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How to Enable USB Support in VirtualBox

Published on 1 October , 2012 By bill

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

How to Fix Wrong Youtube Tint

Published on 1 October , 2012 By bill

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

Valve Starting Beta of Steam and One Game

Published on 27 September , 2012 By bill

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

How to Start Empathy Hidden

Published on 17 September , 2012 By bill

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

Accepting Canonical’s Ubuntu Unity

Published on 13 September , 2012 By bill

Introduction 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.

How to Set up SVN with Apache

Published on 15 April , 2012 By bill

Introduction This is a tutorial on how to set up SVN with Apache, create users accounts and also disable anonymous viewing of the project from a web browser.

Setting Up an Ubuntu Server

Published on 21 February , 2012 By bill

Introduction This is tutorial on how to set up an Ubuntu server with apache, mysql, proftpd, webmin, setting up a user account and adding it to the sudoers list.

Fun With Video in Linux Using MPlayer

Published on 20 February , 2012 By bill

Introduction MPlayer has some features that you may not have noticed if you only use it to watch your videos or if you use a different video player.

How to Search for Text in Files Using Linux

Published on 12 October , 2011 By bill

Introduction There may be times when the name of a required file is unknown but you may remember some of the content of a file. A search can be performed in a Linux terminal that will display a list of files that contains the text you remember.

How to Dump MySQL Tables Without Data

Published on 10 October , 2011 By bill

Use the mysqldump command with the –no-data option: