Clean Up the New Ubuntu Grub2 Boot Menu
Ubuntu adopted the new version of the Grub boot manager in version 9.10, getting rid of the old problematic menu.lst. Today we look at how to change the boot menu options in Grub2.
Boot From a USB Drive Even if your BIOS Won’t Let You
You’ve always got a trusty bootable USB flash drive with you to solve computer problems, but what if a PC’s BIOS won’t let you boot from USB? We’ll show you how to make a CD or floppy disk that will let you boot from your USB…
How to Quickly Cut a Clip From a Video File with Avidemux
Whether you’re cutting out the boring parts of your vacation video or getting a hilarious scene for an animated GIF, Avidemux provides a quick and easy way to cut clips from any video file.
How to Configure the Linux Grub2 Boot Menu the Easy Way
We, like many Linux geeks, have had some trouble making the transition to Grub2, or for some of us, learning how to configure it from scratch. Fortunately, a new graphical tool has made this process easy and straightforward!…
Delicious is Shutting Down. Here’s How to Migrate to Diigo Instead
Today we’ve learned that Yahoo is shutting down Delicious, a fairly popular online service that let you organize your bookmarks, so if you want to get your bookmarks out and migrate to another service, here’s how to do it…
Recover Most of Your Google Chrome Profile After a Crash in Linux
Adventurous computer users are probably using either the beta or dev channels of Google Chrome. When these unstable versions crash and your profile is corrupted, how can you recover it?
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Ubuntu 10.10 Improves Your Linux Desktop Experience [Screenshot Tour]
Ubuntu 10.10 is the first version of Ubuntu to come with the Ubuntu font family, and it uses it for many user interface elements by default.
Safely Remove PPAs and Roll Back to Stable Versions in Ubuntu
If you’ve added a PPA and run into a nasty bug in your updated software, you should revert back to the Ubuntu repositories. Doing it safely can be tricky — fortunately Ubuntu Tweak can do this for us….
How To Save Fillable Form Data in PDFs
Fillable PDF forms are much more convenient than filling out pieces of paper by hand, but wouldn’t it be nice to save the forms that you’ve filled out? Nothing would be worse than having to fill out the same boring paperw…
Upgrade to the Latest Versions of Your Favorite Ubuntu Software with PPAs
Ubuntu gets its stability from heavily testing new versions of software. However, if you want to risk some instability and try out the latest versions of your favourite programs, we’ll show you how!
Use a Unicode Text Trick to Make Lists with Checkboxes
Why bother with complicated webapps when you just want to make a simple list? With a few handy Unicode characters, you can make a visually appealing and easy-to-skim list with plain text!
The How-To Geek Guide to Computer Microphones
With Gmail adding the ability to make free calls within the US and Canada, now is a great time to invest in a quality computer microphone. We’ll take some of the guesswork out of that process, and give you some tips on sett…
Keep Those Hard to Remember Card Numbers Available and Secure with LastPass
Banks, libraries, and points programs have the annoying habit of making you dig out your card to find the magic number that will let you log in to their web interface. Rather than make the ten foot walk to get your wallet, us…
How To Make an RSS Feed from a Forum Thread
We spend a lot of our online time in an RSS reader, but not everything we want to follow has an RSS feed. There are web apps to monitor pages for changes, but forum threads spill over onto many pages – how can you get an RS…
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How Do I Know if I’m Running 32-bit or 64-bit Linux? [Answers]
If you’ve bought a new computer recently, you probably have a 64-bit processor and installed the 64-bit version of your Linux distribution. What if your computer is a bit older and you don’t remember?
Try Out Linux Programs with PortableLinuxApps
Want to check out the latest version of Firefox, Chromium or VLC without dealing with enabling new software repositories? Try out Kompozer or Audacity without installing a bunch of dependencies? PortableLinuxApps to the rescu…
Record Screen Activity in Ubuntu with RecordMyDesktop
Sometimes only a video will do, whether it’s making step-by-step guide, capturing an epic game of solitaire, or recording an IM video stream. We’ll show you how to record video in Ubuntu using RecordMyDesktop….
Remove Ubuntu One from Ubuntu 10.04
One of the new additions to Ubuntu 10.04 is the file syncing service Ubuntu One. If you already use a similar service like Dropbox, or you don’t want to sync files between computers, you might want to remove Ubuntu One – …
Force Quit an Unresponsive Graphical Application in Ubuntu
There are lots of command-line utilities to kill unresponsive programs in Linux, but for the button-pushing-inclined, the Force Quit panel button lets you kill any app that you can click on without needing to remember anythin…
How to Mount a Remote Folder in Ubuntu
Gone are the days of finding a good FTP client and reading man pages trying to find out how the heck fuse works — mounting remote folders in Ubuntu nowadays is a breeze.
How to Disable Login Sounds in Ubuntu
Nothing’s worse than booting up your laptop in a public place and subjecting everyone around you to the Ubuntu login sounds. We’ll show you how to disable both login sounds for good.
How to Create Your Own Customized Ubuntu Live CD
We love Live CDs, but it’s a hassle installing the same packages every time you need to do a virus scan or recover accidentally deleted data. We’ll show you how to roll your own Ubuntu Live CD, with all the packages you want,…
Rescue Old, Damaged CDs with an Ubuntu Live CD
Your old CDs — especially ones you’ve burned yourself — degrade over time, to the point that they’re unreadable. We’ll show you how to squeeze as much data out of them as you can, before it’s too late!…
Transfer a Drive Image Over a Network Using an Ubuntu Live CD
Drive images are great to have, but hard to store if you don’t have a big external hard drive. We’ll show you how to create and transfer a drive image to another computer in one step.
Make a Drive Image Using an Ubuntu Live CD
Cloning a hard drive is useful, but what if you have to make several copies, or you just want to make a complete backup of a hard drive? Drive images let you put everything, and we mean everything, from your hard drive in one…
