adopt new technologies. Features must be escalated through approval bodies, management and bean-counters. Hobbyist projects don't have those commercial pressures and can experiment freely. It might seem audacious to claim that the next Windows is cooking in some part-time coder's house, but it's nothing new. The most successful projects often begin life in ways we'd never expect, and it can take a while for their potential to be fully realised. Into the future We'll look at the best alternative operating systems, with the potential to change the computing landscape over the next decade. 9. 8.

2009 Pricelessware List About FreeBSD What is FreeBSD? FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety of platforms which focuses on features, speed, and stability. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large community. Cutting edge features FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. Powerful Internet solutions FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. Advanced Embedded Platform FreeBSD brings advanced network operating system features to appliance and embedded platforms, from higher-end Intel-based appliances to Arm, PowerPC, and shortly MIPS hardware platforms. Run a huge number of applications With over 24,000 ported libraries and applications, FreeBSD supports applications for desktop, server, appliance, and embedded environments. Easy to install FreeBSD is free Contributing to FreeBSD

Colorize Black and White Photos using Recolored Ext2 IFS For Windows Love Thy Neighbor but hack his Wi-Fi My neighbor works for a fortune 500 company. I don’t know what he does exactly but he got a 10mbps internet connection attached to his WiFi router. He is mostly not home till late in the evening. so all this bandwidth sits idle all day. such a waste! I did try to connect to this router many times but it kept asking for a password. And, by the way, I am his neighbor too… and he even won’t share his Wi-Fi with me.. what and A*s. So, My quest for hacking my neighbor’s Wi-Fi (For Educational Purpose Only) has begun, I have done some initial research and found that I would need following tools CommView for Wi-FiWEP Key RecoveryAircrack-NG Let’ me find them on some forums etc… Install Commview, then paste the included “cv.exe” to the directory you installed it to (c:program filescommviewwifi)Open commview and install the commview drivers to a card.

10 Job Listing Sites With Unique Opportunities Even if you’re gainfully employed right now, you’re probably keeping an eye on job listings in your field and news about your industry. It’s just good sense these days: while my grandparents might have been able to build their entire careers with just one employer, climbing the ladder these days often involves moving between companies at least a few times. That means you need resources. You need to be looking at the right job listings, reading relevant industry news and keeping your career-building skills honed. The right job listings can be hard to find. There are thousands of sites offering job listings online, from Craigslist to Monster, but most of them wind up listing very similar (if not identical) opportunities. LinkedInLinkedIn isn’t an old-fashioned job board, even though it provides a way to search job listings posted by members. There are a couple of other sites worth keeping an eye on these days: Most state governments have centralized job listings like USAJobs.

Repairing Windows XP in Eight Commands « Icrontic Tech Note: This article is now available on the Amazon Kindle Bookstore: Repairing Windows XP in Eight Commands. Download a convenient e-book version of this article to keep at your side while you repair your computer. Every IT tech from casual to professional should have a copy of this handy reference on their e-reader! Most of us have seen it at one time or another; perhaps on our own PC, the PC of a loved one, or perhaps a PC at your place of employment. The system spends weeks or months operating in a smooth fashion, taking you to the far reaches of the wide, wibbly web, and after one particularly late evening of browsing and gaming, you shut your PC off and go to bed. Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM. Select ‘R’ at the first screen to start repair. Which renders your PC inaccessible from the standard boot procedures of Windows XP. Results and wrap-up