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By Frank on Jan 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
In our next installment of Distros That Don’t Suck we will be looking at open source HTPC software. Sure you can load up VLC or even use Windows Media player, but having a dedicated solution with a UI that is made for a TV is a lot easier and pleasing. I’ve left the PVR-centric software [...]
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By Frank on Dec 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
Following our list of Linux Distros That Don’t Suck, More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck and Even More Distros That Don’t Suck, we are going to start to narrow our lists to a specific role. In this installment of our “Distros That Don’t Suck” we are featuring routers/firewalls. Sure you can use your default DLink [...]
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By Frank on Dec 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Another year is almost behind us and thanks to our dedicated and loyal readers our 3rd successful year bringing you the latest in gadgets, gaming, technology and the bizarre. We have brought the monkeys in (by monkeys we mean a crafty worded perl script) and have compiled the the most viewed posts here on tech.nocr.at. [...]
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By Frank on Sep 6, 2010 · 3 Comments
Following my first two distro lists; Linux Distros That Don’t Suck and More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck, I bring you the long awaited third installment in my distro lists; Even More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck. As a fore-warning, this list is just what I have used in the past and what I have [...]
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By Frank on Feb 24, 2010 · 2 Comments
We have seen our fair share of door opening hacks. Remember the secret knock door lock? That was pretty awesome, but what if I tell you that you can unlock your door from any wifi device? The guys over at Sunlight Labs have done just that. By using a WRT54GL and some creative hacking that [...]
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By Frank on Oct 6, 2009 · 44 Comments
Following Linux Distros That Don’t Suck from earlier this year here is a comprehensive list of, you guessed it, more Linux Distros that don’t suck. Some of these are more obscure lesser known distros that are quite powerful and very useful. Some of these come from personal use some of them came from the great [...]
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By Frank on Oct 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For those of you who love to carry with you everything you might ever need to fix a friends system NirLauncher is the right product for you. You get over a 100 utilities included right out of the pop and it even gives you the ability to tweak it and add more. You can easily [...]
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By Frank on Oct 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The world’s most popular Linux Distro just got a bit older. Ubuntu 9.10 code named Karmic Koala is quickly reaching it’s maturity date of October 29th when a full stable release will go out. If you have never used Linux Ubuntu is one of the easiest distro’s to use. It’s quick and easy to install [...]
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By Frank on May 15, 2009 · 23 Comments
I, much like every other hardcore geek on the face of the earth, have multiple linux based distro iso’s laying around. Some of them are for testing and some of them contain tools that I use on a daily basis. I have had many people email me about the best distro out there. The only [...]
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By Frank on Aug 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Bootable image creator UNetbootin automates the installation of Linux distributions onto USB thumb drives from download to run. Kids, we are talking about a persistent, boot-anywhere desktop, and this software does everything for you. Pick the distro you want and put in your USB key, it’s that easy. The software is available for Windows and [...]
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By Frank on Aug 27, 2008 · 1 Comment
Billix is a multi-boot Linux based distribution that is more-or-less a swiss army knife for system administrators. You copy Billix onto a CDROM or USB stick and voila, a multitude of bootable/installable Linux distributions. You boot your CDROM or USB key and Billix boots to a boot menu that allows you to book or install [...]
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By Frank on Aug 11, 2008 · 33 Comments
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By Frank on Nov 29, 1999 · Leave a Comment
Seems that Microsoft thinks that the Zune’s success has been so well received that it’s chopping prices on it’s Zune, either that or they have one hell of a lot of units they need to move. Starting today you can pick up a shinny new Zune (and from what I hear they have a whole [...]
Open Source Firewall/Routers That Don’t Suck
By Frank on Dec 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
Following our list of Linux Distros That Don’t Suck, More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck and Even More Distros That Don’t Suck, we are going to start to narrow our lists to a specific role. In this installment of our “Distros That Don’t Suck” we are featuring routers/firewalls. Sure you can use your default DLink [...]
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