Linux Tips, Tricks, and How-Tos

How To Browse Your Linux Partition from Windows

Ever need to grab a file or two from your ext4 partition? Maybe you’ve wanted to backup a few important files while you were in Windows. Here’s how to browse your Linux partition from Windows using a tool call...

YatriTrivedi Oct 29th, 2010

How to Secure Your Linux PC by Encrypting Your Hard Drive

There’s bound to be data on your computer that you want to protect from hackers, nosy friends, or curious colleagues. Encrypting your computer drive protects you from intruders, and here’s a couple of different ways to se...

Zainul Franciscus Oct 28th, 2010

BitTorrent for Beginners: Protecting Your Privacy

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YatriTrivedi Oct 27th, 2010

What is the Linux Kernel and What Does It Do?

A kernel is the lowest level of easily replaceable software that interfaces with the hardware in your computer. It is responsible for interfacing all of your applications that are running in “user mode” down to th...

Justin Garrison Oct 26th, 2010

BitTorrent for Beginners: How To Get Started Downloading Torrents

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YatriTrivedi Oct 21st, 2010

Mount USB Devices in Virtualbox with Ubuntu

Mounting a USB device inside a virtual machine is often a tool that you cannot go without. If you are using Virtualbox in Ubuntu however, you need to take a few extra steps to make it work.

Justin Garrison Oct 18th, 2010

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?

Trevor Bekolay Oct 13th, 2010

The 10 Cleverest Ways to Use Linux to Fix Your Windows PC

You might not be ready to accept Linux as your desktop yet, but you can still use it to save your Windows PC—whether you need to reset passwords, recover deleted files, or scan for viruses, here’s how to do it....

Lowell Heddings Oct 12th, 2010

Upgrade to the Latest Ubuntu the Easy Way

Ready to jump on the latest Ubuntu, but don’t want to mess up your current Ubuntu installation? Here’s how you can painlessly upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10, or any later normal release of Ubuntu, directly from the Update Mana...

Matthew Guay Oct 12th, 2010

How to Setup a VPN (PPTP) Server on Debian Linux

VPN-ing into your server will allow you to connect to every possible service running on it, as if you were sitting next to it on the same network, without individually forwarding every port combination for every service you w...

Aviad Oct 11th, 2010

How to Setup a “Split Tunnel” VPN (PPTP) Client on Ubuntu 10.04

Sometimes you need to use a VPN connection to grant access to remote network resources and for that you use a VPN, but if you don’t want all of your client traffic to go through the VPN link, you’ll need to setup ...

Aviad Oct 11th, 2010

Ubuntu 10.10 Gives Netbooks an Innovative New Look [Screenshot Tour]

Ready to breathe new life into your netbook? Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 includes an innovative new look and feel and support for most netbooks without any extra configuration. Let’s take a look at the newest features....

Matthew Guay Oct 11th, 2010

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.

Trevor Bekolay Oct 10th, 2010

How to Make the Linux Console Easier to Use for Linux Newbies

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Zainul Franciscus Oct 6th, 2010

How to Trigger Torrent Downloads from Anywhere with Dropbox

Say you want to download a torrent on your home computer, but you’re away from home. Sure, you could just take a laptop and download it on that, but that’s hardly ideal most of the time. So how do you accomplish this?...

AlexLayne Oct 1st, 2010

Wirelessly Sync / Share Your Music Collection with Any Mobile Phone

Have an iPhone or Android phone and a music collection too large to sync to it? Want to share your library with friends? Here’s how to sync your library with your smartphone over the internet, or stream it in any browser....

YatriTrivedi Sep 30th, 2010

Learn These Mouse Tricks in Gnome for a More Productive Linux Experience

While most geeks love keyboard shortcuts, it’s also useful to make the most out of your mouse as well. Here are a few tips for making the most of your GNOME experience by combining the keyboard and the mouse for additional...

YatriTrivedi Sep 30th, 2010

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....

Trevor Bekolay Sep 27th, 2010

How to Backup Your Linux PC with Simple Backup

It doesn’t matter if you are using Windows, OS X, or Linux, everyone should do regular backups of their information. In Linux one of the easiest ways to do automated backups is with Simple Backup (SBackup). Here is how ...

Justin Garrison Sep 24th, 2010

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!

Trevor Bekolay Sep 22nd, 2010

3 Easy Ways to Connect to Windows Shared Folders from Linux

Connecting to file servers is something most people do on a daily basis even without thinking about it. In Linux, it may not be intuitive how to quickly connect to a samba or ftp server without a separate program. Here are a ...

Justin Garrison Sep 21st, 2010

How to Free Up a Lot of Disk Space on Ubuntu Linux by Deleting Cached Package Files

If you’re anything like me, you probably have Ubuntu running on your older computers, and they often have smaller hard drives so you’re looking to save every bit of drive space you can. Here’s an easy trick to free up a...

Lowell Heddings Sep 13th, 2010

How to Tell What Type of Memory Your Linux PC Has Installed

If you are looking to upgrade the memory in your Linux PC, you are probably wondering how many open slots you have, what type of memory is already installed, and what you need to buy for an upgrade… without having to open y...

Lowell Heddings Sep 10th, 2010

How to Setup milter-greylist Spam Blocking in Sendmail

Virtually all linux distributions include sendmail as the default MTA. Which is okay – it has been around for a long time, is stable and it works great (although the postfix afficionados might disagree!). But it has no...

Lowell Heddings Sep 3rd, 2010

Upgrade Your old iPod with Rockbox

If you are tired of trying to keep up with Apple’s new iPod releases, upgrade your old iPod for free with Rockbox. Rockbox allows you to upgrade your aging iPod with new themes, fonts, games, and more....

Justin Garrison Sep 2nd, 2010