Prevent Your Hard Drives From Going To Sleep With KeepAliveHD
This must have happened to you often enough: while working on something from your hard drive (no matter if internal or external), the system eventually puts it into a "sleep mode" where it'll take a while to wake up again before it'll finally be able to do what you actually want it to do. This problem is now solved thanks to an open source developer who had a simple idea that honestly works quite well.
Linux Just Got Better With The Fedora 16 Beta Distribution
Linux distributions have been improving by leaps and bounds, and those improvements are becoming visible in the latest beta releases. Fedora, one of the flagship distributions carrying GNOME 3, is no different and should have plenty of new features to make your mouth water. As Fedora 16 is currently in beta, it still has plenty of bugs.
How To Reformat Your FAT32 Drive To NTFS - And The Advantages Of Doing It
You may not know it, but choosing the right filesystem for your drives is actually pretty important. Although the main idea of all filesystems is the same, there are many advantages and disadvantages over each one. While there are many more filesystems out there, we'll be looking at the most popular two, FAT32 and NTFS.
Optimize Your System To Run At Its Best With CCleaner
Over the last two years, CCleaner has changed quite a bit in terms of version numbers...up now to version 3.10 at the time of this writing. While visually the program actually hasn't changed much (it's good, why break something that's not broken?), a lot of additional features have been included behind-the-scenes to make it more functional than ever.
4 Windows Applications That Originated On Linux
We all know that, as the most widely used operating system, Windows has the largest collection of software. But not every successful piece of software started out in the Windows world. In fact there are quite a few examples, both well known and lesser known, that have made their way from Linux to Windows after a large amount of adoption. Curious as to what they are? Let's find out.
10 Hilarious & Weird Personas Like Charlie Sheen on Twitter
We all know that with the millions of users that are on Twitter, there are bound to be some pretty interesting accounts to follow. In fact, there are way too many that should be mentioned as worthy of your time, but sadly that number has to be cut down dramatically for the purposes of this post. Here's 10 of them that you should consider following.
3 Open Source Web Analytics Tools If You're Not A Google Analytics Fan
If you operate your own website, analytic software can be crucial in order to track exactly how well your site is doing. Without this software, you can do whatever you want with your site, but you will never know if it is getting more visitors, aside from the amount of comments. When you look at the possible options you have for analytic software, the most popular choice is Google Analytics.
Defraggler: Better Defragmentation Software For Windows
Alternative defragmentation tools have been mentioned for years and years now, as most people deem the default defragmenter that comes with Windows to be insufficient. There are plenty of different solutions that try to out-do each other, some free and some paid. However, you can't just pick any free solution. You need to know which ones actually make a difference on your system.
Should You Get A Solid State Drive (SSD)? [Opinion]
If you've kept up with some of the latest news about new computer parts, you may have heard about SSDs, or solid state drives. They are designed to replace your clunky, slow hard drive and give your system a major performance boost. However, some people have experienced some hiccups by using these new pieces of technology, including usage and price. Here we're going to discuss the exact pros and cons of owning a solid state drive and whether such an investment would be right for you.
Faience: One Of The Best Gnome Shell Themes Yet [Linux]
You have to admit that Gnome Shell does look elegant, even if you completely hate it for how it works. Some people even say that Gnome Shell practically breaks every ergonomics rule in the book, but others seem to enjoy it. Currently I myself find it most useful on my netbook, and I like what the developers have done to try to put some new life into the boring old desktop.
5 Different uTorrent Add-Ons You Should Try Out
The most popular torrent client, uTorrent, has been getting a lot of extra effort put into it to simplify its use while expanding its feature set. I must say that the uTorrent developers have done an excellent job to do all of this while still keeping the program lightweight. One of the newer features that you'll find is called add-ons.
The Difference Between Windows Full Format & Quick Format [Technology Explained]
When installing Windows, the installer will ask you a strange question - how do you want to format your hard drive? For Windows systems, there are only a few possible answer choices. You either format it in NTFS or FAT, or you format it in NTFS or FAT (quick). Have you ever stopped to wonder what the difference actually is between a full and quick format?
Enjoy Browsing Improvements With Firefox 6
Yet another couple months have passed (or weeks, depending on how you count), and Mozilla has released the next version of its flagship product, Firefox 6. Even though Firefox's release schedule has been cranked up, that doesn't mean there are virtually no changes with each new release. Here we'll find out what did change and why you should update.
KMail - A Different Kind Of Email Client For KDE [Linux]
People use various tools to manage their email, the two most popular being the Gmail website and the Thunderbird desktop app. However, today we'll be looking at a top KDE choice that has plenty to offer for those of you who crave some power and control over their applications. It's called KMail.
5 Reasons Why Intel Is Being Pushed Against The Wall By AMD
Over the years, Intel and AMD have been in quite a battle to bring out the best processors. Eventually a point came where you didn't hear all too much about what AMD was up to, while Intel was rolling out all of its latest processors. However, AMD's "quiet time" was very well used, as they are now releasing their newest APUs to reignite the battle with Intel.
guiminer - An Extensive Tool For Bitcoin Mining
As of late there's been a been a great buzz going around about Bitcoin, the latest P2P digital currency. One of the main activities of getting Bitcoins is through a process called mining. No need to fear, though, because there's a great program that comes with a GUI that does all the dirty work!
Enjoy A Clean, Improved Desktop With KDE 4.7 [Linux]
One of Linux's most popular desktop environments, KDE, released their latest series (version 4.7) at the end of July. This version improves on work done in previous releases by adding new features while improving performance and stability. However, this new version does not provide a drastic change such as GNOME 3 as most changes are under the hood.
Top 4 Websites To Discover Free Linux Games
We (as in Linux users) have all wished that some of those popular games we see in commercials would be readily available for Linux. Finding good, native games for Linux can be a bit tricky. So here are three different websites that'll make finding them a lot easier.
Access Your Evernote Data With The Open Source Client Nevernote
Linux users have long been used to the fact that a lot of online services that also offers its own optional client generally doesn't have one for Linux. Instead, they have to use the service without the optional client. While using the service will still be very possible, the clients sometimes add a few nice little features that would make using the service be a tad bit easier and more enjoyable.
Control The Music Your Way With Amarok [Linux]
Music players come a dime a dozen on any operating system, and it's easy to lose sight of those that are actually worth something. Amarok is probably one of the most feature-rich music players I've seen, and is proudly showcased as the default music player for the KDE desktop environment.