by Richard W | Nov 26, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security
The Internet is a jungle. Everyone – good and bad is connected to the same Internet we’re all connected to. Folks whose business is to infect your computer with nasty viruses and those who seek to protect the good guys are all connected. With that said, the Internet...
by Richard W | Nov 25, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
VMware Player 6.0.1 maintenance update was recently released to fix some known issues. This release is free for all users who have the software installed. If you’re currently running VMware Player 6.0, it’s recommended to upgrade to resolve the following issues. For...
by Richard W | Nov 23, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web, Wordpress
This is part 3 of 3 of this series and if you’ve been following, it describes how we improved our blog performance by installing Nginx and applying other technologies. You can read Part One of this series here if you haven’t already seen it. Part One describes...
by Richard W | Nov 22, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s something I had to do recently. I have a Dropbox storage account to store some of my valuable content of information. Stuff that if I lose, will really hurt so I automatically back them up to my Dropbox account for safe keeping. I have accumulated so much stuff...
by Richard W | Nov 22, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web, Wordpress
Here’s something you probably already know. In IT, most software developers use different environments during development. In most cases, a piece of software starts with a simple idea from one person or group of people. Before that piece software is released, it would...
by Richard W | Nov 21, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
For users with both Windows and Ubuntu machines and a single printer, this blog post is going to show you how to share a printer in Windows and allow Ubuntu machines to printer to it. Almost all printers support Windows by default. Printer manufactures are building...
by Richard W | Nov 20, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
If you manage your own CMS blog or website with full server access, then you probably know a thing or two about MySQL database servers. You may have also heard of MariaDB, if not don’t worry, it’s just like MySQL Server at least at this point in time. So, why I am...
by Richard W | Nov 19, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
The computer mouse was designed to be operated mostly using your index finger (the finger next to your thumb). By default, the mouse is configured for right-handed users. When you turn on your machine the first time, in most cases you will have to use your right index...
by Richard W | Nov 18, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This tutorial is for users who want to experiment a bit with Ubuntu Linux. It not for everyone, especially those with machines that are used in production. If you know a thing or two about networking and IP networks, then you know that in most cases, each network card...
by Richard W | Nov 16, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux
For those who have been following Ubuntu OS from the beginner, they’ve seen almost if not all the changes Ubuntu have gone through. There have been a lot of changes, especially on the desktop side. From the classic GNOME desktop environment to Unity, Ubuntu have...
