Personally, I don’t use Google Drive. Mainly because I’m predominantly a Linux user and as of yet there is no Google Drive support for Linux. I did used to use Google Docs but switched to Ubuntu One when my internet went offline for 10 days once and I have absolutely no access to any of my files. Anyway, I digress… Yesterday saw the release of a new application in Ubuntu called ... »
Working as an IT professional for around 8 years now, I have had a lot of experience in the IT world. Unfortunately one of the biggest oversights people make are backups – or should I say, lack of them. It is common for companies to backup their servers so that important, business critical information is backed up and secure. But what about your holiday pictures from last year, the pictures ... »
Now I don’t know about you guys, but I like to run on my battery as much as possible – mainly because I usually end up entangled in my power cable when I’m plugged in. On my main laptop I have a 6 cell battery that usually lasts around 6 or so hours under normal use. This is great but doesn’t quite last a full working day when I’m out and about. Enter Jupiter… O... »
Most people reading this article will be Ubuntu (or Linux) users and therefore don’t really need to try out Ubuntu. But if you’re anything like me then you will enjoy introducing new people to the world of Open Source and Ubuntu. If you were to say to most users “download the ISO, burn it to a CD and open a live session” they wouldn’t have a clue what you were talking... »
Do you find that when you get up in the morning you have numerous emails but only one or two are actually of any use to you? Do you receive regular emails that annoy you but you just don’t get the chance (or can’t be bothered) to go around un-subscribing from all these email ‘newsletters’? If any of the above applies to you then you need Unroll.me. Unroll.me is a fantastic ... »
If you’re anything like me then you probably have your own machine that you use on a day to day basis that no one else will ever really use. Therefore you may not want to have the Guest Session visible on your logon screen in Ubuntu 12.04. Not only does it waste space on the screen, it stops anyone who doesn’t have a password from accessing your computer. For those that don’t kno... »
What is Preload? This is what most of you might be asking. Well my fellow Ubuntuers, Preload is an ‘Adaptive readahead daemon’. In English this basically means that Preloaded sits in the background on your Ubuntu system and monitors what applications you commonly use. It then analyses this information and creates correlations. Preloader will then fetch the binaries and dependencies for... »