Science has proven that nearly every single human possesses a sadistic side. I totally agree - few things work better to brighten up your day than a prank with friends or colleagues. Today we’re focusing on two simple nerdy pranks. We’ll start by laying out two basic rules - to ensure so...

I just downloaded an iso of Knoppix 6, which is now said to also good for netbooks and low-end machines. There’s always a chance to try out other Linux distros so I’d probably be busy trying to figure it out for myself tonight, if ever I encounter problems with it. But there’s actu...

I am now using Ubuntu UMPC. This is awesome because I really like the defaults of the version of GNOME shipped with Ubuntu 8.10 and I have the benefits. Image by Clair Ching, 2009. (And yes, that’s my draft blog entry.) One of the significant differences is that when I installed this on my Asp...

Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last week. Thanks to everyone who emailed us the links. Please keep it up guys. 1. The Condom Explained in HTML (pic) 2. Mac vs PC: The Transformers Edition (video) 3. Click “OK� to Cancel or click “Cancel� to Continue (Bastards!) (...

Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last week. Thanks to everyone who emailed us the links. Please keep it up guys. 1. USB Wine Downloader 2. Would You Sell To This Ebayer? 3. The Bandwidth of Ejaculation = 1,687.5 TerraBytes/sec 4. If Google PageRank Could Sing (video) 5. Sa...

I’ve found something interesting tonight. It’s sidux. Basically Debian Sid + KDE (or Fluxbox) without much tweaks and modifications. It’s said to have a good user manual too so that’s one thing I’d like to see. :D Why you might want to check it out: It’s 100% comp...

Hey, Timelady! I owe you once again for this awesome link to download YouTube videos. I hardly download videos on YouTube so this set of tools would be great. I like TubeLeecher and KissYouTube. It’s easy to just remember the URLs of those two tools. I am not sure if there are any other YouTub...

Get the Ubuntu Cheatsheet from FOSSWire. Really important commands especially for newbies. They even included sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg is included in the cheatsheet. Plus keyboard shortcuts to restart X. Hah! I wish I got this cheatsheet much earlier. I learned those commands the hard way ...

I own a Lenovo C3000 N100. It’s not that new and I’ve been dual-booting Windows XP Home (it came with that) and Ubuntu Linux since I got it. Over time, I’ve installed Windows apps which I couldn’t uninstall and for some reason or another, my directory containing the shared fi...

Everytime I hear or read someone’s happy review of the Asus EEE with the bundled Linux, I can’t help but smile. :) And I also say to myself that these people are the reason why manufacturers musn’t limit themselves to bundling their computers with Microsoft Windows Vista or XP. As ...