Office for Android doesn’t yet run on devices with an Intel processor. Here’s a list of tablets to avoid if you need to use Office right now.
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3 Key Elements That Define Every Open Source Project
Open source has come a long way in the past 30 years and is entering the consciousness of most modern cultures. When thinking of open source projects, people categorize them several ways: governance structure, type of product platform, programming language, utility, technical details (language written in), industry sponsored or fully independent, and more.
But what truly defines any open source project, making it a unique entity different from all other open source projects? I would propose that there are three key elements of any open source project that frame, define, and differentiate that project from all others: the code, the community, and the brand.
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Tails 1.3 Out Now, Introduces the Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
Tails, the Amnesic Incognito Live CD distribution of GNU/Linux based on Debian and used by Edward Snowden, has reached version 1.3 on February 24, 2015. This release introduces new applications, updates core components, and fixes annoying bugs from previous releases of the product.
According to the official release notes, Tails 1.3 introduces Electrum, an open… (read more)
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Distribution Release: KaOS 2015.02
Anke Boersma has announced the release of KaOS 2015.02, a brand-new version of the project’s rolling-release Linux distribution featuring the Plasma 5 desktop: “KaOS is very proud to announce the availability of the February release of a new stable ISO image. This release brings the end of KDE….
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How to burn .iso to USB drive
CD/DVD drives have gone obsolete and USB drives have become more popular and cheaper now. Thats the reason we prefer to use USB drives instead of CD or DVD to install a new system.
There are many utilities available which can do this. UNetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) is one of them. UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. The best part of it is that it runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions or supply your own Linux .iso file. It has a very simple user interface.
For Command Line Lovers
For command line lovers like me the best utility to burn a .iso to USB drive is “dd”.
- Insert the USB drive and open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
- better be a root (sudo -i), don’t be afraid believe in yourself
- use “fdisk -l” to find the USB device
- So in our case its /dev/sdb
- Make sure the USB device is unmounted
umount /dev/sdb1
- Assuming the .iso file is in your current working folder, type the below command and wait for it to finish.
dd bs=4M if=ubuntu-12.04.2-server-i386.iso of=/dev/sdb
- ubuntu-12.04.2-server-i386.iso is your .iso file
- “bs=4M” is optional. Its just to make it faster
Testing Time….
To test if everything has gone right, boot your system from the USB drive. To do so you will have to reboot your system. QEMU can help you in this. What?! Yes QEMU is a machine emulator and virtualizer.
- Make sure qemu is installed (apt-get install qemu)
- run the below command and you will see a virtual machine booting from your USB Drive
qemu -hda /dev/sdb