by Richard W | Oct 12, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s a quick tutorial on sharing files and folders between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10. When filesharing is enabled, users on both machines will be able to access a modify files on either system. If you have both Windows 7 and Ubuntu machines and wish to enable file...
by Richard W | Oct 10, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Few months ago, we wrote about Insync, a Google Drive client for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. Yesterday, Insync hits beta 9 (0.9.24), and this tutorial shows you how to install it in Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal). This released version fixes few issues, including...
by Richard W | Oct 10, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Variety is a wallpaper changer that we wrote about few months ago. It changes your desktop background automatically or on-demand based on your preferences. It can download images from Flickr, Wallpaper.net and NASA Astronomy Picture of the day. To view our previous...
by Richard W | Oct 9, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Ubuntu Tweak! 0.8.0 was recently released and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to install it in Ubuntu 12.04. Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that helps you tweak various hidden settings in Ubuntu. It is a great tool if you’re new to Ubuntu. This release adds a new...
by Richard W | Oct 6, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
If you’ve been using and updating Ubuntu for sometime now, you may have old kernels installed on your system that are not useful anymore. Using Ubuntu Tweak, this brief tutorial is going to show you how to remove those old kernels from Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 easily with...
by Richard W | Oct 6, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s a quick tutorial that shows you how to dual boot Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) and Windows 7. The thing about dual booting two OSs is that you can use both on the same computer without spending another dime for a different hardware. Another important thing to...
