I know this is an old question, but I still thought I'd jump in. For your average user where the primary concerns are web browsing, and maybe gaming, it doesn't really offer more than Windows. For the more geeky of us, it's just fun to play with, and I've noticed significantly faster than Windows. The Moss is right,…

Sorry for the chained responses, but I have found at this point that Mavericks in VMWare has only caused three issues. Safari can't play HTML5 videos (Firefox can though), Flash doesn't actually work in Firefox, and no sound devices are found (probably a kext issue, multibeast won't solve it, though I think I just…

I see what you're saying, yeah in that case you're right. I meant for people who just like to play around with VMs though.

VMWare has a free version, that is about equal to Virtualbox. I have both on my system. I find that VMware seems to run OS X better, it's more fluid using the same settings. I haven't tested it with other operating systems yet, but I may move my Chromium OS over to it. The only thing that VBox does better seems to be…

Oh and it may end up being easier to turn all of the vbox hackintosh guides to an always up to date guide on virtual hackintoshes or something. Easier to find the guides, and easier to keep it all updated, it could even be merged with the regular always up to date hackintosh guide. The methods used in both are pretty…

I found a guide that works pretty well, it uses vmware instead, but it works a lot better for hackintoshing than vbox does. http://www.sysprobs.com/guide-install-…

I know the post is almost a year old now, but most (not all of course) skins can be uninstalled through the control panel like other programs.

Unity is probably the easiest to emulate OS X with in all honesty. Unity is just a shell on Gnome 3, so that site will still work. The only real tricky part is moving the Launcher to the bottom of the screen, or killing it and replacing it with Cairo Dock/Docky/Plank/Any other dock out there. Remember,…

BSD is fun, I just wish I could get the stupid Intel Pro Wireless ABG3945 chip working with it. I have a laptop, so ethernet cords aren't exactly the best idea...

I actually just switched back to Manjaro after another failed attempt at BSD. I just bit the bullet and put BSD in VirtualBox. I forgot how much I loved Manjaro, it almost makes me not want to distro hop. Almost....

I saw it in the Manjaro forums. It's such a great distro, though I'm somewhat annoyed with all the great packages that are only available in .deb, or source code. I don't mind compiling the occasional package, but not too many of them. and some of the packages in the AUR are just too old. If more of the less common…

For those looking for a really lightweight terminal with drop-down, Xfce's default terminal works well too. If you bind "xfterm —drop-down" to a key of your choice it will open Xfce's terminal like guake or yakuake. It's been a while since I've used it, so it may be "xfterminal —drop-down" come to think of it.

Xfce users, try binding the command "Xfce4-terminal —drop-down" to a key of your choice. The use that key, right click on the terminal and select preferences. In the Drop-down tab, deselect "use shortcut to focus visable window" and select "keep window open when it loses focus." It makes a pretty decent replacement…

There aren't viruses for Macs, because there isn't a large enough percentage of the market to target, it's how Linux is too. There was a time when Macs were more popular, and viruses were an issue for Macs, not PCs.

I would like to point out that services such as TOR provide services that allow people to use their normal chat clients through encrypted networks. However as you said, all participants need to use the encryption to be safe. I would like to point out though, that while it is possible for the NSA to view nodes used in…

What kills me is that, the government will likely miss most of the most dangerous cyber criminals, simply because they have the sense to use tools like that. Everyone involved in major cyber attacks uses multiple layers of security, TOR being the most popular. Anonymous is a perfect example, yeah the government…

Like this, "You can save time by not using Facebook." :P

If you know what additional pieces of software you want/need, then it's great. There are some great Openbox editors that you can get. I found one that made it quick and easy to edit the menu, then added Tint2 for a taskbar, Nitro for wallpaper support, and docky to handle my most often used apps. The beauty of…

I would love to see more Arch Linux posts myself. I've jumped around most of the major types of Linux, Arch is my favorite, however the Debian derivatives are good too. It would be nice to see something about Gentoo. It seems just about invisible, I'm considering installing it at some point when I understand the…

I know that this is an older article, but I thought I'd still add my opinion. I've used both DEs myself, and while I prefer XFCE or KDE for now, there are some decent tools out there for both. On my current Ubuntu (13.04) I use Unity Tweak, which gives a lot more customization (still can't move the launcher...).…