by Richard W | Feb 20, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
VirtualBox is a software that allows users to run multiple guest operating systems on a single host computer. It’s supports Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and is maintained my Oracle. We’ve written a lot on VirtualBox here. Do a quick search and you’ll see all the...
by Richard W | Jan 31, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to manually install LibreOffice in Ubuntu. As you may already know, LibreOffice comes pre-installed in Ubuntu. The version that comes with Ubuntu is customized to work well in Ubuntu. It’s also integrated with core Ubuntu...
by Richard W | Jan 27, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
For those just starting with Ubuntu, there are many new things to learn and many of the Linux tutorials online are not intended for beginners. Here, we take a different approach. Most if not all of our tutorials are for beginners. This post is also a beginner’s post...
by Richard W | Jan 20, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web, Windows
If you’re not using Google Chrome at home, you may want to start using it because it offers improved security over some of its counterparts. I have used Chrome over the years and in my personal opinion, it’s faster, lighter and easy to use when compared to Internet...
by Richard W | Jan 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Although Ubuntu 14.04 isn’t scheduled to be released anytime soon, those that like to try bleeding edge software and OS can now do an in-place upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 from 13.10. Ubuntu 14.04 is scheduled to be released tentatively on April 17th 2014 but you don’t...
by Richard W | Jan 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
For those using desktops or laptops with Intel graphic cards running Ubuntu Linux 13.10, here’s something they might want to do – Install Intel Graphic Installer for Linux. Intel Graphic Installer for Linux allows users to easily install the latest graphic and video...