My Windows Desktop

This is  my windows 7 64bit desktop made with a very simple wallpaper and organised with xwidget ...

for xwidget here
for wallpaper here
video

Eye Candy on Windows 7

This is a screenshot from my Windows 7 a litle app called HTC Home, a eye candy for my desktop.
links:
http://htchome.codeplex.com/
http://www.htchome.org/en/
Download:
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/UYNHT8PX/HTC_Home_2.zip_links

Windows 7 my perfect desktop.

Well i like windows 7 but it can be a little clutter on the desktop and the overlay arrows in the icons really is a bit to much, you can use a software or edit the registry to desable this arrows overlay, for me the solution came with rocketdock a dock style like Mac OS X.

For the costum icons create a folder in C:\Program Files\RocketDock\Icons and place the costum icons that you like for your applications, i have maximise the windows bar "superbar" right click tascbar/properties uncheck use smale icons, pin to the tascbar the software that you want ther and the rest of the software put on rocketdock bar, the only folder that i have is the music for my baby easy access for my partner, and i have other in the rocketdock that one is for the links to software that i use less.
http://rocketdock.com/
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-shortcut-icon-arrow-overlay-in-windows-vista/
http://designrfix.com/freebies/free-icons-ultimate-resource-list

Dual boot or Single boot?

Today i will talk about dual boot, single boot.
Dual boot is good for that people that have only um PC or laptop and no money to spend on new one. Like me this is the way to go for but of course is a process that can be a little stress full, you have to create partitions, this mean you have one laptop with 60GB of space only with Windows you first have to shrink the Windows space to get room for your new distro.
For Single boot this is a simple process like install, reinstall Windows like follow one screen instructions.
So one thing I have forgot is that you can do the same thing on dual boot pop up the CD on the drive loud a live section, on that you can follow the screen instructions, the way that this distros are made is so clever that can detect Windows, shrink create partitions install all Os and even install a boot louder, for you and me is a menu that you see like a dos, here you chose each of the 2 you want boot. This automatic process of the installation is something that i not have any experience with, because i came from Wubi install, i have to do everything manual.
Dual boot god if you not have money for a new PC, and access to Windows files, but slower boot time, you have the option to boot only one but dual boot is to chose one of the two.
Single boot faster boot a all PC for the new OS.

How to run a distro inside of windows - part 3

Hello again, the easy way to try any Distro inside of windows is using a virtual environment and for that you need 2 things, a virtual software and of course a Distro.
For the virtual environment you have VirtualBox or Virtual pc and for the Distro well i recommend Ubuntu.
But you can choose other here.
Well this process have limitations, if you still doubt about using a Linux alone like Windows, this is a good way for get familiar with a Linux Distro, but if you are not afraid of try new things, i recommend to use a live cd [ live cd is a Iso that you burn to a cd and you can try without change nothing on you pc] to get familiar with is environment and if you decide install it will hell on a single install or even on a dual boot.

How to run a distro inside of windows? part 2

Hi,but i learned that you can run any distro on wubi so if you download the wubi.exe and want use other distro you have to put the two on the same folder, run wubi and look on advanced settings.
From wiki.ubuntu.com:

How do I install multiple distros?

You can install your favorite distro from within Wubi (see the advanced settings) and then once you are in Ubuntu, you can install the other desktop environments as normal packages. Each desktop environment is available as a single package (e.g. kubuntu-desktop). You will not have to reboot to change the desktop, simply log-off and choose the desktop environment in the options at login.

How to run a distro inside of windows?

This is very simple you have to download a exe file, yes you read well, called wubi this exe file will aloud you try Linux inside of windows. Well at this point you don't have much choice because this exe is only for Ubuntu, so what you have to do is download the correct exe file to match the Ubuntu ISO then put the two on same folder this method you have to switch off your Internet or if you not have any ISO download only wubi . Run wubi and we will download the ISO file needed for you, when we finish and if everything going well you will see on boot up two OS two choose and that is it very simple process. Now this is what i did, for me this worked very well but in your case maybe is different.
For older wubi versions see http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubi/
From wubi web site:

Wubi is Simple

No need to burn a CD. Just run the installer, enter a password for the new account, and click "Install", go grab a coffee, and when you are back, Ubuntu will be ready for you.

Read wubi f.a.q.

Testing,testing....

Today many people still afraid of testing new things, like new software or even new OS, they are afraid of destroy their computer but with a live cd [A complete OS that can be boot and running entirely from cd] will aloud you to test any distro [OS] without destroy or pc because everything is loaded to the memory, so no changes to your pc. When you finish explore the new OS you will get everything like you never boot a live cd, let me tell you, from a live cd you never will catch a nasty virus or spywaer. Well even with a real install of many distros to choose, nun or little of this nasty, so more secure than windows. The question is, are you still afraid of testing a new OS?
If the answer is yes, then you can try from inside windows,and this i will talk on my next post...

Linux 2 years to try on.

My first interest on Linux start on when I brought my laptop, back then i was a virgin to the computer world so i have to give credit to Windows XP for teach me the first steeps. But now i have used Ubuntu for a few mounts and this OS teach me a lot more about computing, thank you so much.