An Overview of CompTIA Certification Programs by Natalie Aranda
High-tech is often associated with computers or information technology (IT). IT has transformed the way we live and the way we conduct businesses. A well-established certification program is often the indication of maturity of an industry or profession. ... The actual certification includes the A+ Hardware Exam and the A+ Operating System Technologies Exam, which focuses exclusively on Microsoft operating systems. ... Linux+ As the Open Source operation system gains the popularity and wide acceptance, CompTIA offers Linux+ certification.

Dual Boot Windows and Linux: Single and Multiple Hard Drives by David Picella
The internet is full of technical articles, many of which are way too complicated for the average computer user who just wants to solve a simple problem. If you pay close attention, the internet is also a place where the "gurus" spend a lot of time yelling for help in discussion boards and forums. ... Windows and Linux: Same Hard Drive The windows operating system MUST occupy the master boot record (MBR). ... Step 1: Linux From the shell in your Linux installation (boot from your installation disks): Execute the following shell command, replacing /dev/hda3 with the location of your Linux...

Enterprise Asset Management Systems by Josh Riverside
Enterprise asset management (EAM) systems are fully integrated and customized to the requirements of businesses. An EAM system has four significant support components: software, business processes, users and operating systems. Software is at the core of EAM systems. ... EAM systems run on various operating systems, such as Windows 98/NT/2000, Sun Solaris, Linux, Oracle, MS SQL, DB2, Informix and Sybase. ... It has the capacity to operate on multiple platforms and heterogeneous operating systems.

A Safer Place to Be by Chin Wong
Back when I used Windows exclusively, I was acutely aware of the dangers that viruses and worms posed. In fact, one of the first things I did on every computer I used was to install anti-virus software. Now, more than half a year after switching to Linux at home and Mac OS X at the office, I’ve... Because Mac OS X and Linux are both based on Unix, they work on a system of permissions that allow only the administrator—also called the root—to change things on a system. ... On a Windows PC, the operating system, the applications and the user data aren’t kept apart and even non-administrators...

USB Flash Drive by Edgar Lee
USB flash drive or any other flash memory drive is basically an EEPROM that means “Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory”. USB flash memory sticks are nothing but an assembly of EEPROM, a controller with a RISC microprocessor, RAM and ROM. ... Most of these OS versions are Linux based, for example Damm Small Linux. ... You can use encrypted file system over the USB drive. ... Some Linux versions might recognize it but won’t let you use it until you manually mount the drive. ... But with few old operating systems like Windows 98 and Windows 95, you need drivers that are...

Five Good Reasons to use Linux -or- Why OS X is a "Gateway System" for Many Users by Thad Guy
1.Easy program installs Because much of the software for Linux is open source and free, it can be distributed by pretty much anyone. This has allowed for the development of central storage locations for Linux software. With these central locations have come programs that can quickly retrieve... 2.Automatic updates Sure, updates to the operating system is a common feature for almost all operating systems. ... Yet, it is impressively easy to setup six workspaces in Linux, and impressively annoying to setup six displays in any operating system.

Linux Is Just Right For Teens by Aaron Davis
Recently my daughter’s old Pentium III Compaq laptop completely died. This happened near Christmas so her gift list was an easy one. The problem was that I did not want to spend a lot of money. The other problem was that I hated her having a computer. ... Occasionally it was easier just to re-build the computer by re-installing ALL the software, including the operating system. ... On top of that, the operating system and all the software were FREE! ... The best thing about this change of operating system is that my daughter’s computer is now free of spyware and is not targeted by most...

Review of Ubuntu Linux 5.10 by Neil Grogan
Where to start? Well you are probably reading this from a windows based machine, so I will elaborate on Ubuntu. Ubuntu is backed by Canonical, a company set up by Mark Shuttleworth, a South-African born multi-millionaire, as he started Thawte, the internet security certificates company. ... Linux is based off of Unix, which was the first widespread operating system (OS) and has it roots in the 1970's. ... Ubuntus slogan is "Linux for Human Beings" which gives the essence of what the project is trying to achieve: to get normal people to use Linux.

Running Windows Applications on Linux by Rob Pirozzi
The perceived inability to run windows applications on Linux is what keeps many individuals from trying Linux. It turns out that it is possible to run many popular Windows applications on Linux PCs using one of several software technologies. Products that will allow Windows applications to run... QEMU allows a user to run one operating system, such as Windows, within another one, such as Linux. ... VMware Workstation supports a long list of Linux distributions as the host operating system. ... Wine Wine, which stands for Wine Is Not a (CPU) Emulator, is an Open Source implementation of...

Why Microsoft Windows Vista May Struggle by Andrew Peers
So, as most of you all know Microsoft is releasing its first Operating System since the 2001 release of Microsoft Windows XP. Is it going to be a success on a similar level to the its previous and very popular Operating System? Opinions are obviously widespread and vary greatly but there are... Whilst Microsoft currently has the lion share of the market other Operating Systems such as Linux and Mac OS are becoming more and more popular as a valid alternative to the Windows Operating System. ... However, will users be willing to pay out when XP is still a very usable Operating System?