How to Use Aliases to Customize Ubuntu Commands

To setup aliases, right-click and create an empty file in your home directory and name it .bash_aliases. Notice the period at the beginning of the name that will make the file hidden. Press Ctrl+H to show the hidden files. Example: This will make typing agi the same as typing sudo apt-get install. This way if you have a dozen of packages to install, your task just got easier. And remember that creating aliases from two words won’t work unless you connect them with a dash....

September 19, 2011 · 1 min · 191 words · Mark Sweeney

Create a Master Document in Word 2010 from Multiple Documents

Quick Links Do you create really long documents in Word? If so, you probably know that Word doesn’t always play well with them. It’s usually smarter to split your long documents into multiple Word files. That’s where Word’s master document feature can help. It allows you to combine multiple Word files into a single Word file. The content of the subdocuments is not inserted into the master document. The master document only contains links to the subdocuments....

September 16, 2011 · 3 min · 441 words · Tina Brooks

How to Create Samba (Windows) Shares in Linux the Easy Way

Way back in 2007, we showed youhow to install Samba on Ubuntu. Things haven’t changed much, except that there are more ways to configure it. If that’s a bit too intimidating, just scroll down. Open that up, and search for “samba” in the upper-right corner. (Click screenshot for larger view.) You’ll see a few different packages come up. If you haven’t installed it yet, now is the time to do so....

September 16, 2011 · 2 min · 259 words · Anita Tucker

The How-To Geek Guide to Hackintoshing: The Installation

Related Got yourself some hackintosh compatible hardware? If you missed it, be sure to read it first. Everyone will have different experiences, based on the hardware chosen. But in the end, hopefully, you will have a fully functional hackintosh. But if you run into a problem, you wont find much support regarding those guides. Also be sure to have a look at tonymacx86F.A.Q.sbefore proceeding. Required Stuff So once youve built your system, you need a couple of downloads from tonymacx86 websitesdownloadssection....

September 15, 2011 · 6 min · 1255 words · Cesar Baker

Windows 8 Screenshot Tour: Everything You Possibly Want to Know

So What’s New in Windows 8? How Can I Get Windows 8? Keyboard and mouse will work just fine. Just head todev.windows.comand download the ISO images from the page. Various Install Notes: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ What’s This Metro Interface All About? Metro Keyboard Shortcuts These are a few keyboard shortcuts that I’ve personally been using. Which will enable a menu at the bottom of the screen. Some of the tiles will open up a Metro-style app, which is always full screen....

September 14, 2011 · 3 min · 487 words · Stephanie Hanson

How to Automatically Import Missing GPG Keys in Ubuntu

Launchpad-getkeys is a script that imports these missing keys automatically. When adding PPAs to Ubuntu via apt-add-repository the PPA and its key will be imported. These GPG keys are a way to verify the packages in that PPA. Ubuntu Forums user (blackgr) created a script called launchpad-getkeys that will import all missing keys automatically. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install launchpad-getkeys Launchpad-getkeys is now installed.

September 13, 2011 · 1 min · 68 words · Brian Jenkins

How to Check if Your CPU Supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)

Read on to find out if your processor supports SLAT. What Is SLAT? Second Level Address Translation is a technology introduced in both Intel and AMD flavors of processors. By doing this, Hypervisor CPU time is significantly reduced, and more memory is saved for each VM. A TLB is a cache on the processor that contains recently used mappings from the page table. If the TLB contains a match, the physical memory address is provided and the data is access....

September 13, 2011 · 1 min · 211 words · Andrew Gibson

How To Organize Your Ebook Collection with Calibre

Why Calibre? Calibre is an absolutely fantastic app for organizing your ebook collection. It supports 22 ebook formats including MOBI, EPUB, LIT, PDF, and more. What Do I Need to Get Started? Once you unpack the portable version or roll out the traditional version there is no difference in operation. If you’re not using the portable version don’t stress about not putting everything together. Calibre stores all information (meta data and covers) in each unique book directory....

September 13, 2011 · 4 min · 799 words · Mitchell Hanna

The How-To Geek Guide to Hackintoshing: The Basics

Related Quick Links Macs. Why Hackintoshing? Even if youre concerned with the OS only, you still need to spend a lot. But getting a Mac isnt as easy as it sounds. The easy answer would be NO. The difficult answer is YES, with a couple of modifications. Apple is also shipping Lion on USB thumb drives, but installation from a USB isn’t much different. This article covers all the basic concepts you better know to make it understand hackintoshing....

September 13, 2011 · 4 min · 788 words · Marcus Evans

Compare and Merge Different Versions of Your Presentations in PowerPoint

Just open your original presentation and go to Review and press Compare. opt for new presentation to check on the changes that have been made to it. Every change will be shown with a box that tells you what the exact change was. you’re able to select or deselect to approve or deny the changes.

September 9, 2011 · 1 min · 55 words · Kyle Michael

How to Convert Videos with Transmageddon in Ubuntu Linux

Transmageddon Video Transcoder is a great media converter for Ubuntu. It converts audio and video files, it has a simple interface, and it’s free. Launch it from the applications menu. The tool looks like this: At the top you choose the input file which you want to convert. choose the button and navigate to the file you want it converted then click Open. it’s possible for you to see the input video properties just below the Choose Input File button....

September 9, 2011 · 1 min · 168 words · Christopher Brewer

How to Thoroughly Clean Your Dirty Desktop Computer

How often should I clean my computer? Depending on your environment, you may need to clean your box more or less often. Computer placement is one important variable. Ridding your setup of these things every 6 months can increase your setup’s performance. The inside of your setup is just as susceptible to fur clogging fans and other areas of your setup. Preparation Do not open your gear while it is running or with any cables attached to it....

September 8, 2011 · 4 min · 667 words · Lacey Smith

How to Auto Mount Partitions at Linux Startup the Easy Way

The easiest way to mount your partitions automatically when you turn on your system is by reading this article. So lets get started! Then hit Assistant on the right side. Now you are presented with the options window. you could edit the other options if you want but be careful, it might damage your system. When done poke the OK button then hit Apply. kill the program and restart to see the effect....

September 6, 2011 · 1 min · 73 words · Holly Baker