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5 Linux Tools to Help Recover Data from Corrupted Drives
ddrescue it should stand as your first step in retrieving your files. Ddrescue creates an image of your corrupt drive or partition so you can analyze a copy of your broken disk. Grep, this may also not seem like the most straightforward of recovery options, but grep has the power to find deleted or lost text files by searching for strings present on a block device or disk image.
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How to make Windows go Linux with Cygwin?
This gives you a Linux- Like environment and access to thousands of of Linux programs. Cygwin offers just this ability to anyone who is running Microsoft Windows but wants access to a Linux command shell and many of the best open- source Linux programs available today. Cygwin is free to install and use. Unfortunately, Cygwin does not offer the ability for you to download and run any Linux application.
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The author of this article argues that “Linux ought to be adopted by home users, educational institutes and businesses”. Some of the leading reasons are security, maintenance, that it runs on any hardware, that it is stable, it is free, it is opened sourced, easy to use, and those are just a few of the points this article touches. The article is entitled “Ten Reasons Why We Should Use Linux”.
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You dont know weather you want Linux Mint or Linux Ubuntu? This article gives you five reasons you would rather use Mint than Ubuntu.
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This is an article that gives some useful tips for the command line. Lots of different things you can try out and do with the bash commands. Works for many different types of Linux like the URL shows.
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This week in open source news, a new project from The Linux Foundation has been announced to create an open source software stack for network edge & more. Allowing Linux apps to work on chrome.Could this be the beginning of a partnership with big bad, all seeing Google? Onley time will tell.
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How to Install and Use Snap in Various Linux Distributions
Snap is a universal Linux package that will work on any Linux Distribution. SNAP is an application that is put together with its libraries and dependencies (basically into a package). This is great because you don't have to worry whether your distribution of Linux requires a DEB Package (for Debian/Ubuntu), RPM (For Fedora), etc. This article show you how to install and use snaps.
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Ubuntu now available in the Windows store
Looks like it will run in a sandbox, able to run terminal/bash commands. Surprised Microsoft has let this happen.
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9 Awesome Linux Media Center Distros for Your HTPC
Good info for the best Linux distros to use for your Home Theater PC.
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