by Richard W | Mar 24, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Here’s a shell script that helps you automate the retrieval, installation and configuration of Oracle (Sun) Java Runtime Environment in Ubuntu. I have tested it in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and prior and it works great. This script downloads, installs and configures...
by Richard W | Mar 23, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Skype, a Voice over IP (VOIP) software that let you make free calls over the Internet around the world is also available for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to install Skype software in Ubuntu easily. For those who...
by Richard W | Mar 22, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Google Earth lets you view 3D imagery of buildings and terrain, cities around the world and even the weather patterns directly from your mobile devices or computers. Although you can access Google Earth from your web browser, the version that you installed on your...
by Richard W | Mar 20, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Geary, a lightweight email client that organizes your emails by conversation has just been updated to version 0.3, and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to install it in Ubuntu 12.10 / 13.04 Raring Ringtail. It’s compatible with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and...
by Richard W | Mar 20, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Google Public DNS was launched almost three years ago and today they are enhancing it with support for DNSSEC Validation which will provide better protection from DNS based attacks and make your DNS more secure by identifying and rejecting invalid responses from...
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...
