by Richard W | May 8, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Is is it still possible to open files and folders as administrator in Ubuntu 13.04? That was a question from one of our readers on this site. Is it possible? Can you easily enable it? Does your old method work? Quite honestly, I don’t know. I really haven’t used...
by Richard W | May 8, 2013 | Windows
Microsoft has just released its own tool called Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel that lets you mount virtual CD-Rom drives in Windows XP, Vista and 7. It’s a handy tool that you’ll definitely need if you are going to by using ISO images in Windows. It’s also useful for...
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 Ubuntu...
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, Ubuntu xx.xx has...
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...
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 your have...
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 and it...
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 that’s what this tutorial is...
by Richard W | Apr 29, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail was released just a few days ago and chances are you’re not running the latest Linux kernel just released today. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to upgrade your current kernel in Ubuntu to take advantage of some of the newest...
by Richard W | Apr 28, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Chances are you’re the only one who’s going to be using your computer and for anyone to login as a guest user is not likely. The guest account is a built-in account that’s also available in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail to give user temporary access to your machine...
