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Be A Forensics Expert With An Ubuntu Live CD Plenty of utilities can recover deleted files, but what if you can't boot your computer, or the whole drive has been formatted? Here's how to dig deep and recover the most elusive deleted files, or even ... whole partitions. http://lifehacker.com Untiny Tired of ambiguous, tiny URLs posted on sites like Twitter? Then try out the beta version of Untiny, a new program that helps you find out what the real URL is behind a "tiny" URL. http://www.untiny.me Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City, ... (view more)

Bootable USB Stick With Ubuntu Here a two methods for putting the fresh new release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) on a USB stick. The first method will create a bootable USB stick with a live version and the second process will create a live ... version with persistence. Both methods are an excellent way to always have your favorite Ubuntu system and software with you. http://lxer.com iReboot iReboot sits in your taskbar at startup (only taking up 400KB of memory) and lets you choose which operating system you want to reboot into. Instead of pressing restart, waiting for Windows to shut down, ... (view more)

By gradually migrating to a complete open source desktop and web applications, Gendarmerie Nationale, the French national police force with 105,000 employees, has saved millions of euros. The move cuts Microsoft out of the equation, helping the ... French national police force slash its IT costs by 70 percent. Most of the money saved was on proprietary software licenses, beginning in 2004. Previously, the acquired Gendarmerie Nationale acquired 12,000 to 15,000 licenses annually. Gendarmerie National's decision to adopt a strictly open-standards IT policy began in 2002 with the intention of ... (view more)

Dm2 DM2 provides several Windows enhancements - minimizing windows to floating icons, minimize to tray, make them standing always on-top over all other windows, roll to caption, resize, align to screen borders, hide, set the opacity etc. DM2 also ... helps with Open/Save dialog boxes, by providing user-defined menu with favorites and recent files and folders, and lots more! DM2 also supports custom plugins, free). http://dm2.sourceforge.net/ Ubuntu Everybody's favorite Linux build, with a clear focus on the user and usability (it should "Just Work"). Download the ISO and make a live CD. You can ... (view more)

As a long time UNIX Systems Administrator, I enjoyed the ebb and flow of data processing in a rather intense world of Commercial UNIX. Working with operating systems with names like AIX, Solaris, HP/UX and Irix, I was surrounded with a complex but ... orderly set of environments that although similar at first glance, were fascinating in their strengths and differences. Each was UNIX at the very basic core, but the different philosophy and approach of each vendor made working with each one an interesting experience. And I mean that in a good way! When I discovered Linux in 1994, I had no problem ... (view more)