What are you doing these holidays? Perhaps if you do not have any plans these holidays, its time to oil your squeaky windows (and by windows I mean your OS). Windows installation does get sluggish by time. Windows file system is such that it needs a defragment after a certain use. But more than blaming the file system, we collect a lot of junk in our normal usage. So, here’s a check list to make your windows installation as fast as a fresh install.

[Windows] Finally, a windows Show-Off. This show off is about applying “Custom Visual Style” or simply, getting rid of the banal Windows XP/Vista theme and installing new themes. First, I will go through the installation procedure and then I will mention the Top 5 Latest Visual Styles.

[For Windows] With most popular applications going portable these days, you may not require to carry the whole operating system as i described in Linux in your pocket – Pendrivelinux 2008 post. A set of these portable applications can make you productive on the go. Here is a list of application which are on my pen-drive.

For last few days i was in search of a Linux distro which i could install and use from my 1 GB pen-drive. By install and use, i meant to say that i could use it as a normal operating system to save my documents, bookmarks and install my favorite applications (persistent install). I tried many distro DSL, Wolvix to name a few. But, winner of them all was Pendrivelinux 2008.

Yes, the much awaited google web browser Google Chrome is out few hours back. Yet, it is not available for linux now. So, i had to boot to Vista after a long time. So, lets look at some of its pros and cons.