There’s only one thing worse than having no backup at all: thinking you have a backup, and finding out it doesn’t work when you go to restore. It seems like common sense, but unfortunately backup validation is often overlooked. After establishing a backup system, it’s vital that you periodically check to make sure that it [...]
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
This tutorial will show you how to setup a cool, dynamic wallpaper for your computer based upon XPlanet. The image to left is the final result of this how-to; notice the cloud map and the daylight, which are both periodically updated to match real-time cloud data and sunlight. You can chose to do the same [...]
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Maverick Meerkat, the version of Ubuntu slated to be released later this year, brings with it several features and improvements that the Linux community has been eagerly looking forward to. I’ve taken a look at the blueprints for this next release, and picked out a few of the major items that Linux end-users will be [...]
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I’ve previously written about how to securely and permanently delete files in Linux and Windows. The programs I mentioned in those tutorials were all command-line baed, but this tutorial will show you how to add a secure-delete option to the contextual menu in Ubuntu and Fedora Linux. Install the Nautilus Actions Configuration utility First, install [...]
Monday, July 5, 2010
Times Reader 2.0, is an Adobe Air-powered (and therefore cross-platform) application that allows subscribers of the New York Times to read an electronic version of the newspaper on their Windows, Mac, or Linux-based devices for no additional cost. I’ll be reviewing the application on both Windows 7 and on Linux, using a netbook for Windows [...]
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sometimes it is necessary to find out which package is responsible for a particular file on a Linux machine. This article explains how to identify the package that owns a file on Ubuntu or Fedora Linux (it applies to any distribution using deb or RPM, so it will also work in Debian, RedHat, etc…) Deb-based [...]
Saturday, June 12, 2010
If you’ve recently converted to Linux from Windows, or if you’re just giving Linux a shot, there are a few things you need to know right off the bat about how Linux works and where the major differences are when compared to Windows. Some of the fundamental components are different between the two operating systems, [...]
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Many power users have multiple computers setup in their office or on their desks, which typically results in either multiple keyboards, mice, and monitors, or the use of a KVM switch to change between each machine individually. There are downsides to both of these solutions; multiple keyboards take up lots of space and can be [...]
Monday, March 29, 2010
A lot of tech-savvy indivuals face the same dilema: their parents, who aren’t so tech-savvy, count on them to provide constant technical support for their Mom & Dad PC. This can become an incredible burden in a Windows world, where the dangers of spyware, viruses, and total system meltdown loom large. I’ve found that the [...]
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Introduction Note: this is a Windows equivalent of my popular article, Howto Delete Files Permanently and Securely in Linux. When you normally delete a file in Windows, you aren’t actually making that file disappear from your hard drive — not even when you empty it from the recycle bin. This is because deleting a file doesn’t actually overwrite it [...]
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