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As the popularity of linux increasing day by day but still there are lots of peoples using windows and still unaware about linux.Specialy in the  countries like Pakistan the use of linux is minimum I told some of my colleagues about linux who were unware about linux when i told them about linux they ask tons of questions regarding linux to me i have listed 10 questions which most of windows user’s have in their mind.

1) What is linux ?

My Answer : Linux is an Open Source operating system, a large piece of software that manages a computer.The accurate name is GNU/Linux but “Linux” is used more often.

2) Why it is free ?

My Answer : There are several reasons available on internet for why linux is free but i think it is free because most of the softwares are developed by community or individuals and the aim of linux is Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run, copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees.

3) Is this a new version of windows ?

My Answer : When this question was asked by me i couldn’t stop myself laughing and i answered while laughing that windows is an operating system by microsoft and not free but linux is an open source operating system developed by different communities and free.

4) what are the system requirements ?

My Answer : This is a much better question and i think that lots of readers also have this question in their mind.Well the system requirements for linux are

* 32-bit x86 processor (386, 486, Pentium, Pentium MMX, Pentium Pro and Pentium II. Also supported clones such as Cyrix, AMD and TI)
* ISA, EISA, PCI or VLB Bus.
* 4MB or more of RAM
* 1 1.44MB or 1.2MB floppy drive
* VGA Compatible video card
* 40MB of Hard Disk Space (after installing all modules)
* CD-ROM drive(If you are installing from CD)

5) Can it be installed with windows ?

My Answer : Yes it can be installed with windows on a separate partition.In fact i m using ubuntu linux with windows XP and Windows Vista.

6) why should i switch to linux ?

My Answer : Some of the main reasons why you should switch to linux are:

* Open Source (Free).

* Most of the softwares are free.

* Much stable than windows.

* Great protection against viruses.

7) How secure is linux and what antivirus are available ?

My Answer : Research and user’s experience shows that linux is more secure than windows.You can check the list of viruses in windows and then compare them to linux there are very few viruses made for linux.Lots of well known antiviruses softwares are available for linux e.g. (Mcafee,Panda,Avast,Kaspersky and clam antivirus).

Is linux more easier than windows ?

My Answer : User’s have different answers to this question.Some user’s says that linux is easier than windows but some are against this statement.Well according to my experience with redhat linux i say that windows is easier than linux.Although ubuntu has made linux easier for home user but i still think some more work needs to be done to make it more easier than windows.Check out my post 12 reasons why windows is better than linux for non-techies

9) Can i player counter strike or any other game on linux ?

My Answer : Counter strike is available for linux and there are lots of other games also available for linux what you need to do is to just google and you will find tons of games for linux.

10) Is MSN available in Linux ?

My Answer : MSN messenger is also microsoft’s product and not available in linux but you don’t need to worry as there are MSN messenger’s clone available in linux.Check out my post How to install MSN messenger in Linux(Amsn)

Signboards are always useful for giving important instructions to peoples they become more useful if a person is in a country and unware of the national language of that country so he may be able to understand lots of things from signboard as most of signboards also have english written on them.

Compiled below is that latest of most funny sign arround the world.

Credits : kuzquano

Credits : thevoyagers

Credits : Chruch of one

Credits : tursiops

Credits : djdigital

Credits : thevoyagers

Credits : Photorobw

Credits : casch

Credits : nnn27

Credits : jezevec

Credits : classicpep

Credits : smcgee

Credits : saucy little minx

Credits : 16516263

Credits : neophyte

Credits : 7786836

Nowadays ubuntu and other linux distros are becoming very popular.Lots of peoples has quit the use of windows and started using linux but here the question is that how easy linux is as compare to windows for home or office users (Non-techies).It is quite easy to install and configure for the techie peoples but when we talk about the people whose jobs are not related to computer or they just use computer for Listening music,Watching movies,Office work or email.

I have listed some reasons why windows is better than linux for non-techies based on my experience and the questions asked to me about linux by non-techies.

1) Which distro to use.

As all of us know linux has got tons of distro and this is the first confusing point for non-techies that which distro is best for them.

2) Where to get linux.

Linux is not much popular as windows so it is also possible that you won’t find linux CDs on all shops.

3) How to install Linux.

Although linux is not very difficult to install and distro like ubuntu has also provided Wubi install by using which you can easily install ubuntu with linux on NTFS parition.But it is still difficult to install linux for Non-techies.Partitions concept of linux is little difficult for them.

4) Configuring desktops and settings.

Desktop,network,control panel and screen saver all the setting is little different as compare to windows so in the first look most of the non-techies get confused on how to configure their desktop.

5) Installing Software.

This is the most confusing and difficult thing for non-techie because software installation is totally different in linux as compare to windows.We have to install from sources rather than just running a setup files.

6) Installing drivers.

Although linux has some driver so some of your devices will work plug and play but it will be real headache for non-techies to install drivers of devices which is not available in linux.

7) Playing music files.

Most of the peoples have songs or other music files in MP3,WMA or any other format and the thing is that linux by default doesn’t have codecs installed for playing these type of media files.You can also check my post How to play mp3 and other multimedia files in ubuntu

Playing games.

Not all the games are available for linux as if some games like counter strike are available for linux the difficult point is again the installation of game.

9) Softwares availability.

Almost all of the latest softwares are available for windows but not all of them are available for linux.This is also tricky point for non-techies for find the alternatives of the software which are not available in linux.

10) Difficult to get help.

Non-techies prefer to ask from others rather than searching on google as it is little easy for them to understand and if they ask for help from their family members or colleagues very few will be able to help them but if we talk about windows most of the peoples are familar with most of the windows features.

11) Partitioning

I also mention in reason 1 that partition table of linux is little confusing as compare to windows then partitions of linux looks like.

/hda1/disk8

/hda2/disk4

and if we have a look at windows partitions it looks like.

C:

D:

E:

You can see which one is easier.

12) Requires research.

Linux requires little more research as compare to windows and non-techies don’t have time or they don’t wanna research on linux as this is not the part of their job so they prefers windows.

I have tried to posted as much reasons as currently i have in my mind if i have missed any reason please write in comments.

Also check out my Post : 40 Cool Linux Wallpapers

Last Night, I need to convert My website Logo from “.jpg” to “.gif” but unfortunately There was no Image Editing software installed on My PC Like Photoshop,Fireworks etc.That’s Why, I Searched Internet for some online image conveters.While Searching I found some Great Websites Thats Provide Online Image Convertion.These Websites support many image formats and also have lots of function.

For Example www.iaza.com can convert “.bmp “, “.jpg” , “.png” and “.gif”.Other Function includes Rotate , Label , Transform, Color, Crop, Contrast,  Sharpness, Saturation and Much More.

Below is the List of 6 Online Image Converters.If you need to convert Images you should give them a try.

www.iaza.com
www.fixpicture.org/flash/
www.pictureresize.org/online-images-converter.html
www.coolutils.com/Online-Image-Converter.php
www.online-utility.org/image_converter.jsp
www.online-image-converter.com/

Most of us download torrents on daily basic we can find almost everything on torrents.For downloading and sharing files from P2P networks we need a software called P2P Clients.

First of all lets have alook at a quick defination of P2P file sharing from wikipedia.

File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a network, usually following the peer-to-peer (P2P) model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers of the users.

Peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) is distinct from file trading in that downloading fles from a P2P network does not require uploading, although some networks either provide incentives for uploading such as credits or force the sharing of files being currently downloaded.

Compilled below is the list of some best P2P files sharing softwares.

1) Kazaa

2) Azureus

3) Limewire

4) Bittorrent

5) Shareaza

6) Emule

7) Ares

Amule

9) Frostwire

10) UTorrent

11) KCeasy

12) Bitcomet

13) Deluge

14) Soulseek

15) Bearshare

16) Vuze

17) Mldonkey

18) Cabos

19) DC ++

20) Bitspirit

Popularity of linux is increasing day by day.Ubuntu has changed minds of many peoples who has started using ubuntu rather than windows.I personally also has installed ubuntu Linux after installing Linux i was looking for some cool linux wallpapers and i found some wallpapers which i am gonna share with you.Hope you like them.

iTunes allows us to easily synchronise music or any other files from computer to iPod touch but one of the bad thing is that what to do if you wanna copy the songs or any other files from iPod to your computer.You must have to use any other software for this purpose.In this post i am gonna show you how to copy songs or any other files from iPod to computer.

You can copy songs or any other files from iPod to computer using iPod access.

iPod Access is the premier application for transferring songs from your iPod or iPhone to your computer. Most iPod transfer utilities must fetch ID3 tag information by opening every music file and fetching information. iPod Access is able to utilize the iPod internal database so that it can display your iPod’s contents almost instantly.

First of all you need to download iPod access from the following links.

• iPod access for Windows.
• iPod access for Mac.

1) Open iPod Access.If your iPod is not already in “Manual Mode” the program will prompt you to do so as it is neccessary when ripping your iPod:

2) Leave iPod Access to “Read” your iPod - iPod Access is basically scanning through your iPod finding your files.

3) You will now notice that iPod Access has found all my music:

4) If you scroll through your files you will notice that iPod Access has also recovered your Podcasts and Videos.

5) Now lets transfer all your data back to your PC. First click “Backup.”

6) Choose a directory to copy your files into and click “Ok.”

7) Leave iPod Access to copy your files to your hard drive. This may take some time depending on the amount of songs and videos you have.

A short while later the process will finish and iPod Access will return to the default screen.

Now check the folder you choose on step 6 now you should have all the files transfered to this folder.

Note : This guide works with all types if iPod (even iPod touch) and iPhone too.

A well designed logo can completely change the look of your site.Apart from design the concept of logo should match the whole theme of website.Creating a well designed logo is quite difficult job if you are not a designer or not familar with adobe photoshop.

But as the world of internet is huge so we can find almost everything on internet lots of cool services are also available for different purposes.While searching i have found some cool free web 2.0 logo creating services but not all of them were very good but from them i found 3 websites too good so i am sharing those sites with you.

1) http://creatr.cc/creatr/

2) http://www.simwebsol.com/ImageTool/

3) http://web2.0stylr.com/stylr.aspx

Google Adsense is best Money Making Program.But there TOS (Terms of Services) are very strick.Some Days ago Adsense Disable My Friend’s Account.She applead Adsense Team to review their Dessiccion.Then Adsense Team asked her some question.She answered Honestly.After that she received a e-mail from Adsense Team that “We have reviewed your account again on you appeal and have reinstated your account.”

But not all the peoples are lucky like her.If Adsense disable your account then Offcourse you will find alternaives.I have gathered a list of Top 11 Alternatives to Adsense.I Hope you will find them usefull.

1) AdBrite
2) Yahoo Publisher Network (Beta)
3) Bidvertiser
4) Chitika
5) CPX Interactive
6) MediaShakers
7) Global Interactive
ValueClickMedia
9) Burst Media
10) Tribal Fusion
11) Microsoft AdCenter Publisher (Beta)

Before somedays youtube introduced an option for viewing videos in High quality this option is much beneficial for the users with high speed internet connection.To view videos in High quality there is a link available.

Another good thing is that these HD videos are in mp4 format so it would be much better if you download them and put them on your mp4 player or view in computer.

Now let me tell you how to download HD videos from youtube.

First of all go to Keepvid

Now as keepvid is open copy the url of youtube video for e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTC4qkb8Ppk

Click on download button.

On the next page you will have following 2 options

›› Download ‹‹  (get_video.flv - Low Quality)
›› Download ‹‹  (video.mp4 - High Quality)

Now as you wanna download High Quality video in mp4 format so just right click on it and click save link as in firefox or save target as in IE.

Note : Not all the videos all available in High quality so you will get a white blank page if the video is not available in High Quality.