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Mac Root User Login & Password Guide
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Want to have elevated God-like privileges to your Mac OS X system? Then you need to be a Mac root user. In this guide, we will teach you how to enable the root user account in OS X, change the password, and disable it.
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34-Way Graphics Card Comparison On Ubuntu 17.10
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"As part of marking AMD's open-source driver strategy starting
10 years ago, among other articles, over the past week I posted an
18-way Radeon graphics card comparison on Ubuntu 17.10 while upgrading
to the latest drivers. Taking those numbers further and putting them
into more perspective, here is now a brief 34-way comparison with the
NVIDIA GeForce counterparts added in."
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macOS 10.13 High Sierra vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance
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"Apple this week released macOS 10.13 "High Sierra" as the
latest version of its operating system. Of course, curiosity got the
best of me so here are benchmarks of macOS 10.12.6, macOS 10.13, Ubuntu
16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 17.10 from a MacBook Air to see how the
performance compares."
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A Year Later, You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free
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Although Microsoft concluded its free Windows 10 upgrade program over a year ago, the company has yet to close some loopholes that were opened for folks running Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. If you thought about taking advantage of the promotion but never got around to it, there's nothing stopping you from downloading a free copy of Windows 10 from Microsoft's servers.
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Windows 10 Creators Update Disappoints
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The world is constantly changing. So is Windows 10. While small incremental updates have been ongoing, Microsoft is now rolling out their latest big cumulative update. They call this the Windows 10 Creators Update. The Creators Update will not be made available to all devices at once. It will, rather, be rolled out in phases with newer hardware being updated …
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Windows 10 Creators Update vs. Ubuntu 17.04 Linux Radeon
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"Given Microsoft's Windows 10 Creators Update earlier this
month and the never-ending advancements to the open-source Linux
graphics driver stack along with the recent release of Ubuntu 17.04,
here are some fresh benchmarks of Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux when
running a wide variety of cross-platform games with an AMD Radeon RX 580
and R9 Fury graphics cards."
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Trying The SteamVR Beta On Linux Feels More Like An Early Alpha
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"This past week Valve brought SteamVR on Linux into public
beta. With watching the constant hype around VR on Windows, I was quite
excited to finally give VR a try with having lined up an HTC Vive for
testing and currently Oculus or others not offering current Linux
support. I was thinking that I would have some large GPU/driver
comparisons and such completed this weekend, but once actually setting
up the hardware and software, I realized that wasn't going to be
feasible in such short time. So for those interested in the Linux VR
space, here are some of my first impressions and why I would consider
the current SteamVR more like an alpha release than beta, just yet
another struggle Linux gamers face, and another obstacle to overcome if
Linux is to be a more serious competitor to Windows in the gaming space."
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TECHSPOT 7 Ways to Screenshot in Windows 10
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A few of you are probably thinking: "isn't it easy to screenshot in Windows 10? You just press the print screen button and a screenshot is saved to the clipboard!" And you'd be correct; But Windows provides several other ways to screenshot, many of which are better options depending on your requirements.
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How to Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu
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There are a lot of things Windows Server does well. However, coming off of the NAS environment, there are a lot of things that it doesn’t. One of these is a simple method for web access to various files and folders, along with the ability to share them via user login or simple url. Until …
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Windows 10 vs. Linux OpenGL Performance
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"For those curious about the current Kabylake graphics
performance between Windows 10 and Linux, here are some OpenGL benchmark
results under each operating system. Windows 10 Pro x64 was tested and
the Linux distributions for comparison were Ubuntu 16.10, Clear Linux,
Antergos, Fedora 25 Xfce, and openSUSE Tumbleweed."
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26-Way Intel/AMD CPU System Comparison With Ubuntu 16.10
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"In preparation for Intel Kaby Lake socketed CPU benchmark
results soon on Phoronix, the past number of days I have been re-tested
many of the systems in our benchmark server room for comparing to the
performance of the new Kaby Lake hardware. For those wanting to see how
existing Intel and AMD systems compare when using Ubuntu 16.10 x86_64
and the latest Linux 4.10 Git kernel, here are those benchmarks ahead of
our Kaby Lake Linux CPU reviews."
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Comparing Team Communication Apps
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Team communication and messaging is one area where we've seen a ton of action lately, with apps such as Slack becoming the ultimate tool for workgroup collaboration. Make your business and workgroup more efficient with a communication solution that doesn't cost a dime.
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You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free
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"Microsoft officially ended their free Windows 10 upgrade program on July 29th. For those that did want to upgrade but didn't get around to it, there are still a couple of known ‘loopholes’ to get a free Windows 10 upgrade which Microsoft hasn’t bothered to close, even five months after the offer officially ended.
Microsoft is continuing to offer free Windows 10 upgrades to those who use assistive technologies, such as a screen narrator or magnifier. Anyone running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 qualifies for the offer, as Microsoft isn't really checking to see whether you are actually using these assistive tools.
The upgrade process couldn’t be simpler. Just head to Microsoft's accessibility website, download the program that's listed on their upgrade page, and then install your free Windows 10 update."
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Short Filename Rev. 2.1.
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It's been 20 years since Microsoft first introduced the long filename (LFN) in Windows NT 3.5, but NTFS continues to generate a short filename for every file you write today. This reduces the filesystem performance and introduces additional writes that are unnecessary.
Unless you are using old software from when Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock first broke out into stardom in Speed, you should disable the automatic generation of the 8.3 short filename. Doing so will give a kick to the NTFS file system's performance, and if you are using an SSD, help maintain its performance and lifespan.
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Microsoft Patents Big Brother AI To Monitor All Actions In Windows
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Microsoft has angered users over the past year for its willingness to push the boundaries of acceptable practice for promoting adoption of its operating system. Also, some feel it crossed that line with respect to user data collection and privacy concerns.
However, Microsoft stands to garner a lot more criticism if its recent patent filing comes to life in a production software product. The title of the patent is “Query Formulation Via Task Continuum” and it aims to make it easier for apps to share data in real-time so that the user can perform better searches...
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