Puppy Linux-Maria Skambili Deryneia Famagusta Cyprus

Puppy Linux has been built from the ground up but can be rebuilt, "based" on other distros using a special script tool "woof". Puppy GNU/Linux is very small - typically about 120MB.  Puppy is designed to be loaded entirely into RAM and ran from there.Puppy is designed to take up a certain percentage of ram, so it typically doesn't load that entire size, so you...

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Copying files over 4GB to a USB flash drive-Maria Skambili Deryneia Famagusta Cyprus

You have an external drive with capacity  8GB, 16 GB and more. You try to copy large files over 4GB to a USB flash drive but an error shows up such as "There is not enough free space on the drive" even though there is enough free space in your external drive. If you experience such a problem, is probably because that your flash drive is formatted with the FAT32 file...

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Email Etiquette-Maria Skambili Deryneia Famagusta Cyprus

Inadequate grammar, poor spelling, and bad taste. Consider what impressions your emails make on others. Follow these steps and improve your email etiquette. Steps Keep your email concise, conversational, and focused. Keep emails short and to the point. Many people only read the first few lines before deciding to respond or to save for later. Avoid fancy formatting....

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Image editing softwares: GIMP Vs Photoshop-Maria Skambili Deryneia Famagusta Cyprus

In Linux community GIMP is used for image editing since Photoshop is not available for Linux users. GIMP is an abbreviation and stands for "GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)". It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. Some say "use...

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Running Ubuntu on a Virtual Machine-Maria Skambili Deryneia Famagusta Cyprus

Ubuntu noobs can try running Ubuntu via a Virtual Machine like Oracle VirtualBox that let you play with other operating systems without having to change what’s on your computer right now.  A virtual machine (VM) is a software-based emulation of a computer. Virtual machines operate based on the computer architecture and functions...

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