by Richard W | Dec 17, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
The Folks behind the most popular open source media player called VideoLAN or VLC for short has just released version 2.0.5 which fixes many bugs and some regressions of the 2.0.x branch of VLC. This update also introduces many important fixes to MKV, SWF, AIFF, RTSP,...
by Richard W | Dec 12, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Here’s a brief tutorial that shows you how to change your username or user id in Ubuntu. We’ve shown you this before but we found a different way to do it and it’s easy. This method uses Ubuntu Recovery Mode to accomplish the same goal. Using the Recovery Mode, one...
by Richard W | Dec 11, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
Here’s a quick new for WordPress users; version 3.5 codenamed Elvin has just been released. You can now download and install or upgrade your current websites to the latest version. And before I forget, I want to personally extend my thanks and appreciation to the...
by Richard W | Dec 7, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Once in a while programs and processes get hung in Ubuntu, and when they do, it’s sometimes difficult the terminate or kill them without a simple tool like Task Manager found in Windows systems. In Windows systems when a program or process hangs, in almost all cases...
by Richard W | Dec 5, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
One positive thing to note in the Linux community is that support for proprietary printers is on the rise. In the past installing drivers for printers was almost impossible. Most Linux users were restricted to network attached printers only without support for many...
by Richard W | Dec 4, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s a quick new for Linux users. TeamViewer 8.0 has just been released for Windows, Mac and beta version for Linux systems. This brief tutorial will show you how to install it in Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) if you haven’t already done so. If you already know...
