For Windows, Faststone Capture 5.3 is a free (for noncommercial use) lightweight application allowing you to take screenshots (pictures) of your desktop. It allows you to easily take a picture of the current window, the selected window/object, a rectangular region, … Continue reading
As a follow up to our seamless Ubuntu in Windows tutorials, we’re going to show you how to sync a Windows (host) folder to a folder in the Ubuntu (guest). You’ll need to have guest additions installed on the guest … Continue reading
In this tutorial we’re going to explain the setup of the Synergy server on Ubuntu. If you haven’t already installed it, open Terminal and type the following: sudo apt-get install synergy
Skype 3.8 comes with unwanted/unneeded application bloat, including the Skype Extras Manager and features tabs on the main window which you may never use. Disabling the Extras Manager I don’t need or want to play games or other activities on … Continue reading
Entertainer is a relatively new media center for Gnome and XFCE desktops, currently at version 0.1 as of this writing. This tutorial will focus on the installation of Entertainer on Ubuntu with as little command line use as possible. If … Continue reading
Get quick access to streaming music through Seeqpod searches — launched directly by Launchy. In this article we’re going to show you how to setup Launchy to allow you to quickly search music. When you’re done you should be able … Continue reading
Control two networked computers with the same keyboard and mouse using Synergy, a free program available from SourceForge.net. It’s available for all platforms, but we’ll delve mainly into the Windows usage. Install the latest version for all the computers you … Continue reading
The latest version of Windows, Mojave Vista, is often criticized by others for being slow and having too many unnecessary features. We’re going to show you how to get several of Vista’s major features on XP – for free. We’re … Continue reading
Enjoy always being idle, or never being idle in Google Talk – with a small application by the name of GAlwaysIdle: Once it’s installed, right click on the Google Talk icon and select from 3 choices – Always, Never, and … Continue reading
Some webpages insist on using Javascript to resize or displace your Firefox window. A trip to the options menu in Firefox will fix that: Head to Tools → Options. Click Content, then next to the Enable Javascript, click Advanced. Uncheck … Continue reading
