If you’re a long time Windows user, you’re probably familiar with RealPlayer. They’ve now made RealPlayer 11 available for Linux. To install RealPlayer in Ubuntu, we’ll first need to download the .deb package installation file. Open a terminal and enter the following command.
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Free42 is a free, open source emulator of the HP42S scientific calculator. The 42S is a nice little RPN, scientific calculator that got me through my engineering education. Well, a sharp programmer by the name of Thomas Okken has written this nice emulator that runs on your PC (as well as Macs, Pocket PCs, Palm …
Continue reading How To Install Free42 in UbuntuThis is the 3rd part of my Ubuntu home networking howto. In Part 1 I covered how to configure your home network with static IP addresses. Part 2 was about client and server configuration for NFS file sharing over the network. In Part 3 I’ll show how to automatically mount the shared folders at boot …
Continue reading How To Set Up a Home Network With Ubuntu, Part 3In Part 1 I showed how to set up your home network with static IP addresses. In Part 2 I’m going to show how to share folders across the network. There’s a lot of information on the net for setting up Samba (which works with Windows SMB) to share files. That’s fine if you need …
Continue reading How To Set Up a Home Network With Ubuntu, Part 2Building a home network can make the management and use of multiple computers in your home much more convenient. For example, you can set up shared folders so that you have access to your files from any computer in the house. Another nice thing you can do is share your printer with all of your …
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