Pinguy OS

The other day I stumbled upon a really good Linux optimization package of Ubuntu 11 – the nice thing about this is the pre-setup of many media and office tools just to name a few. If you’re new to Linux or like me, just hate spending hours trying to get things to work after an … [Read more…]

Yahoo Mail IMAP setup with a PLUS account

Often I setup PDA’s / Phones to access Yahoo Mail, especially with a PLUS account. For those of you with a Yahoo Plus Email account – these work the best (via IMAP4) Yahoo – PLUS Incoming Settings User Name:User@yahoo.com Password: Password of your yahoo mail Incoming mail server:   imap.n.mail.yahoo.com Mailbox Name: Yahoo Mailbox type: IMAP4 … [Read more…]

Copy Windows to a new drive using Linux

Found a nice post on how to transfer Windows to a new drive using Linux here: http://www.nilbus.com/linux/disk-copy Your mileage may vary but it is simple as: 1> Using fdisk -u  /dev/sdX   (X=new drive), make an exact partition setup on the new drive as the original The -u command allows to size the new drive exact … [Read more…]