by Richard W | Jun 19, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
The Document Foundation has just released the last version of LibreOffice 4.0.x family before moving onto the 4.1.x branch releases, which is scheduled to arrive late July. This release brings many improvements in the area of interoperability with proprietary document...
by Richard W | Jun 17, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Security, Windows
When you sign into Windows 8 using your Microsoft account, some of your system’s settings which may include personal information and apps preferences are stored in the cloud and is used to sync between computers. If you don’t want your system’s settings and apps...
by Richard W | Jun 17, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
HPLIP has just been updated to 3.15.5 with support for more printers, Ubuntu 13.04 and Debian 7.0. HPLIP is a package which contains drivers for HP printers and scanners to support Linux systems, including Ubuntu. It’s an HP-developed solution for printing, scanning...
by Richard W | Jun 16, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress
This is the final post of this series that will detail the final steps of my experience switching from Apache to Nginx webserver. If you don’t already know, I’ve switched to Nginx webserver from Apache to host my WordPress blog. There were no particular reasons why I...
by Richard W | Jun 13, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
One of our readers submitted a question to us asking “what the most efficient way to manually update your Ubuntu machine?” It’s a great question and this brief blog post is going to show those who don’t already know the most efficient way to manually update Ubuntu. If...
by Richard W | Jun 11, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Web, Wordpress
So, I started this series with backing up my website’s content and database file and copying them over to a temporary Amazon Cloud server. I then rebuilt my primary server and restored the web content and database file. Part One of this series can be viewed @...
