Linux Mint is by far the easiest Linux distribution. It is extremely fast, stable, full featured and packed with all of your favorite opensource as well as some proprietary software. Installing Linux Mint is a breeze. Far easier than Windows. Linux Mint is a much lighter operating system, using much less CPU, disk space and RAM…
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What is Chrome OS?
Chrome OS is an operating system based on the Linux kernel and designed by Google to work with web applications and installed applications. Chrome OS is built upon the open source project called Chromium OS which, unlike Chrome OS, can be compiled from the downloaded source code. Chrome OS is the commercial version installed on specific…
Run Android On Your Windows
American Megatrends the popular maker of BIOS firmware has created the ability for you to run a full Android installation on your Windows machine. Called DuOS it is an Android emulator for Windows. Sorry DuOS is only free to try for 30 days but it is very reasonably priced. $10 for Jellybean and $15 for…
AVG Goes Rogue
AVG the worlds 3rd most popular anti-virus announce that they will sell your browsing data to third parties as an additional income stream beginning of October.
Best Free Software For Windows
In this post I have chosen some of my favorite software. All of it free of course! Much of this software is similar if not better than the commercial software you may be using. This software maybe open-source or not but it is all free to use. Mush of this software have versions for “Windows”,…
What is Linux and do you need it?
Linux is a opensource Unix-like operating system originally developed as a free operating system for personal computers based on the Intel x86 architecture, but has since been ported to more computer hardware platforms than any other operating system. It’s popularity as a personal computer OS has languished but is now gaining popularity on web-servers, TVs, cars and…
Cloning Your System
What is cloning? One popular method of backing up is cloning. In cloning you make a copy of the entire hard drive or partition. This method is great for quick restore of your system but it is not very useful for the everyday task of backing up your files. Acronis Acronis True Image is a…
FreeFileSync – Across Platform File Syncing Tool
FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software that helps you synchronize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is designed to save your time setting up and running backup jobs while having nice visual feedback along the way. I use to use SyncToy for Windows but it is not cross…
Ninite Better Than Ever
Setting up a new Windows computer with all the latest free software is hassle free with Ninite. Just go to http://ninite.com and select the apps you want, click “Get Installer”, and then run the Ninite installer .exe. Ninite downloads and installs all your choices with no clicking Next. It even says “No” to toolbars and other junk. It’s…
What is Linux?
Linux is, in simplest terms, an operating system. It is the software on a computer that enables applications and the computer operator to access the devices on the computer to perform desired functions. The operating system (OS) relays instructions from an application to, for instance, the computer’s processor. The processor performs the instructed task, then…
Good-N-Free Meetup 