30 Days of Linux (and Beyond)

A devoted MS Windows user gives up all his Windows machines to explore Ubuntu 6.1 Linux for 30 days. If I can't figure out how to do it with Linux I just won't do it. (This was from Nov 1 to Dec 1, 2006, I have continued to use Ubuntu beyond those 30 days and now will try to post how-to's, help, and other Linux (Ubuntu) thoughts here)

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Auto Mount SMB Share at Boot

I have an Asus RT-N66U Router and it has two USB ports, one of which I have a 1 TB Western Digital Hard Drive attached. To access it from ...

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Garmin ForeRunner 210 on Ubuntu 14.04 Update

After doing all the steps in my last Garmin ForeRunner 210 post, my FR 210 started showing up as a storage device (usb thumb drive) in Naut...

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Garmin Forerunner 210 and Ubuntu

My trusty Garmin Forerunner 305 died. After shopping around, I decided to get a Garmin Forerunner 210 to replace it (I thought about gettin...

Sunday, July 13, 2014

A Nice Clipboard Manager - Diodon

While I'm researching online for projects (like this one) I find myself opening a GEDIT doc and copying and pasting multiple items to th...

Saturday, June 21, 2014

DropBox Quit Working on Ubuntu 14.04

I noticed that Dropbox had quit working when I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 . I kept getting a Crash Report window when I rebooted. When I ch...

Saturday, June 14, 2014

What to do after a installation of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

This is a one of the best collections of Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) "After Install" document I've seen. Link to the GOOGLE ...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Google Chrome: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0

After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04 my Google Chrome Browser stopped working. It wouldn't start when I clicked on it in t...

Upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04

I stayed with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS through all the upgrades until 14.04LTS came out. Well I couldn't wait until July for the upgrade to j...

Monday, March 24, 2014

Fix Your STEAM Install (Connection Error)

I had to put a little effort into get Steam to work on my Ubuntu 12.04 Install (Video Drivers update crashed me) so when it stopped working ...

Sunday, March 02, 2014

Master PDF Editor

Do you need to edit PDF Files? If so, then read this article on WEB UPD8's site on how to install Master PDF Editor . MASTER PDF EDITO...

Monday, February 03, 2014

Expanding your Virtual Hard Drive in VirtualBox

I was getting an error saying I was out of Hard Drive Room when I tried to install the LibreOffice onto my VirtualBox Windows 7 install on ...

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Connect to FTP Servers with Nautilus

I wanted a quick way to access a few FTP servers without having to open up Filezille . It turns out that using Nautilus as an FTP Client ...

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Nautilus Extension For Quick Image Editing

Every want to right click an image in Nautilus and change it's size, rotate it, or convert its format? If so then the IMAGE TOOLS Naut...

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Remove and Reinstall Your Video Drivers (Nvidia)

After my Linux Kernel Upgrade to 3.2.0-57 I had to reboot. On reboot I got a Black TERMINAL SCREEN asking for my USER NAME and PASSWORD...

Monday, November 04, 2013

Change ALT - LEFT CLICK Behavior

I've got Photoshop CS2 installed on my Ubuntu 12.10 system running under Wine. It worked just fine but some upgrade change the behavior...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Adding self-signed SSL certficates to Google Chrome

Everytime I connect to my work web email server through our VPN I get a SSL Untrusted Certificate Error in Google Chrome and have to click...

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Get Your Galaxy S3 Working With UBUNTU 12.04 +

ES File Explorer Ever since I bought my Galaxy SIII, about a year ago, I've been trying to get it to work with Ubuntu with lim...

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module

I was trying to get STEAM working on Ubuntu 12.04 . I downloaded and installed the STEAM App and when I started it, it told me I had to u...

Monday, January 07, 2013

A Better Weather Application

A few posts ago I told you how to add a nice little weather indicator to your Ubuntu top bar. I was surprised that that post was one of my...

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Android Tip: Advanced Map Viewer

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...

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