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 | Feb 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This is the third post of this series. Our second post about managing your desktop in Ubuntu can be found here. In this post, I am going to show you various ways users can install programs or packages in Ubuntu Linux. Just like Microsoft Windows, there are many...
by Richard W | Feb 17, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This post is part two of this series. Part one is about how to get and install Ubuntu on your computer. In this post, I am going to show you how to manage your desktop now that you’ve already installed Ubuntu. The first time you logon to Ubuntu, there’s really nothing...
by Richard W | Feb 16, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Looking for simple to understand tutorials on Ubuntu Linux? You’re in the right place. Whether you’re brand new to Ubuntu Linux or just want a refresher, these tutorials will help you get started. We’re going to start this series with downloading and installing Ubuntu...
by Richard W | Feb 7, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web, Windows
What Is Google’s IP? One of our readers asked us a question yesterday about how did we find out Google public IP address ranges in this blog post. Well, the answer is simple. We ran the nslookup command against Google DNS to get associated records for their...
by Richard W | Feb 2, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
Firefox is the primary web browser in Ubuntu. It comes pre-installed and added to Ubuntu default software repositories which get updated with the latest version of Firefox automatically. Most people won’t worry about installing or messing with Firefox because there’s...
