by Richard W | Mar 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Recently, many have told me that they followed my tutorials on file sharing between Windows and Ubuntu and they still couldn’t get Ubuntu to access Windows shares. Even though they followed the tutorial to the letter, they still got ‘Failed to retrieve share list from...
by Richard W | Mar 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial shows you how to disable Ubuntu overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu 12.04 easily. This is not something everyone will want to do, but if you feel that this feature is not for you, then you may turn it off. Turning it off is easy and will return your...
by Richard W | Mar 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial shows you how to disable the drum sound at the logon screen in Ubuntu 12.04. For me, I have no problem with it, but for others, this is a real problem. The drum sound is there to let you’re know that the system is ready for you to login. Now, if...
by Richard W | Mar 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Have a Box cloud storage account? Want to mount your storage in Ubuntu and access all your content there? This brief tutorial shows you how to easily mount your Box Cloud Storage in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin). This tutorial also applies to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric...
by Richard W | Mar 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial shows you how to enable SSH in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. This request came in from one of our readers who wanted to know how to enable SSH in Ubuntu 12.04. As you may already know, SSH is a secure communication protocol that lets you remotely...
