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Ubuntu 13.10 Release Schedule

May 9, 2013 By Abhishek Prakash Leave a Comment

Ubuntu 13.04 has been released last month. I hope you are enjoying the new features in Ubuntu 13.04. As Ubuntu releases a new version every six months, Ubuntu 13.10 will be released, traditionally, in October 2013. Ubuntu 13.01 has been named Saucy Salamander and despite the speculation, it is not a rolling release. If you are an enthusiast. you should add the Ubuntu 13.10 release schedule to your calendar.

Alpha 1 – June 20th
Alpha 2 – July 18th
Alpha 3 – August 1st
Beta 1- September 5th
Final Beta – September 26th
Release Candidate – October 10th
Final Release – October 17th

One of the changes that you might have noticed is that there is only one beta version in Ubuntu 13.10 release schedule. This is different from the tradition of having two betas before the release.

How To Free Up Space By Deleting Previous Windows Installation

January 30, 2013 By Abhishek Prakash 1 Comment

When I first installed Windows 8, the first thing I wondered was how to shutdown Windows 8. Anyways, that was a quite easy. While exploring Windows 8, I found that my C Drive is pretty much full. I have a 100 GB space allotted for C drive and I did not expect it to be full. As you know, a full C drive leads to a slower computing experience, it was my foremast task to clean up the C Drive.

As I see later, my C Drive was full thanks to previous Windows installations. I had previously upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8 Consumer preview and thus it was taking lots of space (almost 50 GB, can you believe it?). Lets see how you can clean up your C Drive to free up some space on your computer.

Step 1:

Search for Disk Space in Metro. To do that use the Windows key (the one with Windows sign on it) and start typing disk space. Click on Settings from right column to redefine your search. And then choose Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files to open the disk clean up tool.

Step 2:

In the disk clean up tool, you won’t see the option to delete the files from previous Windows versions. To see this option, click on the Clean up system files.

Step 3:

Choose the drive where you install Windows. Usually its C drive.

Step 4:

It will take some time to scan your system for removable files. Just wait here for some times.

Step 5:

Now it will show you the option of deleting previous Windows installations and temporary Windows installation files. The previous Windows installation will delete all your documents, pictures, music etc that might be present there. So make sure that you have backed up all the things. In case you are not sure, you can check Windows.old folder in C drive to see what it is going to delete.

That’s it. Click on OK to delete the previous installation of Windows. You will have much more free space now on your C drive for a smoother Windows 8 experience.