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If you have a hosting account offering Cpanel access and you regularly back up your data, using its “generate full website backup” function, or “download home directory backup”, you should NEVER, ever, under any circumstances unpack the downloaded TAR.GZ file on Windows XP, Vista, or Win 7. I’m not sure about Windows 8, but for
How to add a new keyboard layout on your Linux Mint, Debian, or Ubuntu box.
One of the most important aspect of computer-aided work is being able to do with the computer, all the things one would be able to do without it, and this is so much more valid with regard to the writing, reading, and translation of documents from one language to another. Locale-specific character sets, language-specific characters, even the direction of the writing, in the case of some languages, plays a huge role in how average computer users and professionals alike will perceive the computer
I am still using a very old eMac G4 today, and I still consider it a very efficient computer. I can do all the things I need to do in my day-to-day work, blogging, image editing, writing articles, managing several facebook apps, facebook comments, etc. Basically, I do all my blogging work with this old eMac G4.
If you have come across a situation, on your linux machine, when for whatever reason you do NOT have a tty terminal at your disposal when you press ALT+CTRL+F1… to F6, here are some of the things you should check. On EasyPeasy, I have found that the programs necessary for running the terminal “listener” were
If you happen to use the same operating system as me, which is Linux Mint, and want to get for your Chrome, Chromium, or Firefox browser the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, you might run into trouble if you simply select APT for Ubuntu 10+ in the dropdown list of available versions. That is
I am a big fan of linux and [ most ] open source apps, but sometimes the efficiency of the drivers and applications is miles behind the efficiency of the same apps and drivers made for windows. I am not debating whether is some cases the reverse is true, meaning that with some apps on
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