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Accessing Linux Files from Windows – Using Ext FS for windows.

Sep 7

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If you have a desktop with Windows and Linux as dual boot environment and you want to access a few files saved in Linux / Ubuntu file system from the Windows login. For example, you may need to share files such as Docs, PDF, audio, video, etc. from both Linux and Windows. The Ext2 Installable File System for Windows helps you to access Linux drive from Windows.

It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.

The “Ext2 Installable File System for Windows” software is freeware.

For the technically minded

“It installs a pure kernel mode file system driver Ext2fs.sys, which actually extends the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista operating system to include the Ext2 file system. Since it is executed on the same software layer at the Windows NT operating system core like all of the native file system drivers of Windows (for instance NTFS, FASTFAT, or CDFS for Joliet/ISO CD-ROMs), all applications can access directly to Ext2 volumes. Ext2 volumes get drive letters (for instance O:). Files, and directories of an Ext2 volume appear in file dialogs of all applications. There is no need to copy files from or to Ext2 volumes in order to work with them.”

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Delete Windows Shared Folder from My Computer – In Windows

Aug 30

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Ever get bored of the windows shared folder.Here is a quick tip to delete the folder.

1) Go to Microsoft Powertoy site. – Here

2) Download tweak ui. 147 Kb

This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings,
Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

3) Go to Tweak UI GUI. Go to My computer and Untick the “My sharing folder” option.

Save changes.

You are done.

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Chinese Government has a message ? End of Windows era with Blue screen of death ! welcome Linux

Aug 15

Gepostet von admin in Humour, Linux | Comments off

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The biggest shock after chinese government bought linux some time back was the blue screen of death in the olympics ceremony when flying Li Ning was about to wrap up the torch-lighting ceremony. It is almost unlikely that a ceremony of this high importance would have something like this happen and now eyebrows are raised to inquire if this was a deliberate incidence ?

Are the chinese signalling the end of the windows era ? was it intentional and deliberate ? Is it an end to the huge monopoly of the windows to the software market ? Since the chinese government has turned to Linux from Vista it is evident that something is going on….

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Why I would Use Windows rather than Ubuntu !

Aug 5

Gepostet von admin in Linux | 2 Kommentare

It has been a few weeks now since I first installed my ubuntu system and have had dual boot with Windows Xp.Since the start Ubuntu has been quite impressive.Right from shipping absolutely free Cd rom to 15 minute installation , support and the system has been amazing.However the so called “eye candy” is not yet really ready for wide usage and needs a lot of makeover before a normal guy would undoubtedly choose Ubuntu /Linux over Windows.

Here is a list of few reasons why I would prefer Windows over Ubuntu.

1) No Support for Games

Like the absolute necessities of life – Food , water , clothing ,shelter and air – gaming is the dire need of every nerd sitting in front of his computer on a saturday morning.Considering that Ubuntu has almost nil support for gaming it takes all the charm away.Dont get me wrong here but the inability to play Cs / GTA and the likes is good for people who have sickness of stocks or are more into reading the newsline at times more than they blink their eyes.

2) Unease of Installation

Windows designed the simple interface of clicking on an exe and installing anything you want with the possibility of customizing the options along the way.You might have to click the “Next” button 10 times and reboot at the end of installation but going to a command line and then searching the forums(For newbies) for a command to get the software is a bit old school.In addition to that getting to know to edit your fstab files, and other settings file is also not easy.

—I installed ubuntu and played with it for a week without sound. I literally did everything that the support on the forums said or suggestions that other people had but could not come up with a solution.I spent nearly a week trying to fix the sound but could not get it to work.In the end I found out that all I had to do was to go to command line and type Alsa mixer and manually adjust the sound settings.—–

3) Some Mods are lift from the windows.

Some short cut keys are directly lifted from the way the Windows behaves. Ubuntu looks at the adaptibility of people and wants to keep the things similiar to the way the people want them.But hey – aren’t we creating something better and fresh. What I mean is for an example ” pressing alt+tab” is the same as windows – “desktop show” icon , Trash / recycle bin and so on and so forth.

Maybe you could come up with something innovative like Recycle Planet – or something even better. Some features are a direct copy from windows but if Linux is innovation then we expect better !

4) Linux treats everything on your system as a file.

Yes.Everything on your linux system is a file.Right from a small pic to a network Socket. This makes it so easy to delete everything on the system (Whole system) while running the system. We have a common PC in our house which everyone shares and everyone knows the password to. I am sure if users are sharing a computer and know the password to the account it is not difficult to delete everything. I mean this being its biggest advantage is also its biggest disadvantage.

In addition to this screen resolutions issues, Nvidia graphics card drivers, settings manager , running programs not developed in windows is wide.Pidgin as a messenger is good but not as good as using MSN or Yahoo themselves. Webcam support and a lot of other problems make ubuntu usable but not the first choice.

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Improve Your Monitor Speed – Sooth your eyes

Aug 4

Gepostet von admin in Misc | Comments off

In just a few clicks, you can improve the appearance of items on your screen, make things easier for your eyes, and get peppier performance out of your PC.

Making adjustments to settings, and turning various things on or off, is known as “tweaking”, and sometimes “optimizing”. And being a Geek, I love to tweak my machines until they’re running like a Indy 500 car. Today’s quick tip will take you all of 45 seconds to do, and it will give you noticeable results.

HOW TO :

Turn on font smoothing, and turn off special effects.
The settings we’re going to tweak are all found on the Appearance tab of your Display Properties: right-click on a blank area of your Desktop and select “Properties”

On the “Appearance” tab, click on the “Effects” button.

Here we’re going to turn one item on, and three off, by placing or removing checkmarks.
1) Turn on the ClearType font smoothing feature by placing a check in its checkbox, and using the drop-down arrow to set it to ClearType. This will make reading easier, and reduce headache-causing eye strain.
2) Turn off the “bells-and-whistles” special effects that, while ‘modern’ and ‘cool’, really only slow things down quite unnecessarily. (aka “waste system resources”)
* uncheck “transition effects”
* uncheck “shadows”
* uncheck “show windows contents while dragging”
3) Click OK, and OK again.

That’s it. You’re done. Easy, right? Right. Should you change your mind someday, undoing these changes is just as easy.. just place a check again. (But I very much doubt you will!)

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