Super Tux Kart — Cross platform game

I have absolutely no interest in computer games but maybe this might get Margaret (10 years old) to try Linux. Of course, being cross-platform this game actually works in Windows and OS X also.

Clear memory cache to speed up your box

This tip from Tips4Linux can be very useful if cached memory is what’s slowing your machine down after you’ve been using it for a while.

Here’s the command:

# sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

(note, it won’t run with sudo) and here’s another blog post on the same thing that explains a little more why it can be beneficial. Certainly, I notice a significant improvement when I use it in Ubuntu on my EeePC 901