Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Holiday (for those on this side of the planet, belated to the rest of you). We’ve had a great year and made some amazing strides in Open Source and Free Software, especially Ubuntu. It has been quite a ride! I hope we can continue making the… Read More »
Based on much of your feedback I’ve submitted the Ubuntu Tutorial blog to the Ubuntu Planet. I have been an Ubuntu Member for almost a year now and I haven’t felt that my blog has been up to par for that level of syndication. Well, many of you have given me some great feedback and… Read More »
Ubuntu Tutorials Presents – Ubuntu Book of the Week
I have been considering a domain transfer for this site for some time and today I finally put in the time to actually do it. If you haven’t already noticed you should have automagically been redirected to the new domain ubuntu-tutorials.com. Please forgive the dust while I finish the transition. I think I have taken… Read More »
Ubuntu Tutorials Presents – Ubuntu Book of the Week
Recently a friend of mine was asking how to disable locking (prompting for a password) after resuming from closing the laptop lid. I checked out some of the immediate places first. Maybe it was in “Power Options” or “Screensaver”. No. Where else would it be? Well after a little bit of digging & searching through… Read More »
How many of us now use mobile drives such as USB thumb drives or larger capacity external drives? With the cost of media going down it is much more accessible to many of us. Now, the way that Ubuntu and Linux handle these by default may cause your drive to mount in a dynamic location… Read More »
Ubuntu Tutorials Presents – Ubuntu Book of the Week
Many of you may be familiar with the old school Tux Racer game. This one is a classic and gets addicting! On Ubuntu it isn’t called Tux Racer however (I believe because it was commercialized and the previous, still GPL version, was repackaged.) Below is how to install Tux Racer aka Planet Penguin Racer on… Read More »
I recently posted a tutorial on How to install Adobe Reader (PDF) for Firefox and promised to follow it up with a few additional tips. This will explain how to set Adobe Reader as the default program for .pdf files on your Ubuntu system. Right-click on any .pdf file Select “Properties” and then select “Open… Read More »