Archive for the 'How-To' Category

23rd August Comments

How to Upload Photos to Facebook From Ubuntu

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 at 8:48 am

  Since the last article on downloading photos from facebook, I have received several requests to come up with an article on uploading photos to Facebook from Ubuntu. Well, there are plenty of Windows apps that allow the users to upload photos to Facebook, but when it comes to Linux Ubuntu, there are not really [...]

13th June Comments

Build your own super computer using Ubuntu 10.04.

Posted on June 13th, 2010 at 7:30 am

  I show step-by-step how you can setup your own using Ubuntu 10.04 super-computer. A student should be able to setup and play with a computer cluster system at home without spend days reading through Linux systems-administrators books and manuals. This is a howto that is a must read for those wanting a super computer [...]

12th May Comments

Learn Linux, 101: Debian package management

Posted on May 12th, 2010 at 7:37 am

  Learn how to install, upgrade, and manage packages on your Linux® system. This article focuses on the Advanced Packaging Tool, or APT, which is the package management system used by Debian and distributions derived from Debian, such as Ubuntu. You can use the material in this article to study for the LPI 101 exam [...]

9th April Comments

6 Tools to Easily Create Your Own Custom Linux Distro

Posted on April 9th, 2010 at 7:24 am

  While it’s hard to make the claim that there aren’t enough Linux distros out there, it’s also hard to escape the fact that no distribution is all things to all people. There are all kinds of reasons to consider rolling your own, but many people never make the attempt because it seems like such [...]

5th November Comments

How to Crimp Your Own Ethernet Cables

Posted on November 5th, 2009 at 5:12 am

  It isn’t very difficult to crimp your own CAT5 cabling. You can repair and re-use old cable, cut cable to exact lengths, and save money. Aaron Weiss shows how, with lots of good pictures. Okay now there is no excuse for you to make your own, Baldy How to Crimp Your Own Ethernet Cables

4th November Comments

Geotagging Photos with digiKam

Posted on November 4th, 2009 at 5:00 am

  Even if your camera doesn’t support geotagging, you can easily add geographical coordinates to your photos using digiKam. Well I’ll be darned, this is a new trick for me and a great read for those that wish they could geo-tag their vacation pics or that of the family reunion, Baldy. Geotagging Photos with digiKam

23rd October Comments

Simple KDE Trick #2: using remote desktops with avahi, krfb and krdc (with video)

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 5:27 am

  Most people nowadays have more than one computer. Often, you are using one, and would like to do something in another. In this video, I will explain how trivial it is to do that without leaving your seat in a modern Linux using KDE. Darn and after reading this you are going to say, [...]

30th September Comments

Bash Script To Get Weather Forecasts For Your Zip Code

Posted on September 30th, 2008 at 6:38 am

Today’s Linux/Unix bash shell script is probably not the last follow up to the growing stable of scripts we’ve written to mine the knowledge on tap online. Today’s info is grabbed from WeatherBug.com. If you missed any of the others scripts we’ve jammed out, you can still find them in our older bash script posts [...]

26th September Comments

Do-it-yourself Konqueror commands

Posted on September 26th, 2008 at 4:39 am

  KDE’s Konqueror is as multifunctional as a Swiss Army knife. It works as both a file manager and a Web browser, and you can enhance it even further by adding new commands to its repertoire by means of service menus. The new commands appear in Konqueror’s context menu when you right-click a file. Here’s [...]

3rd July Comments

Create Thumbnails in Linux

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 am

Well as if there are not enough how-to’s out there here comes another one folks. I was asked the other day how can I make thumbnails in Linux. Well binky here is the fast way to start. You can change the .png to .jpg or what ever it is that you need and it is [...]