Saturday, December 29, 2012

Android Tip: Advanced Map Viewer

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If you own an Android Phone (Or Tablet) and want to use it as a GPS with Maps while you travel but don't want to eat up all your Da...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Add Extensions for LibreOffice

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Lets make LibreOffice a little more useful.  We'll add a couple of Extensions . The first one we are adding is Multisave .  Multisave ...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Installing Skype 4.0 for Linux on Ubuntu 12.04

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I not a big fan of using Microsoft Software on Ubuntu but sometimes you just have too.  Skype is one of those things.  Linux has been stuck ...
Saturday, June 09, 2012

Changing which Application Launches when a File is Clicked on.

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My MP3's were taking forever to open with Rythembox so I changed the default application that opened MP3s when I click on them.  Here...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Enough Work! Time for Some Games: Hedgewars and Warzone 2100

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Well we've done a lot of work with Ubuntu boxes but we have to have some fun too so I've decided to point you to a couple of my favo...
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Monday, May 07, 2012

Google TASKS make it an App. (and Google Chrome Browser too)

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I use Google Tasks on my tablet and cell phone but didn't have a quick easy way to check my ToDo's on my Computer without rememberin...

Gimp 2.8 Stable, Released!

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Gimp has not had a major update since 2008 but that just changed.   Gimp 2.8 Stable has been released! In order to get it onto your...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Ubuntu 12.04. Ubuntu Tweak

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There are several tweaks you can make to Ubuntu 12.04 but their settings are scatter throughout various apps and config files in Ubuntu. Let...

Ubuntu 12.04. Weather on Unity's top panel

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Okay, in Unity the widgets are gone and the bottom panel is gone, but I still want Ubuntu Desktop to tell me things.  Simple things like the...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Installed

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I've upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04.  The only problem I ran into was Skype caused the upgrade to stop and I had to remove it befor...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Ubuntu 11.10 and Photoshop CS2

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I've got Photoshop CS2 running on Ubuntu 11.10 with WINE .  I noticed that when I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 that any command in Photos...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Five Ubuntu 11.10 Shortcuts and some common one's.

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Ubuntu 11.10 Keyboard Shortcuts SuperKey + S =  (Windows Logo Key) Work space Switcher. SuperKey + T =  (Windows Logo Key) Open Trash. ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Ubuntu 11.10 Unity

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It's been about a week since I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10.  I thought by now I'd be longing for 10.10 back and raving about what a big...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Ubuntu 11.10 Right Click Desktop Shortcut Option.

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Ubuntu 11.10 offers no way to create desktop shortcuts with a Right Click.  Let's make it bend to our will. 1. Install gnome-panel by...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Made the jump to 11.10 and Unity

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I finally made the jump to Ubuntu 11.10 with it's Unity interface.  I don't really want the Unity Desktop and would have liked to ha...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Create a Desktop Shortcut to a VPN Connection

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I connect to my Office's VPN all the time.  I don't like the multiple clicks required to do this (Click on your NETWORK ICON in the ...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Learn the Command Line Interface (CLI) through Videos

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Want to learn some COMMAND LINE (CLI) goodness.  Here's a cool site that will teach various Command Line usage through videos ( WWW.PLAY...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Change the GRUB default boot option

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When I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 the default operating system selection in the GRUB Boot menu did not work for me. I found a nice...

Upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

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Well I've done it now! I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, Natty Narwhal , and right from the beginning it gave me trouble. Th...
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Sunday, August 07, 2011

How to Install LibreOffice on Ubunutu 10.10

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The jury is still out on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). I've come to relay on my Ubuntu box too much to upgrade but I wanted to run Lib...
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