by Richard W | Jan 4, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
If you want to fully integrate Ubuntu guest machines with the host machine using VirtualBox technology, you must install VirtualBox Guest Additions inside the Ubuntu guest OS. The Guest Additions are to be installed inside the guest operating systems (Ubuntu, Windows,...
by Richard W | Jan 3, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Here’s one Windows secret that you probably already know – the more programs and services that are started automatically when you sign into Windows, the slower your computer runs. If you want for your PC to sign you in and run a bit faster, you may have to stop and...
by Richard W | Jan 2, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
EncFS, also known as EncFS Encrypted Filesystem helps you create an encrypted filesystem in the user-space (Desktop). It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel modules to provide the filesystem interface. If you need a simple...
by Richard W | Dec 31, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Few weeks ago we showed you how to automatically mount external USB devices in Ubuntu 12.10 so you can backup your system’s files and documents to them. This blog post is a continuation of our previous post which shows you how to setup an automatic backup process in...
by Richard W | Dec 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
LiveWallpaper, a fully-animated desktop wallpaper software has just been updated to version 0.3.1. This release comes with many new features and a new preferences window that is fully compatible with Unity which lets you configure the program with ease. Fore more...
by Richard W | Dec 27, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows
Windows 8, like previous versions of Windows uses Windows Update to automatically downloads and installs important software updates everyday at 3 AM. You can change the time Windows installs updates to something other than 3 AM especially when your computer isn’t...
by Richard W | Dec 27, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Here’s a quick tutorial that will come in handy when you’re in a serious trouble. Forgetting the root password for MySQL server isn’t something that happens everyday, but when it does, it can be a real mess. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to easily reset...
by Richard W | Dec 27, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
There are many ways to update and upgrade packages in Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) systems. Two of the most frequently used methods are via the command line and your desktop tools (GUI). Updating your system via the command-line is the fastest way to do it, even...
by Richard W | Dec 26, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Dell Marketing Department is giving away a free Windows 8 for dummies eBook to Windows 8 users. The e-Book is about 138 pages long and covers everything from the new Start Screen in Windows 8 to finding your desktop and configuring your devices. All you have to do to...
by Richard W | Dec 23, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
CDemu is a program suite designed to emulate an optical disc drive, also known as virtual drive in Linux systems. It was original called Virtual CD but in 2007 was renamed to CDemu. It allows you to create a virtual disc drives in Linux systems and mount images like...
