Updated : OK, I installed Ubuntu! now what?

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Mar 25, 2010 in Linux, Tips and Tricks (Hacks) | 27 comments

What most people used to do is just install any OS and start their work, they don’t care about security…. they don’t care about the integrity of the system….. so the life span of those systems are very small! After some time they get…. viruses…. corrupted files……continues system errors and many more….

Have a file that you don’t know how to open?

Posted by Bruce Ganek on Jan 16, 2010 in Linux, Reviews, Tips and Tricks (Hacks), Web, Web, Web, Windows | 15 comments

Did you get a file from someone and you don’t have a program that can open it? Here’s a website that you can use to find what programs can open the file – openwith.org.

What is great about the program is that it will give you free programs that you can use to open files.

PeaZip : A Must Have Free and Open Source Archive Manager

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Jan 3, 2010 in General, Linux, Software, Windows | 29 comments

PeaZip is a completely free and open-source tool which currently supports 87 file extensions! And not only that…. unlike most of the other top archive managers, PeaZip works on both Windows and Linux. As they say “PeaZip is a reliable solution for most of the archive types you may met, and will help you in finding the right tool for a wide range of specific needs”

Just the Browser : Google Chrome OS : Chromium OS Is Now Open!

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Nov 20, 2009 in General, News | 0 comments

Recently we heard that Google is going to release their Chrome OS within a week! Well… it is true! Google have finally released the source code of their OS for developers. As the developer’s version of Chrome is Chromium… the version of Chrome OS released was known as Chromium OS. Want to know more about it? Then keep reading…

Finally the Mighty Ubuntu 9.10 Meets the User!

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Oct 29, 2009 in Linux, News | 4 comments

This is a great month! Ubuntu 9.10 is the second major OS release in this month! First we got Windows 7…. and today we got its competitor! According to Canonical this is the “latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer”. Actually their statement seems to be right….The Karmic Koala seems to be very impressive!

3 Places to Get Top Linux Software

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Aug 22, 2009 in Linux, Software | 2 comments

There are many sites which offer software reviews for windows, but are any sites which we can get Linux software? Many people don’t install Linux thinking that they won’t be able to find good software for their system! Actually the truth is as the popularity of Linux is rising the number of people who develop Linux software also rises! So these days its not hard to find good software for your Linux systems, to make things more easier we will show you 3 sites which you can get your software!

Install the latest Nvidia and ATI drivers easily via Envy (in Ubuntu)

Posted by Pubudu Kodikara on Aug 14, 2009 in Linux, Tips and Tricks (Hacks) | 0 comments

When I first installed Ubuntu i had a serious problem with my graphic drivers! Ubuntu doesn’t install the correct drivers, and it messed up my resolution settings which were set to a very low value. So i surfed the net for almost three days and finally found Envy which saved my life!