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Linux Distros, Full e-Books, Hot Software...& more

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Top 20 Specialized Linux Distros

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Handpicked Linux distros to create a media center, rescue Windows machines from crashes, clone disks for DR, build secure network gateways, and much more.We discuss some of them here

Ubuntu: The Ubuntu OS powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. And it comes with thousands of free apps.

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Trinity Rescue Kit: This distro aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues.

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Clonezilla: This allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla --Clonezilla live for for single machine backup and restore and Clonezilla SE Clonezilla live is for massive deployment.

KNOPPIX: Knoppix is a bootable CD can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos.

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Fedora: Fedora is a popular Linux OS, that provides a collection of software that makes your computer run. You can use Fedora in addition to, or instead of, other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X.

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PCLinuxOS: A user-friendly Linux distro with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live CD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user.

Debian: A free OS for your computer that uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.

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Slax: A modern, portable, small and fast Linux OS with a modular approach and provides a wide collection of pre-installed software for daily use.

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Puppy Linux: One of the most amazing features of Puppy is the range of powerful applications yet such tiny size .and the speed.

OpenDiagnostics Live CD: This OpenDiagnostics Live CD was created a few years back when this guy named Brandon Perry thought it would be awesome to be able to scan computers on the fly regardless of the OS.

Vyatta Core: Vyatta commercial customers get access to exclusive subscription-only features, proactive notifications of security alerts, software releases, patches & bug fixes.

10 Highest Rated Software from the Web

Adobe Air 2.7: This enables you to have your favorite web applications with you all the time.

Flash Player 10.3.181.34 IE & Non-IE: A high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices.

Thunderbird 5.0: Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser. It gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, etc.

KeePass 1.20: A free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

PhpMyAdmin 3.4: A free software tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web.

Opera 11.50: A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat.

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The 10 comprehensive guides includes a range of certifications guides including Sun Certified Associate.Java Platform, Cisco Certification, VMware Certification, PMI certification, Red Hat Linux Essentials, Oracle9i and more

A+ Essentials : 220-701 Exam, Sun Certified 310-019 Exam, Cisco 640-553 Exam, PMI-001 Exam, VCP-410 Exam, Check Point 156-315 Exam, Citrix 1Y0-259 Exam, Novell 050-565 Exam, Oracle9i 1z0-007 Exam, Red Hat RH033 Exam

















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IObit Malware Fighter PRO: IObit Malware Fighter is an advanced malware & spyware removal utility that detects, removes the deepest infections, and protects your PC from various of potential spyware, adware, trojans and keyloggers.

Advanced SystemCare PRO 4: This provides an always-on, automated, all-in-one PC Healthcare Service with anti-spyware, privacy protection, performance tune-ups, and system cleaning capabilities.

Protected Folder: This is designed to password-protect your folders and files from being seen, read or modified in Windows 7, Vista, XP and Server 2008, 2003.

Game Booster Premium 2: This is capable of delivering the best gaming experience to you even if you have an old PC.

WinMend System Doctor: It is a Windows-based security improvement. With its innovative and intelligent detection engine, WinMend System Doctor can effectively detect and fix security vulnerabilities in the system.

WinMend Disk Cleaner: This a quick and safe junk file cleaner.

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