Truecrypt – Finally Usable February 7, 2008

From the latest release notes
The Linux version of TrueCrypt has been redesigned so that it will no longer be affected by changes to the Linux kernel (kernel upgrades/updates).
Oh thank you! Atlast!

Weekly Computer Maintainence Schedule? February 2, 2008

Martin over at gHacks has a post on his “Weekly Computer Maintainence Schedule“.
He run 7 apps in series every week!!!
My computer is not there for me to maintain, it is for me to use! You know how many apps I have in my weekly maintainence schedule? Zero! Zilch!
The sad thing is , I wouldn’t have [...]

Heard on prog reddit : Ubuntu Names October 20, 2007

Gutsy Gibbon has just been released. Many people on prog reddit including me think the name is a little too lame. We suggest a new name for the next ubuntu , going in series …
Edgy Eft
Feisty Fawn
Gutsy Gibbon
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Horny Hard on
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Kinky Kangaroo
….
More available at tipoftheday .

Yakuake October 13, 2007

Lifehacker has a post up on Yakuake : a quake like terminal emulator for KDE.
The instructions are for Ubuntu. Umm, forgive me, but isn’t Ubuntu supposed to be “All GUI”. Why do you need a terminal emulator? Now how will any noob users switch to Ubuntu! :O
This brings me to another problem I always had [...]

Testdisk a.k.a how to save your ass if your Parted screws up September 4, 2007

I was installing Kubuntu. Everything was going fine. I clicked on “Partition” and the next thing I know, the stupid thing crashed. In 1 freaking second.
Of course, I then checked my partitions. It had lost everything. It hadn’t followed what I had asked it to do (i.e make a new partition). On its own , [...]