If you use Google’s Picasa Web Albums to share photos online, Google now has a Linux version of the Picasa desktop client. There are three binary packages available for download: picasa-3.0-current.i386.rpm for Red Hat/Fedora/Suse/Mandriva i386 or x86_64 picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb for Debian/Ubuntu i386 picasa_3.0-current_amd64.deb for Debian/Ubuntu amd64 Download the appropriate file for your distribution. For Ubuntu, just …
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Sure, you can upgrade Ubuntu over the net, downloading the updates from Canonical’s servers. You can even do it over the net with apt-p2p, downloading the updates from other users. However, if you have more than one computer to upgrade, it may be nice to download the updates only once. For the following procedure you …
Continue reading Upgrade Ubuntu with a CD ImagePreviously I’ve showed you how to set up a home network with Ubuntu. Once your network is set up, it’s easy to transfer files from one computer to another using Gnome’s standard file manager, Nautilus. Nautilus has a built-in feature to support SFTP. SFTP is a secure file transfer protocol. It’s basically a combination of …
Continue reading Secure File Transfer in Nautilus with SFTPIf you’ve been using Windows for several versions, you probably remember the backup tool that was available in older versions like Windows 2000. This tool is missing from a standard XP installation, but you can install it easily if you have a Windows XP installation CD. To get started, insert your XP CD into the …
Continue reading Add the NT Backup Tool to Windows XPEDIT: 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.
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