• Posts Tagged ‘linux’

    Find and remove file duplicates

    by  • April 3, 2008 • Utilities • 0 Comments

    Duplicate files finder will help you get rid of duplicate files clogging your hard drive. This program runs on Windows, Linux, and since it supports Unix it may work on MacOS X. Any one willing to make this confirmation? The program is very simple to use: choose the directory you want to sweep; see the [...]

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    Installing Linux – partitions

    by  • April 2, 2008 • OS, Tips • 0 Comments

    Before installing my Linux distro I did some pretty lengthy research on partitions. This was a concern for me since I was not doing a fresh install, but installing Linux right beside Windows with a dual boot installation. If you want to have your entire computer Linux-only, you will not have much to worry, the [...]

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    Open source OS – Linux

    by  • March 24, 2008 • OS • 0 Comments

    So far we’ve covered open source programs you can run on your computer. Most often they’re safer, lighter, and able to have you get the task done just as easily as proprietary equivalents. Now, we’ll take it to the next level and talk about entire operating systems you can use on your machine. With an [...]

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    Open source dictionary – StarDict

    by  • February 19, 2008 • Utilities • 15 Comments

    Need a dictionary, thesaurus, translator? StarDict works well for all of these purposes.  Install this program on a Linux or Windows machine and just add free dictionary databases to it. StarDict does some pretty interesting things such as: translates with google or yahoo engines; uses a “glob-style pattern matching” to find associated words plus more [...]

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