Comodo Secure DNS is a Domain Name service from Comodo that provides a much faster and more reliable Internet browsing experience than using the DNS servers provided by your ISP. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to setup Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat with Comodo Secure DNS so you can browse safer, smarter and faster.
This is Part Two of our Windows Tips series about removing nasty viruses and spyware from one’s computer. To read Part One of this series, click here.
In Part One we showed you how to remove viruses by logging into ‘Safe Mode’ and installing Malwarebytes. In this article, I’ll show you how to protect your computer after getting rid of viruses so that you do not repeat the same mistake. There are many good security software that can help you, but I have used Comodo Free Internet Security Suite and has worked over the years for me.
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Tags: Comodo, Comodo Internet Security, Microsoft Windows, Sandbox, Security, Windows
This brief tutorial will show you how to schedule tasks or jobs in Ubuntu Lucid or Maverick with Gnome Schedule. Gnome Schedule is a GUI program for configuring user’s cron (automatic) jobs in Ubuntu. If you need certain tasks to be performed at a given time regularly, then this is the program to use.
Posted in How-To/Tips, Linux Tags: GNOME, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Ubuntu (operating system), Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, Windows
This brief tutorial will show you how to quickly add or change Samba Workgroup Name in Ubuntu Lucid. When you need join or share files and folders with machines in a particular workgroup, then you will need to change samba workgroup name in Ubuntu to conform to the workgroup you wish to join.
Posted in How-To/Tips, Linux Tags: File sharing, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Ubuntu (operating system), Ubuntu Linux
If you want to enable file sharing between Windows and Ubuntu machines, then you must be able to add or join both machines into the same workgroup. We have shown you many times how to change computer and workgroup names in Ubuntu 10.04/10.10 Maverick Meerkat. This tutorial is going to show you how to change Workgroup Name in Windows so you can share files with Ubuntu.
Posted in How-To/Tips, Windows Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Windows, Windows 7, Windows VistaPlayOnLinux lets you easily install and use popular programs designed for Microsoft Windows in Linux systems, including Ubuntu. With PlayOnLinux, you can use Internet Explorer, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Microsoft Office Suite, Games designed for Windows and many other popular programs. This tutorial will show you how to install PlayOnLinux in Ubuntu.
Posted in How-To/Tips, Linux Tags: Internet Explorer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, Ubuntu (operating system), Wine (software)If you’re new to Ubuntu and want to learn how to uninstall programs or packages, then you’ll want to continue below. Most blogs will show you how to quickly install packages and not how to uninstall them. This tutorial will show you how to completely uninstall programs that you no longer want.
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Secure DNS Servers are mostly free DNS services from companies that help resolve your DNS (Domain Name System) queries through their network of redundant servers. If you don’t know what DNS is, it is a network service that allow your PC find names of websites online. Since computers only communicate in binary numbers, DNS servers translate those numbers into words like facebook.com so you don’t have to type binary numbers in order to go to facebook.com. Now, every PC has one or more DNS servers assigned to it once it is connected to the Internet. Some are secured while others are not. This article shows you a list of some secure DNS providers that you can use to protect yourself online.
Posted in How-To/Tips, Linux Tags: Linux, Linux distribution, Microsoft Windows, OpenSUSE, Operating system, Ubuntu (operating system)