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Power Up Your Windows Desktop With Pitaschio

Windows

Pitaschio is a small program (a 60.2 kb download) that adds a lot of features to a Windows 2000, XP, or Vista desktop. Continued…

Posted in Guest Blogger, Windows.


How to install openSUSE 11 in OS X using Parallels – a complete walkthrough

Linux Mac

This tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing openSUSE 11 using Parallels Desktop 3.0 for OS X. Continued…

Posted in Linux, Mac.


How to add KDE to Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1

Eee PC Linux

Now that you’ve installed Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 on your Eee PC, perhaps you want to add KDE to the mix. This tutorial will guide you through doing just that. Keep reading for the instructions. Continued…

Posted in Eee PC, Linux.


Sneak Peek: uTorrent for OS X

Bittorrent Mac

Today on one of the popular Bittorrent sites, an early “alpha” version of uTorrent for OS X was posted. I’ve downloaded a copy, and below you’ll find a bunch of screenshots along with my initial thoughts. Continued…

Posted in Bittorrent, Mac.


Paid gigs at Simple Help

Instead of offering help, this time I’m looking for some.

1. Folks who would like to contribute tutorials for Simple Help. Windows and Linux tutorials specifically. You’d be paid on a per post/tutorial basis (via PayPal). It can be a “one off” thing or an ongoing thing, it’s up to you. Think of it as a “paid guest blogger” deal.

2. Someone who has experience customizing WordPress themes. I’ve recently purchased one, for a new site I’ll be doing, and because I’m artistically inept, I need someone to customize it. This project would not involve actual WordPress coding – the theme itself has all of that covered. I’m looking for someone who can take an existing theme and give it a custom look (vs. the “out of the box” look that it has by default). This is, of course, a paid job as well.

If you’re interested in either of the above items, please contact me. Please include links to your previous writing or design work. Thanks!

Posted in Other.


How to jailbreak your iPod Touch running the 2.1 firmware (Windows)

Windows iPod

Here we go again. Another new firmware, another jailbreak tutorial. This one will guide you through the process of jailbreaking your iPod Touch running the 2.1 firmware. Continued…

Posted in Windows, iPod.


How to install PC-BSD 7 in VMware Fusion

Linux Mac

This tutorial will guide you every step of the way through installing PC-BSD 7 in VMware Fusion (version 2.0). Continued…

Posted in Linux, Mac.


10 Brightkite Invites for Simple Help readers

Once again I’ve been issued 10 invites to the Brightkite service. If you’d like one, leave a comment below, and be sure to use the email address you’d like the invitation sent to in the E-mail part of the comment form.

Update: and that’s it, all 10 invites have been spoken for. As soon as I get more, I’ll offer them up here.

Posted in Other.


Download PC-BSD v7 "fibonacci edition"

pc-bsd logo

PC-BSD 7 was recently released, and with it comes a whole slew of updates and upgrades. Some of the highlights include:

  • Updated to FreeBSD 7-STABLE for the base
  • Updated KDE to 4.1.1
  • Improved support and stability for Wine.
  • Added additional ATH wifi device support
  • Updated USB install to support FAT formatted USB sticks
  • Continued…

    Posted in Other.


    How to install Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 on your Eee PC

    Eee PC Linux Web Design & Dev

    Yes, I previously wrote a tutorial covering how to install Ubuntu 8.04 on your Eee PC. Since then, a new version of “Ubuntu Eee” has been released, 8.04.1. One my favorite new features is that Netbook Remix is now installed by default. So rather than have to install Ubuntu Eee and then Netbook Remix, you can just install this updated version and it’s all done at the same time. Continued…

    Posted in Eee PC, Linux, Web Design & Dev.


    How to right-click using just your trackpad in Bootcamp, Parallels and VMware (OS X)

    Linux Mac Windows

    There’s a well known feature/trick that allows you to right-click using just your trackpad in OS X. What’s slightly lesser known is that the same trick can be extended to XP and Vista running via BootCamp, or guest Operating Systems running in Parallels or VMware Fusion.

    1. For Operating Systems running on your Mac via BootCamp, all you have to do is place two fingers on the trackpad, and click the button. That will bring up the right-click menu.
    2. For guest Operating Systems running in Parallels or VMware Fusion, open the OS X System Preferences and select Keyboard & Mouse. Place a check in the box labeled For secondary clicks, place two fingers on the trackpad then click the button.
    3. Now when you’re running a guest OS in VMware Fusion, you can right-click by placing two fingers on the trackpad and clicking the button once.
    4. Same thing for Operating Systems running in Parallels.

    Posted in Linux, Mac, Windows.


    How to install Adobe AIR in Ubuntu

    Linux

    This guide will walk you through the steps required to install Adobe AIR in Ubuntu Linux. It’ll also show you how to install an AIR application. Continued…

    Posted in Linux.


    How to backup your Google Chrome profiles

    Windows

    This brief tutorial will guide you through backing up your Google Chrome user profiles using the small Windows utility Google Chrome Backup. Continued…

    Posted in Windows.


    How to backup your files to your Dreamhost account (OS X)

    Mac

    The popular web hosting company Dreamhost recently decided to change a policy they had in place that didn’t allow customers to use their storage space to backup files. Now you’re given 50GB of storage space to use as backup. This change in policy does come with one caveat – the backups aren’t backed up. So if for whatever reason the Dreamhost backup server that stores your files happens to die, your files die with it. So while you probably don’t want to make it your primary backup solution, it’s still a nice feature (since you’re already paying for web hosting). This tutorial will guide you through using mathusalem (free backup software) to automatically FTP the files you want to backup to Dreamhost. Continued…

    Posted in Mac.


    How to enable WiFi in EeeDora

    Eee PC Linux

    This very brief tutorial will show you how to enable WiFi (wireless Internet) on your Eee PC that’s running Eeedora (Fedora). Continued…

    Posted in Eee PC, Linux.