7 Alternatives to Pandora and?Last.FM
Whether you are annoyed by the ads on Pandora, the limited number of skips, or the abyss of cruel 30-second song teasers from Last.FM, many online listeners are growing weary of mainstream methods of hearing new music. While the Pandora algorithm is strong, and the Last.FM related artists tool is pretty useful, don’t fool yourself in to thinking that there aren’t other great ways to expose yourself to new music in the depths of cyberspace. Here are 7 alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM that will infuse your day with an uninterrupted stream of music that large record companies haven’t managed to squash under their thumbs yet.
Do I need an anti-virus in Linux?
Updated: March 26, 2010 Big question. Windows users and recent converts often ask them.
Infinity- A stunning theme for conky
Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. There are many nice themes available for Conky that can display clock, CPU usage, RAM usage, swap, disk, net and more, Infinity is one of these themes built using lua and provide a great look to your desktop. In this post I will show you how to install Infinity Conky theme in Ubuntu (tested in Ubuntu 12.10 ‘Quantal Quetzal’, Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’), LinuxMint and Fedora.
True Facts
Facts - interesting, provocative, well-seasoned One out of ten children in Europe are conceived on an IKEA bed. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
Linux cool hacks - Part II
Updated: March 22, 2010 Hello there, dear readers. Time for the second article of highly useful, cool and fun utilities, commands, and tricks that should help you gain better productivity and understand your system better.
Download Dropbox
When your download is complete, run the Dropbox installer Install the appropriate package if you want to use Dropbox on your Linux Desktop.If your distribution is not listed then choose "Compile from Source". Note: These packages install an open-source helper application.
Recycling Billboards into Modern Residential Buildings
As more and more advertising goes online and transportation conservation becomes an increasing economic and ecological concern, what is the future fate of the infamous billboard? One proposal by Front Architects suggests turning these into lofted homes – small houses to be sure, but located in some potentially fascinating places. Some of these unusually thin homes could be built in place from scratch, others could be transported to new locations or even left where they are in the urban environment. As with so many good design projects the feasibility of this specific idea as such is not of singular or even primary importance – the concept provides a foundation for rethinking everyday urban structures, artifacts of the built environment, that we might find new and different uses for as times change.
How to enable Debug repository in CentOS Linux
Updated: March 6, 2010 This article is a part of my Linux Kernel Crash Book. It is available for free download in PDF format!
Make Linux faster and lighter
With just a few tweaks, your Linux box can be lighter, sprightlier and quicker than ever before. Read on for the best ways to speed up your boot sequence, optimise KDE and Gnome, and get better performance from your favourite apps. We've also got some top tips from our favourite free software gurus... Gone are the days when you could make a cup of tea and drink it in the time it takes your computer's operating system to boot (with one notable exception).
Empire Magazine Celebrates 20 years of Movie Magic
Found this FANTASTIC collection of celebrity photos for Empire as they celebrate their 20th anniversary, they took photos of 27 of the most iconic celebrities recreating some of the most iconic moments in movies! AWESOME! (via – Atticus Finch )
How to configure RAID in Linux
Updated: June 26, 2009 Not that long ago, we've had a long, extensive tutorial on GParted, a powerful and friendly partitioning software that allows you to configure your drives and partitions for installations of multiple operating systems. The tutorial helped us learn the Linux vernacular and we mastered the basic configurations, like creating, resizing, moving, and deleting of partitions, and even some more advanced stuff. In all cases, we worked with individual partitions. We did not dabble in RAID. In the tutorial, I only briefly mentioned RAID and LVM.
Linux System Administration Basics
This document presents a collection of common issues and useful tips for Linux system administration. Whether you're new to system administration or have been maintaining systems for some time, we hope these tips are helpful regardless of your background or choice in Linux distributions. These tips cover some of the basic steps and issues encountered during the beginning of system configuration.
How to print from Linux machines to Windows printers over Wireless
Updated: June 10, 2009 The title definitely sounds delicious. And you must be thinking this is going to be difficult. Not at all.
