How to Enable USB Support in VirtualBox

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This is a simple tutorial on how to enable USB support in VirtualBox.

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How to Fix Wrong Youtube Tint

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After a recent Ubuntu update Youtube has tinted the sky orange and people blue. This article will help resolve this issue.

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Valve Starting Beta of Steam and One Game

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Have you been waiting for the Steam beta… Well the signup is nearly here!

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How to Start Empathy Hidden

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You can start Empathy hidden so Unity or Gnome Shell can receive chat messages and notify you of them.

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Accepting Canonical’s Ubuntu Unity

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I have not been a fan of Unity and I had a hard time accepting it. I am a full time Linux user since Red Hat 3 which was around 1996 and had a hard time with the new user interfaces Gnome and Ubuntu were introducing.

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How to Turn Off Modal Dialogs in Gnome Shell 3

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Have you been annoyed by not being able to move your dialogs in Gnome Shell 3? This simple tutorial will show you how to disable the “attach_modal_dialogs” setting.

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How to Output a List of Files to a File and Sort Them in Linux

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Have you ever wondered how to dump thousands of files to a text file and sort them alphabetically? This tutorial will show you how to do it and create a bash script.

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How to Turn Off Modal Dialogs in Mint 13 Cinnamon

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Have you been annoyed by not being able to move your dialogs in Mint 13 Cinnamon? This simple tutorial will show you how to disable the “attach_modal_dialogs” setting.

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Netflix and Linux, What are Your Options?

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I have only recently discovered Netflix and signed up without thinking there may be issues playing back the streaming media on Linux.

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How to Access Android Devices in Linux

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If you have an android device that is not recognised when trying to access it via USB, this tutorial should help you.

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