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Since I'm bored with a long time usage of Manjaro Linux( nearly 8 months) and minor problems like Huawei USB modem detection and update issues trigger me to look for another Linux Distro. I started my exploration with Distrowatch.com and reading couple of other distro reviews from various other blogs and finally came to conclusion to install a new lightweight Linux distribution called #! Crunchbang . Crunchbang Info(Source: Distrowatch.com ) OS Type:   Linux Based on:   Debian (Stable) Origin:   United Kingdom   Architecture:   i486 ,  i686 ,  x86_64 Desktop:   Openbox Category:   Desktop ,  Netbooks ,  Old Computers Status:   Active I'd started with downloading the latest 64-bit version of Crunchbang Linux 11 "Waldorf"   and used UNetbootin to create a live USB to install it in my machine. 1. #! Post Installation Script The nifty feature of Crunchbang I noticed on the startup is the Post instal...

It's nearly a year since my last post, a lot of things had happened in between, Placement preparation, couple of interviews, six month internship in Blackberry Platform at  Payoda Technologies   and finally completion of my studies. During this period a lot of distros had been released but I stayed with the stable Opensuse, but then I felt KDE version of opensuse is little bit heavy, which can be felt during both start-up and during normal day to day usage(say Eclipse+amarok+chrome) even with 4GB RAM and i3 Processor. I started my quest for "The best GNU/Linux OS" with distrowatch.com . Since I wanted a lighter distro but not certainly like Puppy/Tiny and no Ubuntu/Debian forks then by default I left with Arch. But the fear of  two earlier failed attempts to install Arch forced me to try arch fork than arch. Seeing  Manjaro   Linux description " Manjaro Linux is a desktop-oriented, user-friendly distribution based on Arch Linux " , I thoug...

Here is a List of 10 Things which I had done After Installing openSUSE 12.1(KDE) 64bit. 1. Mounting a Windows Partition with +RWX Permission   a) Backup the fstab file before Modifying      ravi@linux:~>sudo cp -v /etc/fstab fstab_copy b) View Available Partitions      ravi@linux:~> cat /etc/fstab | grep "ntfs" /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000BEVT-75A0RT0_WD-WXD1AC0Y1075-part3 /windows/D ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 c)  Open the fstab file in super user mode and delete the fmask and dmask and set the umask value as '0026',          save the file and restart.     /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000BEVT-75A0RT0_WD-WXD1AC0Y1075-part3 /windows/D           ntfs-3g    uid=1000,gid=100,umask=0026 0 0 2. Install the latest version of Chrome(64bit RPM)         https://dl.google.com/linux/...