by Richard W | Mar 20, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows
The developers behind XBMC (XBMC Media Center) has just released version 12.1 with substantial fixes for 12.0 ‘Frodo’ mainline across all platforms. These fixes were added to enhance the program and make it even better. They include support for OSX default output...
by Richard W | Mar 19, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Wine is a free and open source application that lets you run applications designed for Windows on Linux systems. It provides several libraries to help developers port Windows software to Linux systems, including Ubuntu. A new Wine version has just been released, and...
by Richard W | Mar 18, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
The latest version of VirtualBox has just been released, and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to upgrade or install it in Ubuntu 12.10 / 13.03 Raring Ringtail via its official repository. This is maintenance release for VirtualBox 4.2 mainline which...
by Richard W | Mar 15, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
The Linux Kernel 3.8.3 has just been released and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to easily upgrade to it in Ubuntu. Upgrading your kernel is not recommended as it has the propensity to break stuff. It is recommended to always upgrade the Linux Kernel...
by Richard W | Mar 15, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
After installing Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, you’ll be surprise to find out that it doesn’t play normal or encrypted DVDs out of the box for a whole lot of legal reasons. To play DVD movies, you must either purchase programs that will allow you to do that or...
by Richard W | Mar 14, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Few weeks ago, we showed you how to configure Ubuntu to automatically download and install security patches. Installing updates and security patches regularly in Ubuntu is a good habit to keep. Here’s that post about configuring Ubuntu to automatically download and...
