TrueCrypt is a free, open source, system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted filesystem. TrueCrypt is available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. Encrypted volumes can be used with any supported OS regardless of which OS they were created on. …
Here’s a list of some of the bash commands that I use the most and a very brief description of what I use them for. …
This guide will show you how to resize partitions and create new ones using the GParted Live CD/USB utility in Linux. …
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This guide will show you how to use a graphical utility included with Ubuntu to understand your hard disk drive usage. …
This guide will show you how to create custom keyboard shortcuts to use in Ubuntu, without having to install any additional software. …
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This tutorial will walk you every step of the way through creating ringtones from one of your MP3 files, using the free and open-source software Audacity. Audacity is an Audio Editing tool available for Windows, macOS and Linux. …
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. …
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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. …
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This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to share your Nokia N95s built in GPS with your laptop, in Linux. …
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As I started my tutorial on adding fonts to PuTTY on the N95, I very quickly decided that having to enter a user name and password every time I logged in was taking too long. So I generated an RSA key pair with a blank pass phrase just to save time. Don’t worry, of course I deleted the key pair as soon as I was finished. The last thing I need is to lose my phone and have some stranger logging into my server!
Note: this procedure is not specific to just the N95, nor is it only specific to Linux. I use Linux in my examples because I’m not a Windows user. The procedure described below on how to generate RSA keys can be adapted to puttygen.exe on Windows. …
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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. …
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. …
There’s a well known feature/trick that allows you to right-click using just your trackpad in macOS. What’s slightly lesser known is that the same trick can be extended to Windows running via BootCamp, or guest Operating Systems running in VirtualBox, Parallels or VMware Fusion. …
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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. …
This very brief tutorial will show you how to enable WiFi (wireless Internet) on your Eee PC that’s running Eeedora (Fedora). …
