February 29th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips, Networking
If you get your Internet service through Comcast, or any of the number of Internet providers who have a hard cap on bandwidth use, you may find some months in which you download and upload a great deal. This could cause you to wonder if you may be close to the monthly limit. Some service [...]
February 28th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
If you enjoy reading ebooks on your computer and are a Linux user, one of the popular choices for a Desktop application is called FBReader. FBReader is a good choice that offers some nice reading and customization options, as well as acts as a bit of an ebook catalog app, in addition to strictly being [...]
February 27th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
When Ubuntu made the decision to move the window controls from the right side of the windows to the left side, it was a bit controversial, to say the least. A lot of people didn’t understand the change (one of the reasons given – windicators – have yet to see the light of day), although [...]
February 26th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
In a time when there are almost countless ways to keep track of our friends, family and co-workers, it can be hard to keep track of everyone. You likely have some friends on Facebook, others with Twitter accounts, while still others post information on Google+ and others on MySpace. You have people you deal with [...]
February 25th, 2012 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Linux Tips
We have previously shown you how to display the time for two time zones at once in Windows 7 and Vista. If you’re using Ubuntu 11.10, you can also view multiple times zones on the panel clock. To add time zones to the clock, click on the clock on the panel and select Time & [...]
February 24th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
On February 14, the newest release of LibreOffice (version 3.5), was released. LibreOffice is the fork of OpenOffice, a longtime open-source office suite for Mac, Windows and Linux, that has become popular with most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu. The problem for Ubuntu users wanting the newest version is that the installable copy of LibreOffice offered [...]
February 23rd, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
In Linux, as with other operating systems, when you right-click on a folder or file, you’ll see a contextual menu appear with different actions you can perform on that item. For audio and video files, you’ll see a list of which programs can play them, and with documents such as word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: How-To
Spotify is one of the more popular streaming music services. It offers two tiers of paid services (either $4.99 or $9.99 per month), both of which are free of any advertising, as well as a free option. One of its main drawbacks, at least for users from the United States, was that because of licensing [...]
February 21st, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: How-To
Have you ever come across a word on a website that you didn’t know the meaning of? Maybe it was a difficult word in English, or maybe in a foreign language. Regardless, wouldn’t it have been nice to be able to click on the word and almost immediately get a defintion? Thanks to a handy [...]
February 20th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
As anyone who has used Linux for any amount of time can tell you, one of its greatest strengths is in its customizability. You aren’t stuck with a preset icon theme, or window theme, or overall look and feel. If you want something else you can find thousands of options, download one of them, and [...]
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