New Windows 8 interface and getting the start menu back.
This is what the new copy dialog looks like on Windows 8. The actual process of copying this amount of data over a USB 3.0 connection was actually very fast, the previous versions of Windows were...
View ArticleWindows 8 reviews are becoming more and and more unfavourable. Linux Mint 13...
The Windows 8 reviews are becoming more and and more unfavorable. The interface is being dumbed down and it will end up becoming a joke in the computing world. The Linux Mint 13 distribution has been...
View ArticleThe traditional PC is changing according to Bill Gates.
According to Bill Gates the traditional personal computer is dying and the mobile revolution is signalling a change to tablets and Metro applications instead of the traditional applications that all...
View ArticleDesktop interfaces in the olden days versus today. have we moved in the right...
The olden days of computing were dominated by the massive Microsoft corporation, they bought their DOS operating system from IBM, and copied the mouse and icons interface from the Xerox Star operating...
View ArticleA look at the Windows 8 desktop, the Windows 8 interface is still present in...
This is a look at the Windows 8 RTM desktop. The Windows 8 Interface is still here, they would not remove that would they? But this is just a tablet interface on a desktop machine, at least with Gnome...
View ArticleCloud based user accounts backup in Windows 8 Enterprise; how Linux could...
I have just installed the Windows 8 Enterprise 90 day trial and first impressions are quite positive. After logging into Windows the first time using your Windows Live account your desktop is setup and...
View ArticleThe Graphical User Interface has come a long way since Windows ’95.
The graphical user interfaces that we all enjoy have come a long way since the existence of the Windows ’95 operating system pictured on this page. Computing in those days was an exercise in...
View ArticleBASH Shell is better than Powershell and discussion of the Linux desktop...
The Powershell for Windows has many useful features for controlling your Windows computer; with many cmdlets and scripting ability; but the BASH shell for Linux is already an established shell that is...
View ArticleThe Windows 8 operating system forces you to re-boot to install updates.
The Windows 8 operating system forces you to re-boot to install updates. This is 2012; why can the operating system not install updates whilst the operating system is up and running and there is a user...
View ArticleThoughts on the Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution and Surface tablet on NCIS LA.
The Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution has been on my computer for a short while and I have tried out the KDE 4.9.2 desktop and Gnome Shell. The KDE desktop works pretty well in this distribution; but I...
View ArticleWindows 8 machines burdened with crapware and Ubuntu a good alternative.
The Windows 8 launch is past and there are stories floating around that the computers running this operating system are polluted with crapware that slows down the machines and provides no real benefit....
View ArticleHow to get to safe mode in Windows 8 Pro final release.
This is not really applicable to Linux, but I am running Windows 8 Pro dual booted with Linux Mint 14 and I encountered a bug that stopped Windows 8 from fully starting up. I found out that if you...
View ArticleWindows 8 Metro UI theme for Metacity available. Make your Linux Mint MATE...
This is a Metacity theme that will work with MATE. This is the Metro UI theme for Gnome 2.32.2 or MATE: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=157024. This is for those of you that want the...
View ArticleNew Windows 8 GTK theme available for Linux. This comes with a Metacity theme...
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Windows8+%28GTK+theme+2.x+%26+GTK+3.x%29?content=158560. This is a theme for GTK 3.0 that allows you to theme Unity or MATE to look like Windows 8. Sure the Windows...
View ArticleWindows 8 copy and move operations to be overhauled.
This HTML5 video isn’t supported in your browser. If you don’t see a video here or can’t play it, download it here: High quality MP4 | Low quality MP4 The copy and move operations in Windows are to be...
View ArticleAntivirus to be built into Windows 8.
The Windows 8 operating system from Redmond will have the anti-virus included in the distributed OS instead of being available as a free download as it was with the Microsoft Security Essentials that I...
View ArticleEnlightenment E16 and Lord of the Rings symbolism.
The Enlightenment E16 desktop I have setup on my computer is a very good example of a simple computer interface, the layout of the desktop with the iconbox and virtual desktop pager at the bottom of...
View ArticleSeagate ships new 8 terabyte hard disk drive.
Seagate company have shipped a new 8 terabyte hard disk drive; this offers a lot of storage space for the price. The price is not available, but the TCO is claimed to be the lowest of any hard disk...
View ArticleGet Prolific USB-serial adapter working with Windows 8.
Getting the Prolific USB serial adapter working with Windows 8 can be difficult. Especially if you are studying for CCNA and you need to access a 2960G switch on Windows with Putty. As strange as it...
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