Author: Damien Oh

Damien Oh is the owner and chief editor of Make Tech Easier

Great Evidences That Linux Users Don’t Like Windows (and maybe Mac)

It’s a fact that Linux users don’t like Windows. The pictures say it all… Windows: We suck more! and that’s guaranteed

Wellington, Fla.-based Devil Mountain Software ran several versions of XP and Vista through a test simulating common desktop computing tasks. It found the original Vista performed 50 percent to 100 percent slower than the prevalent XP Service Pack 2, or SP2. In the coming 1st quarter 2008, Microsoft is releasing…

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For Ubuntu Gutsy users who find that they can’t live without Windows, or just want to give Vista a try, here’s your savior: VMware Server. Vmware Server is a free to download virtual machine tool that allows you to install the various type of operating systems under a virtual environment….

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Since the launch of new Sony’s PSP in September 20, 2007, the sale has now reaches one million in only a span of two months. I think this is a remarkable achievement, as compared to PS3 that took eight months to reach a million. With the launch, it once again…

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I received an email from Paypal today, stating that they have upgraded their security system and wanted me to login and verify my credit card information. As this is not the first time Paypal emailed me for security issue, not to mention that I was nearly banned by Paypal for…

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Many people will agree that the one thing that distinguishes Mac OS X desktop and Vista desktop interface is the Dock. For those who don’t know what the dock is, it is basically a row of icons at the bottom of the desktop and when you place your mouse over…

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Just what would you do if you are a computer tech support and faced with a bunch of computer idiot? Customer: “How much do Windows cost?” Tech support: “Windows costs about $100.” Customer: “Oh, that’s kind of expensive. Can I buy just one window?” ———————————————————————————————————————– Tech support: “Ok, we’re going…

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In my Windows Vista setup, I can just press fn-F5 on my laptop to toggle screen display and output to a projector or external monitor. After I switched to Ubuntu, the hot key is no longer working. With a little research, I found that the problem lies with my xorg.conf…

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For people who are new to Linux and Ubuntu, you might be overwhelmed by the huge library of applications available to you. Below is my 10 favorite applications. Hope it is useful to you.

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It is surprisingly easy to create .iso file in Linux. I have tested the method on Ubuntu Feisty and I am sure it works on other distro as well. Open up terminal: Assume that /dev/cdrom is the location of CD/DVD-ROM sudo umount /dev/cdrom readcd dev=/dev/cdrom f=file.iso That’s it. If you…