Being the computer geek in the family means I am frequently called upon for computer emergencies. The most recent one involves a Dell computer that bit the dust. The machine wouldn’t POST and gave only a memory error beep code. After several rounds of moving the memory chips to different slots and then trying new …
Continue reading Why I hate DellEDIT: This post was written for version 7.5 of AVG which is no longer available. The process is different for version 8.5 and there is no longer a GUI for AVG on Linux.
Continue reading How To Install AVG Antivirus 7.5 in UbuntuSince it’s tax time here in the US, I figured it would be good to post something to help you keep your information safe. Today I’ll show you how to install and use the Cyptkeeper applet in Ubuntu. Cryptkeeper is a GNOME applet for managing EncFS encrypted folders. To install it, make sure the Universe …
Continue reading Create an Encrypted Folder in Ubuntu with CryptkeeperAlthough it’s possible to create separate login profiles on Windows, it’s often inconvenient when sharing a computer with other household members to start a whole new login session when someone just wants to quickly access their webmail or homepage. A more convenient solution is to create separate user profiles in Firefox to manage different homepages, …
Continue reading How To Create Multiple Firefox Profiles in WindowsOne of the common complaints heard about Ubuntu is that some people just don’t care for the brown theme that’s applied by default. Many who have tried Fedora 10 have commented on the clean appearance of the theme. Thanks to the open source nature of Linux, it’s not too hard to get your Ubuntu desktop …
Continue reading Install the Fedora 10 Desktop Theme in Ubuntu