by Ross McKillop on November 5, 2008
This is guest post from Ivan at Hacks PC blog, where he writes about various PC Tutorials. Fell free to subscribe to his RSS Feed if you are interested to follow his writing.
Sometimes you have to convert videos, pictures or other files to another format. There are many applications which can convert various types of file formats. But why spend time downloading and installing software which can contain viruses, spyware etc, when you can convert many files online without downloading any software. Just go to the site, which offers free online conversion, the load file(s) from your PC, choose the format and press convert. This method is also very useful when you need to covert files from computers where you are not allowed to install any additional software, like at work or school. Below you can find list of free sites which offer online file conversions. [click to continue...]
by Ken Murray on November 4, 2008
Sometimes you want to change your partition layout after you’ve been using your system for awhile. One great too for this job is GParted. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to resize partitions using the GParted Live CD. [click to continue...]
by Ken Murray on November 4, 2008
Disk Usage Analyzer is a Gnome utility for analyzing disk usage. It displays statistics about your disk usage in an intuitive, easy to use graphical interface. [click to continue...]
by Ken Murray on November 3, 2008
I’ve been looking for a wardriving application for my N95 ever since I got it. I mean hey, it has WiFi and a built-in GPS, so isn’t it the perfect portable wardriving hardware? Luckily today I came across the application I’ve been looking for. It’s called Barbelo. [click to continue...]
by Ken Murray on November 3, 2008
I like to be able to access files on my desktop computer from my laptop while I’m on the road. Luckily Linux has this feature built in. In this tutorial I’ll be using the SSH protocol because it provides far more security than FTP. I strongly advise using SSH because it transmits user names, passwords, and all data through an encrypted tunnel whereas FTP is highly susceptible to third party snooping. [click to continue...]
by Skyler Huse on November 1, 2008
ePSXe is my favorite Playstation One emulator. The only problem with it is that it is not as easy to set up as most emulators. Luckily, it’s still easy once you know what to do. Follow the steps outlined in this tutorial and you’ll be playing PSOne games in no time! [click to continue...]
by Ross McKillop on October 30, 2008
Yep. Leave a comment below and use the email address you want me to send the brightkite invite to in the E-mail field of the comment form (not in the body of the message). The first ten get invites, then I’ll just disable comments or delete this post. Cheers!
Update: all gone
by Ken Murray on October 30, 2008
This tutorial will guide you through downloading YouTube videos and other media using Download Helper. It also covers conversion of downloaded media to iPod, Nokia N95, or other portable media players. [click to continue...]
by Ken Murray on October 30, 2008
This tutorial could (perhaps should) also be called “How to create custom keyboard shortcuts in Gnome” - as that’s essentially what it is.
There are a number of keyboard shortcuts available in the Gnome Desktop. I like to add a few custom shortcuts for opening applications that I use regularly. Here’s how I do it. [click to continue...]
by Scott Strain on October 29, 2008
by Ken Murray on October 29, 2008
DownThemAll is another one on my list of must-have Firefox extensions. With DownThemAll you can easily download all images or links on a web page, or a customized subset of them. [click to continue...]
by Skyler Huse on October 28, 2008
by Ross McKillop on October 28, 2008
Codeweavers is offering a copy of CrossOver for Mac (or Linux) for free - today only! The programs normally retail for $40, but will be available free of charge (one license per customer) until midnight CST.
via Switching To Mac
by Ken Murray on October 27, 2008
Sometimes you end up somewhere with your laptop where you just can’t find any open WiFi. Luckily you have a Nokia N95 and a USB data cable. I’m going to show you how to tether your N95 to your laptop via USB the quick and dirty command line way, as well as the prettier GUI way. In these examples I am running Fedora 9 and Gnome. [click to continue...]
by Ken Murray on October 27, 2008
Sometimes you end up somewhere with your laptop where you just can’t find any open WiFi. Luckily you have a Nokia N95 and a Bluetooth adapter. I’m going to show you how to tether your N95 to your laptop via Bluetooth the quick and dirty command line way, as well as the prettier GUI way. In these examples I am running Fedora 9 and Gnome. [click to continue...]