The easiest way to create a bootable USB with Linux is UNetbootin. You can build it on Windows or Linux and it couldn’t be easier. With a bootable USB you do not need a CD, DVD or FTP to install linux. Here is the step by step guide on how to Boot and run Linux from a USB. [...more]
Most people use Windows as their main downloading system just as a matter of convenience and availability of download tools. The pain comes in sharing these files with your Ubuntu system. This is when symbolic links really in a dual boot system. [...more]
Adobe Version Cue is a fantastic tool for managing your images, photos and videos. Here is the complete reference guide on how to configure Version Cue so that you can use it in your production environment. [...more]
One of the easiest ways of playing any audio of video file is to use VLC Player from VideoLAN. There are a number of features that you can make use of as well such as the Wallpaper feature. Here are the instructions on how to install VLC in Ubuntu. [...more]
For the longest time I was using Google Browser Sync to manage my passwords and bookmarks. Unfortunately, a while back, just before Google Chrome was released Google discontinued the product. I wonder why? Since then I’ve been looking for something to manage my bookmarks and passwords for free. I finally found the perfect app! Foxmarks! [...more]
Microsoft recently announced a new operating system for the cloud called Windows Azure. Azure is a services platform that is hosted by Microsoft in Microsoft data centers around the globe and is completely scalable and affordable. Amazon.com also offers a hosted and scalable solution that they host. Here is the rundown on how to have reliable services without having to drop a ton of cash for your own servers, data center or infrastructure. [...more]
Many people are getting into Torrents these days but have trouble for whatever reason finding a good Torrents site. There are plenty out there, and a lot of them offer nothing but fakes, others have a high ratio of fakes, so we felt it time to share with all of you the best of the best Torrents sites. [...more]
Undoubtedly many people have downloaded .SFV files from Torrents or other sources. The question is….what the hell do you do with them? There is usually a .SFV file followed by a bunch of files numbered starting at .001. Here is how to open them up. [...more]
By default when replying to a message is Thunderbird, the original text appears above the area to compose the response. I cannot stand this behaviour. Here is how to switch it so your reply appears above the original message. [...more]
One of the more frequent issues I hear from people about Firefox is that it was fantastic when they first installed it but now it’s sluggish and slow. The problem is not Firefox, but may be your plugins and extensions. A faulty extension could slow down Firefox quite a bit. Here is how to identify if this is the cause of your sluggishness and spotted rendering of pages. [...more]
