The Gpredict software for Linux is able to view the position of satellites over the surface of the earth. This is fascinating software, you can see the position of the International Space Station and other interesting satellites in orbit. Type this command on a Fedora system to install this software. yum install gpredictyum install gpredict … Read more
The old E16 window manager is available for Fedora 19. I just discovered this when installing some new software to try out. Install it using this command. yum install e16 e16-themes.noarch e16-epplets.x86_64 This is a very old but good looking window manager. There are some awesome themes available for this WM on the Internet. I … Read more
FreeBSD is lagging behind Linux on the desktop. Why is this? Linux has an advantage over FreeBSD. The usability of the aforementioned operating system is not up to the standards set by Linux that has the Red Hat Linux Enterprise distribution that is fully capable of powering servers and uses a simple GUI installer and … Read more
The new Linux Mint 16 MATE desktop is better than ever, I am running it in VMware and it runs like a dream. It is based on the 3.11 Linux kernel and uses the same desktop theme and layout as the previous releases. But this is a good thing. The performance is extremely good. Firefox … Read more
Some beautiful green hills. This is a very attractive wallpaper. A field of Canola with trees in the distance. A lovely Autumn scene. A gorgeous sunset scene with red lighting and misty mountains. A nice HD Simpsons wallpaper. A pier on the ocean with a lovely long exposure and beautiful lighting. A cool picture of … Read more
Why desktop Linux is getting better and better all the time. The Linux desktop has evolved so far from the olden days of computing; the days of Gnome 1.0 and Red Hat Linux 6.2 are gone, but we have Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint 16 Petra that are powering modern computers. Red Hat Linux 6.2 … Read more
Mounting a USB drive in Ubuntu without needing root access. If you want to be able to mount a USB drive in Ubuntu or Linux Mint without clicking the entry in the Nautilus file manager then this post is for you. Type this command to install the pmount utility. homer@lollinux-machina:~$ sudo apt-get install pmounthomer@lollinux-machina:~$ sudo … Read more
The Linux Mint 16 distribution is one that will take over from Windows 8.1. The Windows operating system has good gaming performance, but Linux does as well. I have played Corebreach on Fedora Core 19 and it ran very well indeed. There are a few good Linux games that are available for PC. There are … Read more
The final ISO images for the Linux Mint 16 distribution have been released. This is based upon Linux kernel 3.11, and brings many improvements in terms of software and usability. The animated HTML5 login screens should still be there as well as new versions of the packages. This release is based upon the Ubuntu 13.10 … Read more
How to use the Remmina client to RDP to Windows from Linux. The Remmina RDP client allows a Linux user to log on remotely to a Windows computer. This is just like using the built-in RDP client on Windows. This is the main Remmina window. The new document icon with the green cross allows you … Read more
I am still using Ubuntu 14.04 and it is a worthwhile choice for the desktop. The stability of the desktop is fine now, that is with the default Unity desktop as well as the KDE 4.11 desktop environment. There are other desktops available, such as E17, Awesome, and Xfce4, but I like to use Unity … Read more
The daily builds of the new Ubuntu 14.04 are out and they are very good as well. I have installed this over my buggy and useless 13.10 installation and this is working out very well. There are no bugs and everything so far is working a treat. The Unity desktop without the ATI drivers installed … Read more
This long exposure of the river was taken at night and shows the flow of the water during the 1 minute exposure. I hope you like this image as a good wallpaper. The full moon was up; so the reflected light of the Sun could light up the sky.
If the ATI drivers for Linux have the Testing Only watermark; you may remove it by performing this small edit. echo “9777c589791007f4aeef06c922ad54a2:ae59f5b9572136d99fdd36f0109d358fa643f2bd4a2644d9efbb4fe91a9f6590a145:f612f0b01f2565cd9bd834f8119b309bae11a1ed4a2661c49fdf3fad11986cc4f641f1ba1f2265909a8e34ff1699309bf211a7eb4d7662cd9f8e3faf14986d92f646f1bc” > /etc/ati/signature Just run this command to add this long line to the /etc/ati/signature file; removing the UNSIGNED text. This works perfectly if you want to get rid of that annoying watermark. Then … Read more
I have just installed FreeDOS and Windows 3.1 in qemu on Linux. Firstly; create a new HDD image to install DOS onto. qemu-img create -f qcow msdos.disk 85Mqemu-img create -f qcow msdos.disk 85M Then boot the FreeDOS CD image to begin the installation. qemu -hda msdos.disk -m 64 -cdrom fdbasecd.iso -boot dqemu -hda msdos.disk -m … Read more
The CentOS Linux distribution is a free version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution that is intended for datacenter deployments. This free operating system allows someone to setup a Linux server easily with a free and reliable operating system. CentOS comes with an older kernel version; 2.6.32. [homer@neo ~]$ uname -a Linux neo.matrix 2.6.32-358.el6.i686 … Read more
A dual screen artwork depicting Shub Niggurath: http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3914/lovecraft1.jpg. An apocalyptic image that features the Louvre in an apocalyptic world: http://emerdelac.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/john_martin_le_pandemonium_louvre.jpg. Cthulhu Mad geometry Rlyeh wallpaper: download. Apocalyptic Brooklyn bridge wallpaper: http://www.wallpaperup.com/wallpapers/download/12365. Another very cool apocalyptic fantasy wallpaper: http://www.wallpaperup.com/wallpapers/download/25609. This one could be a post-post apocalypse wallpaper that depicts a possible future with humanity living in … Read more
To install Virtualbox 4.3 on Fedora 19; firstly navigate to the directory that contains the *.repo files. cd /etc/yum.repos.d/cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ Then retrieve the file for the Virtualbox repository. wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repowget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo And update the repository files. yum updateyum update Now you should be able to install Virtualbox. yum install VirtualBox-4.3yum install VirtualBox-4.3 This is what … Read more
Vista running in Virtualbox and how to RDP into Windows from Linux. Here I am running Windows Vista in Virtualbox. This is an older version of Windows, but I really wanted to try this out on my laptop. I installed the 32bit Virtualbox Guest Additions in Vista and now I can make full use of … Read more
This theme for Gnome or MATE desktops will theme your GTK applications to look like the old CDE desktop: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GTK2-notif2?content=18886. Get this one if you want a classic look for your desktop. Download this theme here: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1460763624/18886-GTK2-notif2.tar.gz.