by Richard W | Jul 24, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s a tutorial that shows you how to enable Samba in CentOS 7 and create a file server with different access permissions in a networked environment. For example, if you own CentOS server with huge storage space, you can create multiple shares and enable other...
by Richard W | Jul 14, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to log on to a SSH server without passwords using only SSH encryption keys. The reason you may want to do this is to enable more secured form of authenticating to your SSH enabled servers. Using password authentication...
by Richard W | Jul 7, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
After installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu on your machine, there are few programs you may want to get installed. Many of these programs are free and can easily be installed in Ubuntu from Ubuntu Software Center. Some of these program can be installed via Ubuntu...
by Richard W | Jun 24, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to synchronize Microsoft OneDrive on your Ubuntu computer. OneDrive wasn’t designed with Linux OS in mind, so there has been no support from Microsoft for Linux systems, including Ubuntu. One brave developer has...
by Richard W | May 14, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web, Wordpress
Here’s the brief story behind this post. I was looking for a free web host to host a test blog for one of our customers. He wanted to see how the site would look and wanted to test a fully functional WordPress site. I didn’t want to register for a new web host or...
by Richard W | May 7, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Prior to Windows 8.1 update 1, every time a user signs on to Windows, he or she is shown the Start Screen by default. The Start screen is the new Metro style the was introduced in Windows 8. After Windows 8.1 update 1, all users now directly logs on to Windows desktop...
by Richard W | Apr 28, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
If you have HP printers and running Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution, the you may want to install HPLIP printer driver package. This package brings full HP printer support to Linux, including Ubuntu. Most printer manufacturers only provide Windows only printer...
by Richard W | Apr 18, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr was released yesterday and if you are one of those who installed it, here are some things you might want to do to improve your experience with it. For those upgrading, this may have already be done so no need to do it again, except if you...
by Richard W | Apr 6, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Most desktop computers come with optical drives. These drives are used to run programs compiled on a CD or DVD disc, watch movies from a DVD disc and other useful means. On the other hand, most laptops, especially netbooks and those thin laptops don’t come with...
by Richard W | Mar 21, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to manually install Oracle Java JDK 8, which was just recently released in Ubuntu. This method will show you how to download the package from its download page and install it in Ubuntu without using external PPAs or third...
