Mounting External Storage Devices In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Is Lot Easier With Disks

by Richard W | May 7, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

Do you remember the time when using Linux was so difficult it would take days to get a single package installed because of lack of dependencies that were required? It’s a different time we live in today. Ubuntu is becoming a lot easier to use and manage. Before...

Say Goodbye To Error Reporting In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

by Richard W | May 6, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

Here’s one thing I have experienced over the many years using Ubuntu. The first release version of every edition has mostly been unstable. During the first few weeks after installing or upgrading to the newest version, you’ll frequently get ‘Sorry,...

Can’t Watch Movies Or Flash In Ubuntu 13.04 ? Here’s The Explanation And Solution

by Richard W | May 3, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

When download and install a copy of Ubuntu, including Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, there are some packages that are left out because of legal reasons. Canonical, the parent company of the Ubuntu distribution must abide by these terms and remove these packages when...

Google+ Now Provides Remote Desktop Apps For Tech Support

by Richard W | May 2, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Web, Windows

Few months ago we wrote about Google Chrome Remote Desktop that lets you connect and access and control another computer through your Chrome Browser. It’s beautiful in that it doesn’t matter whether it is a Windows, Mac OS X or Linux machine, as long as...

No Oracle JAVA / JRE For You In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

by Richard W | May 1, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

Here’s a short version of this long store. You see, Oracle JAVA / JRE was previously called Sun JAVA / JRE when it was owned by its previous parent company Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems which was more like an open source company developed the JAVA platform...

Ubuntu To Windows 8–Can You Share Your Printer With Me?

by Richard W | Apr 30, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows

Let say you have a single USB printer that’s attached or connected to your Windows 8 machine and you’ve just started using Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. In order to print to that Windows’ printer from Ubuntu, you’ll have to some setup and...