Linux Cool Tips #5
on Oct 25, 2009 in rpm debian dpkg software package view To view software packages installed on you linux machine, use  rpm -qa for RPM-based distro or  dpkg --get-selections for Debian-based distro.You can use the above commands in tandem with either less or grep for eas...

Intel 3DMark Engineering
on Oct 19, 2009 in intel 3dmark dx9 dx10 vantage Intel appears to be offloading some of the work associated with the GPU tests onto the CPU in order to improve 3DMark scores. When asked for comment, Intel replied with the following:"We have engineered intelligence into our 4 series graphics driver...

ATI Radeon HD 5770 and 5750 Coming Soon?
on Oct 2, 2009AMD is said to plan to extend the DirectX 11 product array with the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750 right in time for the Windows 7 launch on October 22, 2009. According to the latest rumors AMD will introduce two middle class DirectX 11 graphics card b...

Linux Cool Tips #4
on Sep 27, 2009Use df -h command to show the total and free disk space remaining on the mounted filesystems.          ...

Linux Mini Guide #2
on Sep 25, 2009 in toggle linux directory terminal In terminal, you can toggle between directories using the command  cd - e.g.# cd /tmp/directory1/subdir1/subsubdir1/# cd /tmp/ directory2/subdir2/subsubdir2/# cd - # pwd/tmp/directory1/subdir1/subsubdir1/# cd -/tmp/ directory2/subdir2/...

ATI Launched ATI Radeon™ 5800 series
on Sep 25, 2009 in Eyefinity 5870 radeon 5800 series AMD 5850 ATI SUNNYVALE, Calif. --9/23/2009  AMD (NYSE: AMD) today launched the most powerful processor ever created1, found in its next-generation graphics cards, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series graphics cards, and the world’s first an...

Linux Cool Tips #3
on Sep 25, 2009 in ps aux Linux process process tree display To display all running processes in a Linux system, just simply type ps aux in the terminal. Then to show to process tree, you can use ps auxf. ...

Linux Cool Tips #2
on Sep 25, 2009 in toggle linux directory terminal In terminal, you can toggle between directories using the command  cd - e.g.# cd /tmp/directory1/subdir1/subsubdir1/# cd /tmp/ directory2/subdir2/subsubdir2/# cd - # pwd/tmp/directory1/subdir1/subsubdir1/# cd -/tmp/ directory2/subdir2/...

AMD unveils VISION
on Sep 17, 2009 in athlon x2 vision radeon turion 2 basic AMD ultimate premium AMD recently announced VISION Technology, a new way on helping consumers on how to select their PC, laptops specfically, that suit their needs. VISION demolishes the traditional way of PC selection that emphasizes more on technical specifications of...

How to know what Linux Distro you are using?
on Sep 14, 2009 in what linux distro uname version dmesg linux centos kernel lsb_release Listed below are some helpful commands in determining the type of Linux distro you are using, and their corresponding output on the terminal using CentOS 5.3. 1. lsb_release -aLSB Version: :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-...