How to Customize the EeeDora Panel
This brief tutorial will show you how to customize the EeeDora panel to include helpful items like a battery monitor, weather display etc. …
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How to install Fedora on your Eee PC
If you’ve tried Ubuntu on your Eee PC, or have dual-booted Ubuntu and Windows XP, and you’re still not happy – give Fedora (the custom version titled “EeeDora”) a try. This tutorial will guide you every step of the way though installing Fedora (EeeDora) on your Asus Eee PC. …
How to use your Home folder as your Desktop in Ubuntu
If you’re at all like me, your desktop can become rather cluttered with files over time. One way to at least have files stored in your /home folder rather than your /home/Desktop folder is to set your /home folder as your actual Desktop. This is particularly helpful if you use a separate larger drive as your /home folder. …
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How to install and setup Netbook Remix on the Eee PC
This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install and setup Netbook Remix on your Eee PC. Netbook Remix is an alternate interface of the standard Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. It’s an interface that allows you to work more easily on a smaller screen devices (such as the Asus Eee PC).
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How to dual boot your Asus Eee PC 900 with Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux
This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to dual boot your Asus Eee PC with Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. …
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How to customize Ubuntu for your Eee PC
Now that you’ve installed Ubuntu on your Asus Eee PC, you’ll want to customize it a bit. Though the following instructions apply to any new installation of Ubuntu, they’re particularly helpful if you’re using an Eee PC.
- Slow down the cursor
- Change the appearance
- Uninstall programs you’re not going to use
- Clean up the menus
- Install Netbook Remix
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A step by step guide to installing Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on your Eee PC
This tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Ubuntu on your Asus Eee PC. The steps are specific for the Eee PC 900 (16GB flash SSD model), but will be similar for other Eee PC’s. …
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Overview & Installation: rEFIt – an OS X boot manager
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based computers like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It allows you to avoid having to hold down the option key in order to select the OS you want to boot into as your Mac starts up, and provides a nice graphical interface instead.
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How to install and run KDE programs in Windows
This tutorial will guide you step by step through installing KDE in Windows. …
How to watch YouTube videos in the Ubuntu Media Player
This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to search for and play YouTube videos from directly inside of the Ubuntu Totem Media Player. Also included are the steps required to watch the higher quality H264 videos that YouTube now includes. …
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How to Display System Info on Your Linux Desktop
This tutorial will guide you in downloading, installing and setting up Conky, a free, light-weight system monitor for X11 that lets you display system info on your Linux desktop.
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How to Split .avi Files in Windows, macOS or Linux
Using BananaSplitter you can split .avi files in Windows, Linux/BSD/UNIX or macOS. BananaSplitter works across all these platforms because it’s written in Java, so you will need to have Java installed. …
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How to Automatically Sign in to Ubuntu
This guide will show you how to configure Ubuntu to automatically sign in each time you start up your computer.
Please note: if you’re using Ubuntu on a laptop/computer that doesn’t stay within your residence, or you’re even a tiny bit concerned that someone might use it without your permission, do not enable automatic login as it’s a huge, gigantic security risk. But if you’re the only one that has access to it and/or don’t care if someone can view everything on your computer, by all means enable the automatic login feature :) …
How to Resize Images Using the Gimp
This detailed and step by step guide will show you how to use the photo editor the GIMP to resize image files. …
How to move or copy photos from your digital camera to your PC in Ubuntu
This brief tutorial will guide you in copying/moving pictures from your digital camera to your Ubuntu computer. The steps and screenshots are specific to Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) but will likely be similar to previous and upcoming versions. …
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