For those that don’t know, a live wallpaper is an animated background for your desktop. These kind of wallpapers have been a regular feature on Android for quite a while now, but as of now, you can use live wallpapers in Ubuntu also! The tool we use to accomplish this is Slidewall. Slidewall is a tool that has a couple of tricks up its sleeve – not only does it support live wallpapers ... »
Ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS back in April, every now and then Ubuntu tells me that it has experienced an ‘internal error’ and asks me if I want to send an error report to Ubuntu. The exact error reads “Sorry, Ubuntu 12.04 has experienced an internal error. If you notice further problems, try restarting your computer.” But that’s the funny thing, I neve... »
Working in IT security it is imperative that passwords are made very secure and also changed regularly, let’s face it, kevquirk1234 is much easier to remember than a secure password like *kLxCTKpxJL9@. Neither of these are my passwords by the way (nor are any others in this article). The second password is similar to the type of password I like to keep though. Personally I manage my passwo... »
Jumpshot is a fully automated solution for solving Windows PC problems – the best part is that Jumpshot is Linux based. So, ironically, you’re using Linux to fix Windows problems. All you need to do is plug one of the Jumpshot USB sticks into a Windows PC, reboot it, and magically all Trojans and viruses on the system will be destroyed. Jumpshot is currently on Kickstarter. Their initi... »
Firefox OS, codenamed ‘Boot 2 Gecko’ is a fully web-based mobile OS that Mozilla hope will take the smart phone market by storm. This of it like ChromeOS for your phone.Having Linux underneath (like Android), Firefox OS will support all of the good stuff you have become accustomed to in your smart phones including open HTML5 web apps (again, like Chrome).Firefox are releasing daily bui... »
Yesterday I received my pre-ordered Nexus7 in the post and I love it (review coming soon). I wanted to share screenshots of my new toy on Google+ without having to root the device. After a lot of research, I finally found the answer on how to do it. The best news is that you don’t even need an app as Android 4.1 Jelly Bean can do it natively. To take a Screenshot, all you need to do is hold... »
I’m sure most of you know that I am an Ubuntu user predominately. Therefore, I don’t really use Microsoft Office, however – I still do use Microsoft Office on my work Laptop (it runs Windows 7) and I have used it for many year since the 1997 version. But is Microsoft Office worth the £250+ price tag that you pay for some versions? In short, the answer is NO. This is because ther... »