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  W hat's up guys? In this post we'll see the best linux distributions for new linux users. So let's see - (They are not in a particular order:) If you're coming from macOS and have some experience with command line you won't have issues in any Debian Okay guys, this is the first one. I basically prefer this over ubuntu as it's less bloated. It uses apt as it's package manager. It's stable version has very old repos but I prefer the testing edition. It is super stable and hardly breaks. You can get gnome or kde or xfce depending on your choice. So if you're a newbie, go with this but there are some cons too.(Mentioned below) The installation process is a bit tedious than there in ubuntu and Linux mint etc but not as tough as in arch and gentoo. If you want something super user-friendly , I'd say ........ Stay away from it....... Ubuntu   Choice of most users and sweet spot for many.. It uses apt as it's package manger. Derived from Debian and...

  S o, I think You've understood what I'm trying to convey here. I started with arch Linux coz I found very few guides on the web which are simple and updated. So let's start.   Here is what you'll need - Arch Linux iso   Balena etcher - Depending on your current OS.  A fast internet connection as net install method is used here. Patience Warning - This is not as easy as other distros such as Debian and fedora. We'll work with the command line here. Do it at your own risk. 1.   Get the ISO and create a bootable media for UEFI(GPT partitioned. Get the iso and create your install media. I hope you know how to.( If you don't, then forget arch. It's probably not for you.) After this, we got to boot into the USB. 2.  Installation Now let's boot into it. Make sure secure boot is disabled and you're booting in UEFI. Select Arch Linux X86_64 when asked. This guide is not focusing on multiboot but all you need to do is not to meddle with windows partition....

B uilding a PC is always interesting. Well for most of us it's very time taking too. Not in this case. Building a Raspberry Pi based PC is very cheap and easy. Well, don't hope more than a basic PC for browsing, etc here. We'll be doing an ultimate RPI4 PC build in the next tutorial. Pre-requisites - A Raspberry Pi 4  -  Amazon US A Fair SD Card  -   Amazon US At least 16 GB USB Drive  -  Amazon US   A case for RPI 4  -  Amazon US Extras  - Ethernet, heatsinks. (find it on amazon) PC building - Well, let's start now. First, we'll start by creating installing the OS. I hope you have got the OS preloaded in the SD card. If not check it out here in the  official documentation . Now we need to put the SD card in the Pi, connect the heatsink, and mount the pi in the case. After setting it up, connect the power cable and boot the pi.  Now if you got the noobs SD card, you can easily install raspberry pi OS. It will work out of t...

 Hello guys, This is TechCS again with some new content for yall. And this is the first of our new upgrading series. And this is the 1st time I'm........ Okay! not the first. Still this is an isolated post and a new series starts with this. Last time it was somehow related to Virtual Machine. So guys and gals, let's see what I have got for you guys here. So, this time we are gonna see how to upgrade your laptop or old laptop (yeah, new ones don't need that much upgrading and most of them aren't that upgradable.) Moreover don't think that this will make your laptop new. So I'd be discussing 5 ways to increase the performance of an old laptop. Moreover we'll keep in mind that it should be worth (Means you know Budget) Prerequisites - Obviously an old laptop. A budget around $100 ( Depends upon your requirements) A bit of paitence. Included laptops-  Sandy bridge  Ivy bridge Some Nehalem/westmere 1.  Get a Solid state drive(SSD) This is the most important thing...

Hey there, TechCS here again with some new content for yall. This time I'm gonna demonstrate Fedora installation in Virtualbox. Guys If you're reading my article first time then please subscribe to our blog. That will keep you updated with the new content. So guys let's dig in. Prerequisites- Fedora iso -  take it Virtualbox -  get it here Extension pack - get it from the link given above. Step 1- Now download Virtualbox and install it. Then flash the extension pack. Step 2- Then hit virtualbox up and start setting our VM. So, first create a new VM named as Fedora or whatever you want. Now click next and set up our RAM. Let it be 2 gigs and use VDI as for image. The storage should not be less than 6 gigs if you are testing( It can be given less but I don't recommend that). For regular use, the sweet spot is 20 gigs. Now click create and enter settings. In settings, go to system and uncheck floppy and set the processor to 2 cores.   Now let's  move to display and ...

Hey there, TechCS here with something new with me this time. Guess it. Anyways you might have landed here seeing the title only from google or somewhere. So no surprises. That's a BSD. So I'll be doing BSD installation in Virtualbox this time.  So guys, let's see what are the pre-requisites here. Pre Requisites 1. FreeBSD iso-  get it here 2. Virtualbox -  get it from resource section or somewhere 3. Extension pack - Resource section 4.  Link to resource section. Step 1- Now let's start. Install virtualbox and flash the extension pack.  Step 2- Now we'll be doing the main setups. So open virtualbox and create a VM called BSD or anything you want. The RAM should be around 2 gigs and disk space shouldn't be less than 8 gigs. For regular use get atleast 20 gigs. Step 3 - Now we need to set our VM up. So open settings and uncheck floppy and select 'Enable EFI'. In processor set cores to 2. Now lets head on to display and set it up. For Video memory we'l...