by Richard W | Dec 2, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Continuing with our series on file sharing between Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal), today post will show you how to create shared resources in Ubuntu 12.10 so users on your Windows 8 machine can access them. We have shown you similar post in Windows 8...
by Richard W | Dec 1, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
By default Ubuntu goes to sleep by turning the screen blank or dark every ten minutes of inactivity. This can be very annoying when watching a move or flash video and your display keeps going dark. While Ubuntu has built-in setting that you can use to disable the...
by Richard W | Nov 30, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Once in a while you may have to setup static IP addresses on your systems if you’re not in a DHCP network environment. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to do that in Windows 8. For example, you may want to test network connectivity between two systems that...
by Richard W | Nov 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Windows
Have you been asked to deny or allow a website to track or share your location when using Google Chrome? Well, this isn’t a new feature and has been around for sometimes now. If you allow this request, websites will target you with location-specific content. For...
by Richard W | Nov 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Recently we’ve been writing about file sharing in Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10. We previously showed you how to enable file sharing between the two systems in this post. Then showed you how to create shared resources in Windows 8 so users on the Ubuntu machine can...
by Richard W | Nov 28, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Here’s a brief tutorial that shows you how to change the keyboard layout in Windows 8 if you don’t already know. If English isn’t your primary language and wish to change it to something else, continue below to learn how to do it. Since the release of Windows 8 and...
