Installing Picasa in Ubuntu

Picasa is software from Google that allows you to easily organize, edit, and share your photos for free. I've had a few new Ubuntu users ask me to write this articles as they had been using Picasa for a while in Windows and had trouble...

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 | 305 hits | Read more

Installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu...kinda

First off, I love the Chromium Browser...in Windows and finally now in Linux. This installation is for Ubuntu, but you can do the yum thing in non-deb flavors. First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file sudo gedit...

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 | 360 hits | Read more

Wanna Crack Windows Passwords from a Flash Drive?

This is a fedora bootable usb tutorial that will use ophcrack w/ rainbow table to crack Windows XP passwords, download the other rainbow tables, including the Vista tables if you want more flexibility. You'll need at least a 4gb flash...

Monday, 13 July 2009 | 343 hits | Read more

Ubuntu Media Server How-To Guide

First, load Ubuntu 9.04 on the machine you are going to use. I am using an old Compaq SR1303WM with a 500GB HD. You will need about 512MB at least and the processor really doesn't matter, I'm using a 1.8GHz Semperon and it doesn't use over 20% the...

Monday, 13 July 2009 | 290 hits | Read more

Java Programming: Input and Output (Part 2)

This article is about using inputs and outputs in Java Programming to make your programs more useful and interactive for the user. Inputs and Outputs are very important to programming because it allows the user to influence how the program functions...

Saturday, 04 July 2009 | 192 hits | Read more

Java Programming: Introduction (Part 1)

This is the first of what will be an ongoing Java tutorial, introducing various aspects of Java. Although I am the original author, I encourage others to submit information about Java as well - even as an addition to this series of articles....

Monday, 29 June 2009 | 402 hits | Read more

Quick Copy & Paste

In the *nix's, there's another way to copy and paste rather than the traditional right-click>copy, right-click>paste (or CTRL+C, CTRL+V). You can also copy and paste by highlighting what you'd like to copy and middle-clicking where you'd...

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 | 597 hits | Read more

Interactive Gentoo Install

About Gentoo Gentoo is considered a Linux distribution for advanced users partly due to its difficult and lengthy install that requires the user to be comfortable using the Linux command line. This article will assist you with the install by...

Sunday, 11 January 2009 | 1156 hits | Read more

xorgconfig

xorgconfig Description - "generate an xorg.conf file" Explanation - xorgconfig asks the user a series of questions to help generate an xorg.conf file Example - xorgconfig would begin the questionaire needed to create the...

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 | 419 hits | Read more

vim

vim Description - "Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor" Explanation - vim is often the command-line based text editor of choice for programmers. According to the manual: "There are a lot of enhancements above Vi:...

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 | 382 hits | Read more

uname

uname Description - "print system information" Explanation - uname prints up various system information Example - uname would print the name of the currently running kernel; uname -a would print the following information: kernel...

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 | 379 hits | Read more

touch

touch Description - "change file timestamps" Explanation - touch updates a file's last modified and last open dates to the current date and time Example - touch /some/file would update the file "file" at location "/some/" with a...

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 | 393 hits | Read more