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Fedora 11 packs a next-gen file system, faster boot times, all the joys and pitfalls of Linux

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Linux just gets sexier and sexier, and Fedora 11 just joined Ubuntu 9.04 in the ranks of super modern Linux distros released this year. Fedora doesn’t have all the desktop refinements of Ubuntu, or the wild popularity, but it does act as the underpinnings of Intel’s Moblin, and the Sugar OS, and doesn’t shy away from the future. Fedora 11 makes the bleeding edge ext4 filesystem the default for installs, which speeds performance and improves data integrity — Ubuntu offers ext4 as an option, but some application incompatibilities have caused data loss More »

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How To: Install Windows 7 Beta

This tutorial will guide you every step of the way through installing Windows 7 on your Mac using Parallels Desktop 4.0. Parallels Desktop for Mac allows you to run other Operating Systems (like Windows 7) in a virtual environment, while OS X is running at the same time. Though Windows 7 won’t run as fast in Parallels Desktop as it does via Boot Camp, it is a very easy way to get Windows 7 running on your Mac.

Back in February, I wrote an article for Gizmag titled How to install Windows 7 on an IdeaPad S10 (or other netbook) without a DVD drive, which got you up and running with the beta that was released in January.

It’s written with a Windows XP starting point in mind, but if you’re running Vista or the Windows 7 beta it’s even easier – you can skip the business with the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and just format the drive to NTFS using the built-in formatting tool by right clicking on the flash drive and hitting “Format”.

If you’re using Parallels Desktop for the first time, an Introduction window will appear. Otherwise, click File -> New Virtual Machine…. Click Continue.

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On the Operating System Detection screen, select either the Real CD/DVD-ROM Drive option if you have Windows 7 burned to DVD (and make sure the disk is in your DVD drive). If you’re using an .iso image, select CD/DVD Image, click the Choose… button, navigate to your Windows 7 .iso file, select it and click OK. When you’re ready, click Continue.
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