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Several months ago I purchased my first smartphone, the HTC MyTouch 4G from T-Mobile.  I must admit, I really love this phone a lot.  I was kind of scared about ordering it because for so many years I’ve been using a full QWERTY keyboard, and the MyTouch 4G does not have a QWERTY keyboard.  It’s all virtual.  But I quickly learned Swype and I was good to go. However, there was one issue I was having that was extremely weird and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what was going on.  It was the fact that if I turned the WiFi connection on on my phone, then I would lose net connection to all PC’s.  Though “all” only consists of two PC’s.  There was mine that was running Windows Vista and my dads PC which was/is running Windows 7. As soon as
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Linux has a reputation for robustness but there are still plenty of ways to damage a perfectly working system. Here we share some of the ways you can trash Linux. 01. Fill a filesystem If the filesystem containing /var fills up, nothing can write its log messages and all sorts of system processes may stall. This can be caused by a runaway process spamming /var/log or, if everything is on the same filesystem, it could be all the downloads in your home directory. 02. Reinstall Windows No, this isn’t a typical Linux user’s anti-Microsoft jibe – the Windows installer doesn’t allow for foreign operating systems or bootloaders, so if you reinstall Windows it will overwrite your bootloader. There’s no need to reinstall Linux, though: the installer CD usually has an option to fix the bootloader, or you can run grub-install from a live CD. 03. Run out of memory 4
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This is a pretty extensive list of games that are available in most any Linux OS.  A majority of these are also available on other platforms as well.  If you want to bring attention to any game not on this list, please feel free to leave a comment. Arcade Games 1. BZFlag Short for “Battle Zone Capture the Flag,” BZFlag is a very popular 3D tank game. It was originally based on the arcade game Battlezone, and several servers make it possible to connect to online multiplayer games. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. 2. Rocks’N'Diamonds One of the oldest games created for Linux, Rocks’N'Diamonds is similar to the old Boulder Dash game. Pass through the levels by collecting diamonds while avoiding monsters and traps. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. (more…)
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