Some time ago I wrote a howto on installing xcache for linux (here) from source. While xcache requires a certain amount of learning, tweaking and configuration to get it right. For instance, you will have to manually edit xcache config for number of processors/cores used in your system; which will reflects other aspects of the [...]

One of the arguments I often hear from people who are trying to use linux for the first time is that they are not sure if they can switch back to their original choice of OS (usually windows), if they are not satisfied with their experience with linux. These are usually the people who are [...]

Converting these two major packages has never been easier. In this example we will use RPM package of virtualbox 1.60 (renamed it to test.rpm to make life easier), convert it to debian package and than convert that debian package back to RPM. Converting rpm to deb: sudo alien test.rpm Converting deb to rpm: sudo alien [...]

  1) Istanbul: Istanbul is one of the more widely used desktop recording software out there. You can download Istanbul from here. Debian and Fedora users should be able to install it from the repo. Istanbul has a very simple interface (or lack of). When you first start up Istanbul, you will see a small [...]