15 Tips to Improve your Linux Experience

The beauty of Linux is in users ability to do large amount of customization to have a unique user expereince. So today we will look in to some tips for a “better” Linux experience. The term “better” here is relative, because what works for me might seem a distraction for some or plain annoying to others; some of this “tips” might appeal to...

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10 ways to Tweak your Linux Boot Process

Linux rarely needs to be rebooted. But when it does, it’s often slow to boot. Fortunately, there are ways to speed things up. Some of these methods are not terribly difficult. (although some, unfortunately, are). Let’s take a look. #1: Disable unnecessary services Depending upon the use of the machine, plenty of services won’t be needed. Using Linux just for a desktop? Then you won’t need sendmail, httpd, and many other services....

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Reboot Linux using simple fork()

We all know that the simplest function in Linux is fork(). The fork is used create a child process which is an exact copy of the calling process (parent process). You might be thinking how can such a simple function reboot a linux machine. Well I must tell you that the program I am going to discuss today uses only this fork function and can force a Linux Server which can serve as many as 100 computers to get rebooted. I have...

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Ubuntu

For those who are not familiar with Linux, Ubuntu is one of the most popular and most widely used Linux distributions. Over the years that I have used Ubuntu, other than the usual Ctrl + C (copy) and Ctrl + V (paste) shortcuts, I have discovered quite a number of keyboard shortcuts that are very useful, but seldom used by many. If you are looking for more keyboard shortcuts to add to your collection, I am sure you will be able...

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5 Myths about Internet Safety

“Internet Safety” the term has been getting vague with the increasing virus outbreaks nowdays. PC Magazine once conducted a survey in which they asked the participants to rate their broadband ISP services and the results were astonishing. Most of users didn’t completelty understand the seriousness of potential threats or how to protect their PCs. Here are the top 5 Myths about safe surfing over internet. Myth 1 - I don’t keep...

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Remove RavMon.exe virus without any anti-virus(Do it your self)

Removing Ravmon Virus without Anti-Virus is easy, btw I haven’t met any Anti Virus which can remove this virus. They can stop your pc from being infected but once you are infected they wont be able to remove it.I don’t know the Actual Name of this virus nor its effects Anyways its very easy to remove it. You will have to follow just few simple...

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3 Reasons Everyone Should Clean Their Windows Registry

Windows Vista Registry Just like older Windows operating systems, the registry is an important component of the Windows Vista operating system. It is the central database in which your Vista operating system stores configuration information related to installed hardware and software. The registry also stores preferences of various users configured on your PC and the system setup information. Because the registry controls almost...

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Set Default Search Options

This tweak will modify the standard search parameters so they do not have to be reset for each individual search. [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ Explorer [Any or all of the five Value Names below may be modified to customize search options] Modify/Create the Value Name [CaseSensitive] according to the Value Data listed below. Data Type: REG_DWORD...

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Enable/Disable Logon Screen Saver

Note: This applies only to the default Login [login.scr] screensaver and is not the same as screensaver selections made in the [Display Properties] property sheet accessed by right clicking on the desktop and selecting [Properties] from the context menu. [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: ScreenSaveActive Modify/Create the Value Name...

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Disable Run Commands

This tweak controls the use of the Run command on the local machine। [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ Policies\Explorer Create a DWORD value for each Run function that will be disabled. Modify/Create the Value Name [DisableLocalMachineRun] according to the Value Data listed below. Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: DisableLocalMachineRun...

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