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This is a how to install Windows XP on SATA Hard Drive without using Floppy Disk. Since Microsoft is not a fair vendor, they stopped Windows XP support and they don't include SATA Drivers in Windows XP Installation CD. Please note that Linux Supports SATA installation because Linux is fair and NOT making use of us. To solve this problem we will need to include SATA Drivers in Windows XP Installation CD. To do that 1) We get your Windows XP CD 2) Download and Install Nlite - It is a Free Good Program - link h3r3 3) Use this utility Nlite to customize the Winodws Installation CD or in other words add SATA Driver to Windows XP CD - that will be done in screenshots as follows : a) After Installing Nlite b) Point Nlite to the CD-ROM that has the Windows XP installation CD c) It will scan and copy Windows files to your Hard Drive. d) click next on the session screen e) click on Drivers button so Nlite will know that you will add a driver to the Windows XP files copied to your hard drive...

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Kubuntu 7.10 is released with some screenshots New In Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Beta CD release brings with it many updated, new, and exciting applications. For this latest release of Kubuntu 7.10, the usability standards have improved and there have already been some aesthetic changes. Besides these changes, there have been updates to many common applications as well as bug fixes to some of those annoyances you may or may not have run into. With every new pre-release, updates will be documented allowing you to thoroughly test your Kubuntu 7.10 installation. Remember that all of these features are part of a pre-release version of Kubuntu, and may still have issues. We ask that any problems you come across that you file a bug, if one has yet to be filed for your problem. https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug Original Post + Screenshot h3r3

According to BBC News: The organisation behind the project has launched the "give one, get one" scheme that will allow US residents to purchase two laptops for $399 (£198). One laptop will be sent to the buyer whilst a child in the developing world will receive the second machine. The G1G1 scheme, as it is known, will offer the laptops for just two weeks, starting on the 12 November. Will that be tax deductible ? You can Buy the OLPC from h3r3 http://xogiving.org/ This Picture makes me happy Picture courtesy of BBC News

Intel has released an online tool called Mash Maker with the intent of allowing anyone to create mashups. if you want to know the use of Mash , please check our post on Semantic web link h3r3 . They offer a tutorial on how to use it, but it is fairly easy to use out of the gate. it is more a semantic browser. From the article: 'Mashups have still not really penetrated the mainstream. My mother is not using mashup sites, and she is definitely not creating them. Even if there was a mashup out there that did exactly what she wanted, the chances are that she wouldn't know it existed, and would be confused by it if she tried to use it ... With Mash Maker, mashups are part of the normal browsing experience. As you browse the web, the Mash Maker toolbar displays buttons representing mashups that Mash Maker thinks you might want to apply to your current page.'" If you ask me, why Intel will be interested in Semantic Web, I will reply - I have no clue -;) -

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I hope that breakdown of Linux File Structure will help. Click on the image to enlarge it. .

Russian OS is to be installed on every school computer in Russia by 2009. Furthermore, every pupil will get the opportunity to operate the applied software produced in Russia, Leonid Reiman, acting Minister of Communication stated at a press conference. Experts and market participants consider the terms within which software is to be developed quite reasonable. According to Mr. Reiman, that might significantly reduce Russian dependence on foreign software. Original Post h3r3 http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/09/14/266177

Those are some of the Linux Operated Boxed that I have been through 1) Laptop http://www.linux-laptop.net/dell.html Link h3r3 http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cache/286526-0-0-225-121.html Link h3r3 http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries_nb?s=bsd Link h3r3 http://www.zareason.com/shop/home.php Link h3r3 http://system76.com/ Link h3r3 http://efficientpc.co.uk/ Link h3r3 2) Desktop http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&redirect=1 Link h3r3 http://system76.com/ Link h3r3 http://efficientpc.co.uk/ Link h3r3 3) Thin Client http://www.koolu.com/content/view/89/242/ Link h3r3 http://www.linutop.com/ Link h3r3 http://zinside.com/mini-pc-c-9.html?language=en Link h3r3 4) Miscellaneous /Others http://system76.com/ Link h3r3 http://zinside.com/ Link h3r3 5) Media Boxes http://www.themindfactory.com/ Link h3r3 6) Multi-User/Head http://www.ncomputing.com/ ...

since my IPOD Hard Drive is dying, and Suffering from bad sectors, Although that I never dropped but, but it sounds like that IPOD HDD has 2 years life time or what !!!! John gave me the name of a super CD that has lots of recovery software that I will use during my trial to un-dead my IPOD The CD name is Hiren , Site and list of applications on the CD is h3r3 Please remember that they have lots of Free applications that you can use. Hiren boot CD is super, I tried it before but I forgot it's name, thankx John for the help list of Apps. Partition Tools Partition Magic Pro 8.05 Best software to partition hard drive Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0.554 Popular disk management functions in a single suite Paragon Partition Manager 7.0.1274 Universal tool for partitions Partition Commander 9.01 The safe way to partition your hard drive,with undo feature Ranish Partition Manager 2.44 a boot manager and hard disk partitioner. The Partition Resizer 1.3.4 move and resize your pa...

Hewlett-Packard, the world's Number 1 PC maker, will try selling pre-loaded Linux on PCs in several countries as it expands a test program -- evaluating a market that some competitors have already entered -- and moves its personal computer business into a new generation of form factors and functionality. Original Post h3r3

With solid state disks, applications can accommodate more concurrent users and simultaneous transactions, and can be more economical than adding monolithic RAID, servers, RAM, or constant application tuning. It's about 16 times faster than hard disk-based RAID and uses about 50% less energy. Available in one or two terabyte capacities in a 4U rack mount chassis, the RamSan-500 delivers 100,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) sustained random read, 10,000 IOPS sustained random write and two gigabytes per second of sustained random read or write bandwidth and yet only consumes 250 watts of power RamSan solid state disks can dramatically accelerate database applications, video on demand, metadata, decision support systems, software configuration management systems and data acquisition processes. SSDs are a cost effective way to accommodate more users and transactions. Guys, you need to see it rocking Link h3r3

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The Swedish State Pharmacy Chooses Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Nationwide Chain of 900 Pharmacies. Red Hat the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Apoteket (The Swedish State Pharmacy), Sweden?s largest state-owned pharmacy chain, has chosen to replace all of its servers at approximately 900 pharmacies with Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on INTEL hardware. Details Announcement h3r3

Epiware has a very good Document Management Software that is licensed on GPL and well as commercial license. it is full of good features like Document Library, Task Management, Calendar, Gantt Chart and it has AJAX part. you can find it h3r3

Google launched an application that is similar to Microsoft Power Point. The application is a part of Google Online Doc suite(Documents and Spread Sheet) , and can be used while you are online only. Google said that they will offer such a service to business for 50USD/user for a period of a year

As the Title tells, Open Office is 2.3 Released, but for those who know that Open Office is included in Google Pack, I want to tell them that Google didn't update their pack with the latest release of Open Office yet Link is h3r3 Open Office added more extensions by now link h3r3 Open Office added Security pataches link h3r3 Guys, let me tell you Open Office really rocks, it is great, it is much better than other office suite

Yes, it is true Yahoo bought Zimbra, the Open Source well known Messaging and collaboration suite. They did not mention something explicitly about Future License Original Post at Zimbra Site h3r3. Does that tell that yahoo is hitting for business application hosting like Google application so, they bought Zimbra, I don't have a clue

I'm gladly announce long waited Arabic Linux blog, which the Arab languages needs badly and will be a great addition to my knowledge as much as mine. This blog Arabic Linux Link h3r3 is all about Open Source (FOSS) Application and awareness in Arabic (as I have been told by Waelaase the Author of the Blog), the rest of the posts will be all in Arabic, so the Arabic Reader will find a trusted source for FOSS related new and knowledge Please give Arabic Linux blog a visit and a thumb up congratulations Waelaase - Long waited -

First., I'm not an ITIL expert; I made my research and wanted to share it with all of you. I want to talk about ITIL as it could be good to use in our Open Source life , in managing our Open Source applications/Projects and their support (community support). I wish that we come with another standard that is Open standard on this issue as ITIL is a proprietary methodology and it's resources and certifications are really expensive. ITIL is the It Infrastructure Library. ITIL is a Registered Trade Mark and a community Trade Mark of the office of Government Commerce Developed in late 1980s, by the mid 1990's it had become the world wide de facto standard in service management. ITIL has become as popular as it is a public domain framework which is scaleable . Very large organization, very small organizations and everything in between have implemented ITIL processes. ITIL focuses on best practice, and as such can be adapted and adopted in different ways according to each...

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All, this is a list of Open Source Applications that you can use it on MS-Windows Operating System , and still enjoy the freedom and high quality. the List goes below : 0) Screen Capture Utility ---> http://sigissc.sourceforge.net/ 1) Screen Magnifier ( I see I very good for special need people , which we forget very often these days ) --> http://sourceforge.net/projects/onscrmagnifier 2) Captures Screen with Audio ( I think it will be very useful in creating Tutorials) -- > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scrview 3) Captures Screen with Audio ( I think it will be very useful in creating Tutorials) into FLASH (Very good for School teachers, and content generation ) http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio 4) VNC (good for training centers, and schools ) --> http://www.realvnc.com/ 5) KeePass (utility to store , manage, encrypt your passwords) ---> http://keepass.sourceforge.net/ 6) Cad2Flash is a .NET application which converts AutoCAD dwg/dxf files to...

Another Release for today WINE 0.9.45 Released Official Announcement is h3r3 We wrote about Wine 0.9.42 Relase on 28 July post is h3r3

As the Title Tells Drupal 6.0 beta 1 released, Announcement at Drupal Site h3r3 Drupal 6.0 beta 1 Download Link h3r3

This is not a Technical Post, but I love it very much. " Desiderata " Latin word for "Desired Things", plural of desideratum ~ GO Placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have their story. ~ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter;for there will always better as well as worse than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. ~ Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.But do not let this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideas; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself...

In mind some of the Dos and Don'ts listed: # DO present the capabilities and practical benefits of FOSS. # DO NOT pretend that FOSS is perfect for everyone or everything. # DO have the ability to present FOSS ideology clearly and concisely to interested people. # DO NOT beat uninterested people over the head with ideology; this will confuse and intimidate them. Instead... # DO let the quality of the software speak for itself and its ideology. # DO have demo machines present if possible. # DO your best to connect people with a local FOSS community. # DO provide contact information for your SFD team so people can subsequently contact you for more information. # DO get contact information from interested and willing people, so you can pro-actively follow-up with them later. # DO pro-actively follow-up with people who attend your SFD event. # DO find and cooperate with other FOSS teams in your area. # DO start other FOSS teams in your area - this is cooperation, not competition! # DO N...

As if we acquired our freedom in everything else, and Today is our Software Freedom Day, but it is true Today is Software. Software Freedom Day website is h3r3 Software Freedom Day is a day where we promote and talk to people about Open Source Softwares, and trying to raise awareness about other alternates that people can use at work,school,home, university and so on. there are around 320 Teams from all over the world are Registered now. Our Team in Egypt is hoping to do much today.

Read this Post please and respond if you really love Linux Original Post h3r3 and it was published Zdent.co.uk link h3r3

Let me explain. We all know that AMD bought ATI since almost a year by now. Now AMD releases it GPU (Graphical Processing Unit - the Processor that render things and graphics on our screens) In other words, it releases how this processor is designed and how it works. I don't know how they do that although they are in a hard competition with NVidia but we will know tomorrow Link for the document h3r3 you can read the above document if yo ureally want to know how Graphics card processor works , lots of fun is there.

I don't see if this is a good news or bad news. Or may be it is good for SUN to sell more boxes in the tough market the complete post h3r3 stating that Sun MicroSystems started to sell Micro$oft Window$ boxes

ReactOS is an effort to create a Free Software replacement for Micro$oft Window$ that is compatible with existing hardware and software! Changes in this release include kernel improvements (bringing it close to XP), improved stability and hardware support, better compatibility and application support, usability improvements and a package manager. I tried that old Versions of it, and had some issues that rendered it unusable for me that time. I can't wait to test it over this weekend and let you know about it If you already tested this version please fire us back with you experience. ReactOS 0.3.3 Screenshots ReactOS Shell Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird ReactOS Shell ReactOS Control Panels Registry Editor ReactOS bootscreen in QEMU and also ReactOS as host ReactOS in QEMU and also Re...