March 8th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
When you first install Linux, you might be surprised at the fonts you have availble to you. Especially for users who haven’t used Linux, and are coming to it from Windows or Mac OS X, the font names might be a tad unfamiliar. As an example, open up a word processor and look at the [...]
March 6th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
As we’ve previously mentioned, Ubuntu doesn’t come with a built-in clipboard manager (although KDE does, and enables it by default as well). This is easily rectified by installing one of a number of clipboard managers, such as ClipIt or Pastie. Both those programs place an icon in the GNOME Panel, and let you access your [...]
March 5th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
By default, most operating systems run a fairly simple clipboard. When you copy text, it is added to the clipboard. When you paste, it is copied from the clipboard to your current document. If you later copy something else, it is copied to the clipboard and whatever had been there is now unavailable. For people [...]
March 4th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
Every operating system presents its users with a slightly different desktop environment from the others. In Mac OS X, the user sees a Dock at the bottom of the screen, icons that run from top to bottom, left to right, and a universal menu bar across the top of the screen. Windows has the task [...]
March 3rd, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
As the computing experience becomes more and more focused on the Web, it’s nice to be able to access the information while still on the Desktop. For instance, having weather information shown on your taskbar or panel, email reminders with pop-up notifications when new messages arrive, and instant access to Twitter feeds and Facebook posts. [...]
February 29th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
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 27th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
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 20th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
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 [...]
February 19th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
Ubuntu 11.10 brought with it quite a few changes. The Unity desktop is now the default (with only the GNOME Shell and GNOME Fallback sessions available for those who want something different), and GDM – the longtime login manager – was replaced with LightDM. So now, when a user logs in, they will see this. [...]
February 17th, 2012 by Aseem Kishore
In Linux, as in Mac OS X, user passwords are stored in a keyring; in Ubuntu this is known as GNOME Keyring, while in Kubuntu, which uses the KDE desktop environment, it is known as Wallet. Regardless, passwords of all sorts, from your wireless router’s key to your Gmail login, are stored in this keyring. [...]