A few days ago I was discussing the Internet with a friend of mine (yes I know, I’m a total geek) and it came up in conversation that the Internet and the World Wide Web are in fact two completely different things. My friend disagreed totally so I went on to explain and eventually got him around to my way of thinking. It then struck me that the majority or people think these two very differe... »
UEFI is a topic of hot conversation at the moment with the release of Windows 8 and it’s requirement to have UEFI enabled devices for Microsoft certification. Lucky for me none of my devices are UEFI enabled, well not until today anyway. My main workhorse is a HP Envy Sleekbook 6 and it had to go back to HP to have the keyboard repaired. Today the courier posted my laptop back, I swiftly re... »
I’ve written about Windows 8 quite a lot in the past and on day 6 of my week with Windows 8 I explained how you can make Windows 8 work a little more like a traditional Windows desktop. Within that article I used a tool called Classic Shell in order to get my Windows 8 desktop back to how I like it. However, I’ve since found a much more mature and functional application called Sta... »
Part of the reason why most of us love Ubuntu is the level of personalisation that you can do with it. There are many thing you can change from themes to wallpapers to icon sets. In this article I’ll be talking about two of my favourite icon sets that I use. They are called Faenza and FS Ubuntu icons. Faenza Icons The Faenza icon set is arguably the most popular icon set that exists for Ubun... »
Yesterday I announced that I have been testing Elementary OS Luna. So far I’m really loving it but as with most things, nothing is perfect and the lack of a minimise button on windows was really starting to irritate me. So, I went to my trusty friend Google to see if they had any advice on how to resolve this issue. Unfortunately, with Elementary OS Luna being a development release there isn... »
Ok, so you’re a long term Ubuntu user that normally upgrades to new versions rather than going through the hassle of a re-install. On previous releases you get the option within your update manager to upgrade to the latest version on the OS that we all know and love. However, this time around in Ubuntu 12.04 there doesn’t seem to be an alert within the update manager informing you that... »
Mounting a shared drive in Ubuntu can be quite a confusing process. With many of us having multiple machines and NAS drives at home, auto mounting network locations is becoming a very common requirement in most homes and offices. I have a NAS drive at home that I use for multimedia and I make Ubuntu auto mount the NAS as soon as I log on. Here’s how I do it: First of all you need to run this... »
Rapportive is a browser plugin for Chrome, Firefox & Safari that replaces the Gmail ads that are displayed down the right of the screen with some really useful information about the person you are emailing. Rapportive will display information like social network links, a photo and some information about the person you are emailing, like where they work and what they do for a living. The best... »